Cultural Resources

Project Number, e.g.

SP 73-602-17

SAP 14-599-33

CP 193-34-206

If there is no project number, enter a descriptive term to identify the project.

Historic Inventory Number, e.g. AK-AIC-022.  If

feature is a modern property, use "MODERN" +

the feature's field number. For example

"MODERN FN-1" would be a valid entry.

Number

(Double)

Estimated site area, in acres.  Fractions (in 1/10ths

of an acre) are allowed.

Number

(Float)

This field should be coded as 0 for polygon features,

since there should be no additional feature “width”

beyond the polygon’s boundaries.

Mapping method

1 – Digitize from paper
2 – Generate from GPS
3 – Heads up digitizing

4 – Buffered centerline or point

5 - Imported from CAD or GIS data

Number

(Short)

Date of Construction, as known year (e.g., 1874),

estimated year (e.g., c1874), or a date range (e.g.,

1874-1879).

Number

(Short)

Category of Historic Property as defined by the

National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National

Register Criteria for Evaluation.

1 – Building
2 – Structure
3 – Object
4 – Site
5 - District

Feature subtype (ALL CAPS) from the National

Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register

Criteria for Evaluation.  This Bulletin defines

subtypes (examples) for each category (Type)

listed above.

-The subtype FARMSTEAD should always be

coded as 5 (District) in the TYPE field.

 

-The subtype TCP (traditional cultural property)

should always be coded as 4 (Site) in the TYPE field.

Number

(Short)

Post Contact Period Context as defined by the

Guidelines for SHPO Architecture/History Projects

(1993, p. 14), or newly defined context as approved

by MnDOT's Cultural Resources Unit.

1 - Indian Communities & Reservations 1837-1934
2 - St. Croix Triangle Lumbering 1830s-1900s
3 - Early Agriculture & River Settlement 1840-1870
4 - Railroads & Agricultural Development 1870-1940
5 - Northern Minnesota Lumbering 1870-1930s
6 - Minnesota's Iron Ore Industry 1880s-1945
7 - Minnesota Tourism & Recreation in the Lake

Regions 1870-1945
8 - Urban Centers 1870-1940

If a newly defined period context, contact

culturalresources.dot@state.mn.us with the definition for assignment of a number prior to submitting data.

Thematic Context as defined by the Guidelines for

SHPO Architecture/History Projects (1993, p. 15),

or newly defined context as approved by MnDOT's

Cultural Resources Unit.

1 - State Owned Buildings
2- Geographic Features
3- Quarries and Mines
4- Not Applicable (pre-contact)
5- Not Applicable (pre-contact)
6- Not Applicable (pre-contact)

If a newly defined thematic context, contact

culturalresources.dot@state.mn.us with the definition for assignment of a number prior to submitting data.

Numeric code for the Property Type Documentation as defined by the Guidelines for SHPO Architecture/History Projects (1993, p. 15), or newly defined documentation as approved by MnDOT's Cultural Resources Unit.

If a newly defined property type documentation,

contact culturalresources.dot@state.mn.us with the definition for assignment of a number prior to submitting data.

Criteria for Evaluation from the National Register

Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria

for Evaluation. If more than one criterion, use

commas as separators, and do not include blank

spaces (i.e. A,B,C).

A - Associated with events that have made a

significant contribution to the broad patterns of our

history
B - Associated with the lives of persons significant

in our past
C - 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
D - Have yielded, or may be likely to yield,

information important in prehistory or history

Criteria Considerations from the National Register

Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register

Criteria for Evaluation.

A - A religious property deriving primary significance

from architectural or artistic distinction or historical

importance
B-A building or structure removed from its original

location but which is significant primarily for

architectural value, or which is the surviving

structure most importantly associated with a historic

person or event
C- A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of

outstanding importance if there is no appropriate

site or building directly associated with his or her

productive life
D- A cemetery which derives its primary significance

from graves of persons of transcendent importance,

from age, from distinctive design features, or from

association with historic events
E - A reconstructed building when accurately

executed in a suitable environment and presented in

a dignified manner as part of a restoration master

plan, and when no other building or structure with the

same association has survived
F- A property primarily commemorative in intent if

design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested

it with its own exceptional significance
G- A property achieving significance within the past

50 years if it is of exceptional importance

Area(s) of Significance from the National Register

Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria

for Evaluation. If more than one area of

significance, separate numbers with commas.

Period(s) of Significance. Date (e.g., 1874) or date

range (e.g., 1874-1935).

Eligibility:

E - Eligible
NE - Not eligible
PE - Potentially eligible