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Types of Properties Eligible for the National Register:

The National Register recognizes five basic types of historic properties:

  1. historic buildings such as plantation houses, courthouses or log cabins
  2. historic structures such as old bridges, Iighthouses or forts
  3. historic districts such as old residential or commercial neighborhoods
  4. historic sites such as battlefields or Indian mounds, and
  5. historic objects such as old steamboats or fire engines
It is important to note that not every historic site or old building or neighborhood is eligible for the National Register. Properties must have some type of significance either on the national, state or local level in order to qualify.

Significance:

Basically, there are three types of significance:

  1. Properties are considered historically significant if they are closely associated with an important person, event or development.
  2. Buildings are considered architecturally significant if they are important examples of a particular style or type, or a method of construction.
  3. Properties are considered archaeologically significant if the remains yield information about the nation's history or prehistory.

Generally, properties are not placed on the Register if they are less than 50 years old; if the period of their historical significance is less than 50 years old; or if they have been significantly altered.

The Procedure:

If you are interested in having a property placed on the National Register, send current exterior and interior snapshots and whatever historical data you may have to the Division of Historic Preservation at the address below. The staff will examine your material to see if the property appears to be eligible for the Register and if so, will work with you to prepare a National Register application form. The finished application will then be presented to the Louisiana National Register Review Committee at one of its quarterly meetings. The Committee is an appointed board composed of lay people and experts in the fields of architecture, history and archaeology. Upon a favorable recommendation by the Committee and an approval by the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Register nomination will be forwarded to the Department of the Interior in Washington for federal review. The final decision on National Register status is made by the Keeper of the National Register in the Department of the Interior.

ATTN: National Register Coordinator
Division of Historic Preservation
Office of Cultural Development
P.O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
(225) 342-8160

For complete information, please visit the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation's website by clicking here.

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