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Structures that are placed on the National Regis_•ter must go <br />through a rigorous process of evaluation. Historical and <br />cultural significance plays an equal role with architectural <br />merit in determining eligibility for the Register. The role <br />of cultural, educational and industrial facilities• are <br />important aspects of the historic development and the life <br />of our communities., and are represented by the preservation <br />of landmarks important in these endeavors. It is also of <br />particular importance that functional and supportive <br />elements of individual landmarks be preserved, or these <br />individual landmarks lose their "context". All of us <br />understand the distortions and ambiguity that often result <br />from hearing a phrase or sentence "out -of -context", so, too <br />taking a building "out -of -context" can alter and distort our <br />understanding of its function and importance. As_• these <br />auxiliary structures supported and enhanced the development <br />and operations of the individual structures they play an <br />important role in our understanding of their primary <br />structure. <br />An early example of this is the removal of accessory <br />buildings and slave quarters from historic plantations in <br />the South, often to clean up or "pretty up" the site. None <br />of these buildings may have had high "artistic merit", but <br />they are an integral part of the plantation, and are <br />essential to the understanding of how plantation estates <br />were developed and maintained. <br />