historic designation

A historic designation is an official recognition granted to a place, structure, or object for its significant historical, architectural, cultural, or archaeological value, often providing it with legal protections and conservation guidelines.

Observed surface forms (31)

• Grade I listed building ×36
• listed building ×35
• scheduled monument ×24
• National Register of Historic Places listing ×23
• heritage site ×17
• national historical park ×15
• heritage register ×13
• cultural heritage protection status ×3
• historic preservation designation ×3
• historic register ×3

• property listed on the National Register of Historic Places ×3
• cultural heritage register ×2
• heritage protection designation ×2
• historic site designation ×2
• nationally recognized historic place ×2
• Rijksmonument ×1
• United States National Historic Landmark ×1
• United States historic preservation designation ×1
• federal historic designation ×1
• heritage conservation designation ×1
• heritage designation category ×1
• heritage recognition ×1
• historic preservation status ×1
• historic site category ×1
• historic sites register ×1
• historical designation ×1
• infrastructure heritage category ×1
• local historic register ×1
• municipal historic register ×1
• presidential historic site ×1
• state historic register ×1

Instances (188)

• National Historic Landmark
• Local Historic Civil Engineering Landmark via concept surface "heritage recognition"
• NME via concept surface "historical designation"
• U.S. National Historic Site via concept surface "United States historic preservation designation"
• Manchester Town Hall via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Sandwich Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• NHL
  surface form: National Historic Landmark
• National Register of Historic Places via concept surface "cultural heritage register"
• Boston Guildhall via concept surface "heritage site"
• Pennsylvania via concept surface "national historical park"
  surface form: Valley Forge National Historical Park
• Saint Peter’s Church, Edensor, Derbyshire, England via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• National Monument of Chile via concept surface "cultural heritage protection status"
• Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• Harold’s Stones via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• St Andrew's House, Edinburgh via concept surface "listed building"
• UNESCO World Heritage tentative list via concept surface "heritage register"
• St Stephen Walbrook via concept surface "listed building"
• Brattle Street Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Independence National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• Kruger House, Pretoria via concept surface "heritage site"
• District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites via concept surface "historic sites register"
• Plymouth Center Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Saint Margaret's Church, Westminster via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• St Paul's Cathedral via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Eisenhower Executive Office Building via concept surface "United States National Historic Landmark"
• Phoenix Settlement via concept surface "heritage site"
• St Botolph's Church via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
  surface form: St Botolph's Church, Boston
• LAHCM via concept surface "historic preservation designation"
• Little Rock Central High School via concept surface "property listed on the National Register of Historic Places"
• Palácio da Alvorada via concept surface "listed building"
• U.S. National Historic Shrine via concept surface "federal historic designation"
• California Register of Historical Resources via concept surface "heritage register"
• Australian National Heritage List via concept surface "heritage register"
• Boston National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• Cardiff Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Blackness Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh via concept surface "listed building"
• Marlborough House via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge via concept surface "listed building"
• The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument via concept surface "cultural heritage protection status"
• Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge via concept surface "listed building"
• Texas State Antiquities Landmark via concept surface "historic preservation designation"
• Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eccles via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Clare Bridge via concept surface "listed building"
• Vindolanda via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity via concept surface "cultural heritage register"
• Reading Abbey ruins via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum via concept surface "listed building"
• Glasgow Cathedral via concept surface "listed building"