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&Ahh, <br />Criteria B is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or <br />Criteria C embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or <br />method of construction or represents the work of a master, or <br />possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and <br />distinguishable entity whose components lack individual <br />distinction; or <br />Criteria D has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in <br />prehistory or history. <br />Ordinarily, cemeteries, birthplaces, graves of historical figures, properties <br />owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures <br />which have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic <br />buildings, properties commemorative in nature, and properties which have <br />received significance within the last 50 years, shall not be considered eligible <br />for the National Register. However, such properties will oualifv if they are <br />integral parts of historic districts which meet the criteria or if they fall within <br />the categories established by the National Park Service as Criteria <br />Consideration/Exemptions. <br />Evaluation of the Nomination <br />The Haven Hubbard Home District meets two of the four possible criteria. <br />As cited in the nominations the property meets Criterion A for it represents a <br />group of buildings set aside for the continued care of residents who could not <br />wholly support themselves. The district is an example of a facility much like <br />early county homes, created out of society's desire to care for the aged in a <br />residential setting, therefore Social History is one area of significance under <br />which the Haven Hubbard Home is eligible to be listed on the National <br />Register. It also meets Criterion C because the main building, Epp Hall, the <br />Hubbard Homestead House and Pump House also represent excellent <br />architectural examples of their style and type. Epp Hall initially constructed <br />in 1922 of the Colonial Revival style with Collegiate Gothic influences, the <br />Hubbard Homestead of the Queen Anne style of the 1890s and the Pump <br />House of the Second Empire style of the 1850s This makes the Haven <br />Hubbard home eligible for the National Register under the area of <br />significance for Architecture. <br />Staff Comments <br />