historic designation

C826
concept

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.

All labels observed (50)

Label Occurrences
listed building 349
heritage site 337
National Register of Historic Places listing 280

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: historic designation
Generated description
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.

Instances (1,753)

Instance Via concept surface
Rollright Stones scheduled monument
St Andrew's Church, Great Rollright listed building
King’s Men stone circle scheduled monument
St Martin’s Church, Salisbury Grade I listed building
St Lawrence Church, Stratford-sub-Castle listed building
The King Stone scheduled monument
Church of St John the Baptist, Burford listed building
church of St Michael with St Mary (adjacent)
surface form: Church of St Michael with St Mary, Melbourne
listed building
Spynie Palace scheduled monument
Union Trust Building (PHLF Historic Landmark) PHLF Historic Landmark
Mexican War Streets Historic District (PHLF Historic Landmark)
surface form: Mexican War Streets Historic District
PHLF Historic Landmark
Smithfield Street Bridge (PHLF Historic Landmark)
surface form: Smithfield Street Bridge
PHLF Historic Landmark
No. 6 Charlotte Square listed building
Kinderhook Village Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Tilak Gali (Kesari Wada), Pune heritage site
Reading Abbey ruins scheduled monument
Westford Center Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Williamstown Center Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Church of St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding Grade I listed building
Monuments historiques of Bas-Rhin cultural heritage register
No. 8 Charlotte Square listed building
Swan House, Chelsea Embankment listed building
All Saints, Margaret Street Grade I listed building
St Mary’s Church, Studley Royal Grade I listed building
St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham listed building
Stockbridge Main Street Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
St Mary’s Church, Haddington listed building
St Martin’s Kirk ruins scheduled monument
Queen's College, Belfast main building listed building
Okehampton Castle scheduled monument
St Mary’s Church, Caldicot Grade I listed building
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland heritage register
State Register of Heritage Places (Western Australia) heritage register
Slovak National Cultural Monument cultural heritage protection status
Moore Homestead heritage site
Nevada State Register of Historic Places listing
Downtown Waterbury Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Goshen Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
St Mary’s Church, Painswick listed building
Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Kendal Grade I listed building
St Andrew's Church, Penrith Grade I listed building
Taqah Castle heritage site
St George’s Church, Kencot listed building
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales heritage register
Bridge of Troughs listed building
Point of Rocks Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Telford Bridge listed building
Governor’s House, Calton Hill listed building
Romeo Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Lower Dauphin Street Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing