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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION The following criteria are designed to guide the -States -and = the-Ses ry-o'f tl.,4.ii65w in evaluating potential entries = ,' - { 1 ilro ''N ttiviial Fafk -System--and National Histnric T and ar The quality of significance in istory, archi- tecture, archeology, and culture is prese t in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of ' location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and: `(A) that are associated with events that have made a " significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or _ (B) that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or 1 (C) that embody the distinctive characteristics of a - ( type, period, or method of construction, or that repre- sent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic = ` values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable _ entity whose components may lack individual distinc- tion; or (D) that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, infor- mation important in prehistory or history. _ ` Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical •• figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used. _ • for religious purposes, structures that have been moved - from their original locations, reconstructed historic build- • Ings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance within the past 50 years shall not be considered eligible for the National = Register. However, such properties will qualify if they are integral parts of districts that do meet the criteria - ` or if they fall within the following categories: (A) a religious property deriving primary significance • from architectual or artistic distinction or historical im- portance; or (B) a building or structure removed from its original' " location but which is significant primarily for archi- . tectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event; or `•_ (C) a birthplace or grave of a historical figure of ouk " 1 standing importance if there is no appropriate site or building directly associated with his productive life; or (D) a cemetery which derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, " from age, from distinctive design features, or from as- . sociation with historic events; or (E) a reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a dignified ` "; • = - manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when t no other building or structure with the same association has survived; or (F) a property primarily commemorative is intent if { design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested ' it with its own historical significance; or (G) a property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance.