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BUILDINGS: Definition: A building, such as a house, barn, church, hotel, or similar construction is created to shelter any form of human activity. Building may also be used to refer to a historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jailor a house and barn. Examples to document include: 1) Notable examples of architectural styles and periods or methods of construction, as well as particular local or regional types. 2) Buildings illustrating the history and development of such diverse areas as communications, community planning, government, conservation, economics, education, literature, music, and landscape architecture. 3) Stores and businesses and other properties that provide a physical record of the experiences of particular ethnic groups. 4) Markets and commercial structures or blocks. 5) Buildings by great architects or master builders and important works by minor ones. 6) Architectural curiosities, buildings which are one-of-a-kind. 7) Sole or rare survivors of an important architectural style or type. 8) Studios of American artists, writers, or musicians during the years of significant activity. 9) Institutions that provide evidence of the cultural history of a community, such as churche~, universities, art centers, theaters, and entertainment halls. 10) Buildings where significant technological advances or inventions in any field occurred (agricultural experiment stations, laboratories, etc.). 11) Vernacular or folk buildings, including secondary or outbuildings. 12) A few interiors of buildings that retain significant features. SITES: Defini tion: A site is the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historical, cultural, or archeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure. 1) Archeological sites containing information that may be of value in answering particular research questions. 2) Archeological sites containing information that may shed light on broad trends in local, state, or national history. 3) Sites of cultural importance to local people or ethnic groups, such as locations of important events in their history, historic or prehistoric cemeteries, or shrines. 4) Sites associated with events important in the history of the community as a whole, such as battlefields, trails, etc. 5) Cemeteries associated with important events or people, or whose study can provide important information about history or prehistory, or landscape significance. 6) Ruins of historically or archeologically important buildings or structures 7) Historically important shipwrecks. 8) Cemeteries important for the architectural or artistic qualities of their constituent structures and monuments. [Cemeteries are important cultural properties to survey, but usually are ineligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.] 2