... current - Roy D. McCallum House, Hollister, 1997. Sa

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Are You Registered?
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA THIRD STREET HISTORIC
DISTRICT PROPERTY OWNERS INFORMATIONAL
MEETING October 7, 2008
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What is the National Register?

• The official list of the Nations cultural
  resources worthy of preservation
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• Part of the national effort to
• identify, evaluate, and protect
• important historic resources. 
• Federal program administered
• by the National Park Service in
• partnership with each states
• Office of Historic Preservation
• Established in 1966 with
• passage of the National Historic
• Preservation Act

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Properties Listed on the National Register

• Nationwide - 77,000 entries representing over a
  million
• contributing resources
• California - 2,368 entries
• San Benito County Properties Listed 12
• Most current - Roy D. McCallum House,
  Hollister, 1997
• San Juan Bautista 6 entries
• San Benito County Historic Districts
• San Juan Bautista Plaza Historic District,
  1969
• Downtown Hollister Historic District, 1992
• Monterey Street Historic District, 1993

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National Register Criteria

• Criterion A Event
• Criterion B Person
• Criterion C Design/Construction
• Criterion D Information Potential
• Criteria Considerations
• A Religious Properties
• B Moved Properties
• C Birthplaces Graves
• D Cemeteries
• E Reconstructed Properties
• F Commemorative Properties
• G Properties Achieving Significance Within Past
  50 Years

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Integrity the ability of a property to convey
significance

• Location
• Design
• Setting
• Materials
• Workmanship
• Feeling
• Association

Spotswood House, Mendocino County, California
Listed September 27, 2007.
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Level of Significance

• Local
• State
• National

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Who can nominate a property?
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Anyone
Preservationists Academia Property Owners Local
Government Volunteers Historical
Societies Consultants
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Can a property be listed if an owners objects?
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Depends On

• Ownership
• How many owners object

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Does the nomination process stop if the owner
objects?
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• National Register nominations can be heard by
  the State Historical Resources Commission even if
  a private owner objects to the listing. It is
  possible for these properties to receive a
  determination of eligibility by the Keeper of the
  National Register in Washington, D.C.

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What is a Historic District?

• A significant concentration, linkage, or
  continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or
  objects united historically or aesthetically by
  plan or physical development.

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Characteristics of Historic Districts

• Significant within a historic context
• Registration criteria
• Retain integrity
• Conveys a strong sense of past time and place
• Defined by precise geographic boundaries
• Reflect one principle activity or several
  interrelated
• Encompass variety of resources

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Point Arena Main Street Historic Commercial
District
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Jackson Downtown Historic District
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Why Register a Property?
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Benefits

• Fosters pride of place and appreciation of
  cultural heritage
• Maintains and enhances property values
• Establishes eligibility for federal funding and
  tax incentives
• Provides economic and other incentives to promote
  conservation and preservation
• Sustains or improves quality of life by
  maintaining neighborhood character

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Common Misconceptions

• Federal or state government assumes
• property rights in your building
• Property value will go down.
• You must open your property to the
• public. 
• Large sums of money are available to
• assist owners and local agencies in
• rehabilitating National Register
• properties. 

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http//www.ohp.parks.ca.gov/
Office of Historic Preservation 1416 9th Street,
Room 1442-7Sacramento, CA 95814P.O. Box 942896
Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 TEL [phone]
FAX [phone] calshpo_at_parks.ca.gov