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Evaluating: How to Evaluate and Nominate Designed Historic Landscapes, National Regi... Page 8 of 8 <br />contribute to the historic significance of the designed landscape. Cemeteries and the grounds <br />associated with religious institutions are among the most obvious examples of landscapes <br />requiring justification under the National Register criteria considerations. Only those <br />possessing artistic quality because of their landscape design will meet the test of significance <br />as designed historic landscapes. <br />A landscape that had pivotal physical characteristics reconstructed may be eligible if it is <br />significant for its original landscape design, if it is the sole surviving landscape of its type, or <br />if it is the only survivor associated with a significant figure in landscape architecture. <br />However, the property will require special justification. <br />To be eligible for the National Register, a designed historic landscape that is less than fifty <br />years old must be exceptionally significant. A property that has achieved significance within <br />the last fifty years can be evaluated only when sufficient historical perspective exists to <br />determine that the property is exceptionally important and will continue to retain that <br />distinction in the future. Scholarly recognition is usually required to establish exceptional <br />significance because only that type of analysis can convincingly demonstrate that despite the <br />lack of the passage of the fifty -year period, sufficient historical perspective exists to evaluate <br />the particular property. <br />A property must be compared with other properties of its type that have similar associations <br />and qualities to establish exceptional significance. The reasons for which a property is <br />considered exceptionally significant must be explained along with a discussion of the <br />qualities and characteristics that distinguish the landscape as exceptional. <br />Occasionally, a landscape may contain exceptionally important elements such as sculpture <br />and other works of art. If the work of art is an integral part of the design for the landscape, it <br />may make the entire landscape eligible for the National Register even if it is less than fifty <br />years old. Landscapes not determined to be especially significant should be reevaluated <br />when they are fifty years old. (See National Register Bulletin• Flow To Evaluate and <br />,.._._.._.. -- <br />the Past Fiflv Years for a more detailed discussion of the evaluation process for properties <br />that are less than fifty years old.) <br />PMVIOU5 - -' ' '9aglct9` vP :3f Fa9ikiw Nut <br />National Register Home I Publications Home I Previous Page I Next <br />P <br />Comments or Questions <br />JPJ <br />IX I <br />httw /AanmY nnc unv/NR /rnihliratinns /bulletins /nrblg /nrblg 5.1itm 2/28/2014 <br />