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    Getting Your House Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

    Many homeowners would like to see their historical homes listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  However, there is a difference in having a historical home for your area and a home that meets the criteria to be listed on the National Register.

    What are the Criteria from the National Register of Historic Places?

    There are two very important questions that you have to ask yourself about your home:

      1. Is your property at least 50 years old and still looks the same as it did when it was first built (this includes your windows)?
      2. What significance does your property have to our history?

    If your answer to either of these questions is negative, most likely your home will not qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historical Places.

    What Does the National Register of Historic Places Mean by Historical Significance?

    Per the National Park Service website, historical significance to be listed on the register is defined as:

    “The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture is present 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 significant persons in or past; or

    C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

    D. That have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in history or prehistory.”

    Making Needed Changes to Your Home

    For your home to reach the age that the National Register requires for it to be listed, it is still going to need care. Paint still needs to be refreshed, parts need to be replaced, and windows need to be repaired; in order for the home to remain livable and reach a ripe, old age.

    The requirements that the Register sets forth does not prevent you from making these repairs if you are already listed or are trying to be listed.  However, you are restricted to certain protocol when working on your home.  This includes keeping the house looking exactly the way it did when it was first created, by repairing damages with like or similar materials.

    For example, replacing the old, wood frame, windows with energy-efficient, vinyl windows is not keeping the house looking the way it did 50 years ago.  And changes like these can prevent your home from qualifying for the National Register of Historic Places.

    Renewal by Andersen has several historical options available to maintain the integrity of your home. Schedule an in-home consultation with us today!

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