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0 6RRlM /� • HOUSL ? tlaF _ cHUACt� i g N a AL s The Church of Saint Dismas, The Good Thief, Dannemora, New York. Detail of tax map showing the National Register boundaries. Church of St. Dismas, The Good Thief, Dannemora, Clinton County, New York, is a large, stone chapel on the grounds of the Clinton Correc- 12 tional Facility. The chapel, which was completed in 1941, was built on the site of the abandoned prison farm building along the north edge of the prison grounds within the walls; 1.07 acres were set aside for the building, and the boundary of the nominated property coincides with the lot lines drawn around the 1.07 acres when the church was built. The boundary encompasses three additional historic features directly associated with the chapel: a greenhouse, a terraced stone wall, and a grotto. The remain- der of the Clinton Correctional Facility, established in 1845, had not been surveyed at the time the chapel nomination was prepared nor evalu- ated for National Register eligibility; therefore, only the chapel and its grounds are included in the nomi- nated property. Verbal boundary description: Heavy black outline on attached county tax map defines boundary of nominated property. Boundary justification: The bound- ary is drawn to coincide with the 1.07 -acre parcel which was delineated when the prison farm was abandoned and the church was constructed. GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING BOUNDARIES: HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL DISTRICTS BOUNDARIES FOR HISTORIC DISTRICTS A historic district possesses a significant concentration or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aestheti- cally by plan or physical develop- ment. Districts may include several contributing resources that are nearly equal in importance, as in a neighbor- hood, or a variety of contributing resources, as in a large farm, estate, or parkway. Noncontributing resources located among contributing resources are included within the boundaries of a district. When visual continuity is not a factor of historic significance, when resources are geographically separate, and when the intervening space lacks significance, a historic district may contain discontiguous elements. (See National Register Bulletin: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form for further discussion about defining a district.) (summarized from How to Complete the National Register Registration Form, pp. 56 -57) Select boundaries that encompass the single area of land containing the significant concentration of buildings, sites, structures, or objects making up the district. The district's significance and historic integrity should help determine the boundaries. Consider the following factors: • Visual barriers that mark a change in the historic character of the area or that break the continuity of the district, such as new construction, highways, or development of a different character. • Visual changes in the character of the area due to different architectural styles, types or periods, or to a decline in the concentration of contributing resources. • Boundaries at a specific time in history, such as the original city limits or the legally recorded boundaries of a housing subdivision, estate, or ranch. • Clearly differentiated patterns of historic development, such as commercial versus residential or industrial. A historic district may contain discontiguous elements only under the following circumstances: • When visual continuity is not a factor of historic significance, when resources are geographically separate, and when the intervening space lacks significance: for example, a cemetery located outside a rural village may be part of a discontiguous district. • When cultural resources are interconnected by natural features that are excluded from the National Register listing: for example, the sections of a canal system separated by natural, navigable waterways. • When a portion of a district has been separated by intervening development or highway construction and when the separated portion has sufficient significance and integrity to meet the National Register Criteria.