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)

• Meriden Downtown Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Morristown National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• California Historical Landmark via concept surface "historic site designation"
• Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark via concept surface "heritage site"
• Philadelphia Register of Historic Places via concept surface "historic register"
• List of World Heritage in Danger via concept surface "heritage register"
• Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (portion) via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Richmond Bridge via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Elizabeth Tower via concept surface "listed building"
• Pulteney Bridge via concept surface "listed building"
• Dolwyddelan Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• St Alfege Church via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Queen’s House via concept surface "listed building"
• Winchester Center Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• St George’s, Hanover Square, London via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Christ Church, Spitalfields via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Tower of All Hallows, London Wall via concept surface "listed building"
• New York State Register of Historic Places via concept surface "historic register"
• Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church via concept surface "property listed on the National Register of Historic Places"
• St Anne, Limehouse via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• St George-in-the-East via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill via concept surface "listed building"
• St Mary Woolnoth via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (across Potomac) via concept surface "national historical park"
  surface form: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
• Selma Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• St Luke Old Street via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Lichfield Cathedral via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places via concept surface "state historic register"
• Clarendon Building, Oxford via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Battle Abbey and Battlefield via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Audley End House and Gardens via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
  surface form: Sheldonian Theatre
• Wellington Arch via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Carisbrooke Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Bothwell Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Tantallon Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Frere Hall via concept surface "heritage site"
• Hermitage Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Peel Monument via concept surface "listed building"
• St Mary-le-Bow, London via concept surface "listed building"
• Bolsover Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Central Troy Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London via concept surface "listed building"
• Freedom Park via concept surface "heritage site"
• Washington Park Historic District (Troy) via concept surface "nationally recognized historic place"
• Rijksmonument via concept surface "cultural heritage protection status"
• Chaco Culture National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England via concept surface "listed building"
  surface form: St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges
• Jantar Mantar, Jaipur via concept surface "heritage site"