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
Essex Institute Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Napoleonic battlefields historic site category
Malmesbury Abbey Grade I listed building
Brownsville Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
St Wilfrid’s Church, Mobberley Grade I listed building
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu buffer cultural context (via City of Cuzco listing) heritage landscape designation
Holland House ruins heritage site
St Martin’s Church, Alfreton Grade I listed building
St Cenydd’s Church listed building
St Oswald’s Church, Grasmere listed building
Cramond Tower listed building
Winchester Center Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Her Majesty’s Prison (for the building)
surface form: Her Majesty’s Prison
heritage site
Orphir Round Church scheduled monument
Broch of Gurness scheduled monument
Earl’s Palace, Birsay scheduled monument
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park national historical park
Groton Center Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Milton House, Edinburgh listed building
House at Blair Adam listed building
Gondal palaces heritage site
St Peter’s Church, Hope Grade I listed building
Kirk of Calder listed building
St Peter’s Church, Winchcombe listed building
Belas Knap long barrow scheduled monument
St George’s, Hanover Square, London Grade I listed building
The Hanging Chapel scheduled monument
All Saints’ Church, Langport Grade I listed building
Ditsong Tswaing Meteorite Crater heritage site
Texas Main Street City historic preservation designation
All Saints’ Church
surface form: All Saints’ Church, Langport
listed building
Dunstaffnage Castle scheduled monument
Manitou Springs Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Northumberland Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Ladd's Addition Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Foel Drygarn scheduled monument
Wheal Peevor mine site heritage site
St Mary’s Church, Attenborough Grade I listed building
St. Johnsbury Historic District National Register of Historic Places listing
Mariners’ Home heritage site
remains of Wet Earth Colliery scheduled monument
Queen's House (Tower of London) listed building
National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario system of historic site designations
Christ Church, Spitalfields Grade I listed building
Tower of All Hallows, London Wall listed building
Hawaii State Register of Historic Places listing historic places register
Machrie Moor scheduled monument
Ditsong Sammy Marks Museum heritage site
Holy Trinity Church, Leeds Grade I listed building
St Swithun's Church, Nately Scures, Hampshire, England listed building