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)

• Bridgewater House, London via concept surface "listed building"
• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard via concept surface "heritage site"
• St Peter’s Church, Sandwich via concept surface "listed building"
• Richborough Roman Fort via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• St Clement’s Church, Sandwich via concept surface "listed building"
• St Mary’s Church, Sandwich via concept surface "listed building"
• Warrenton Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Edison National Historic Site, West Orange, New Jersey, United States via concept surface "national historical park"
  surface form: Edison National Historic Site
• St Augustine’s Church, Pendlebury via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• St George's Hall, Liverpool via concept surface "heritage site"
• Morant Bay Courthouse via concept surface "heritage site"
• Roman fort of Mamucium via concept surface "scheduled monument"
  surface form: Mamucium
• Urban Heritage Park via concept surface "heritage conservation designation"
• Quincy Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• St Luke's Church, Charlton via concept surface "listed building"
• Commonwealth Heritage List via concept surface "heritage register"
• National Historic Landmarks in New York via concept surface "heritage designation category"
• Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site via concept surface "presidential historic site"
• Frederick Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Berkeley Landmark
• Bethel Village Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Valley Forge National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• Chicago Landmark via concept surface "historic preservation status"
• Kelso Abbey via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Cambuskenneth Abbey via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Boston Landmark (some components)
• St Bartholomew's Church, Norton via concept surface "listed building"
• Shrewsbury Abbey via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Qutb Shahi Tombs via concept surface "heritage site"
• Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch via concept surface "property listed on the National Register of Historic Places"
• Llandaff Cathedral via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Adams National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• Natural History Museum, London via concept surface "listed building"
• Palace of Westminster via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Old Palace, Canterbury via concept surface "listed building"
• Sitka National Historical Park via concept surface "national historical park"
• Lenox Village Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Litchfield Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Skowhegan Historic District via concept surface "National Register of Historic Places listing"
• Fort William Historical Park via concept surface "heritage site"
• St Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury via concept surface "listed building"
• All Saints' Church, Harewood via concept surface "Grade I listed building"
• Voortrekker Monument via concept surface "heritage site"
• Walmer Castle via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• National Battlefields via concept surface "historic site designation"
• Raleigh Historic Landmark
• Monument historique (France) via concept surface "heritage protection designation"
• Tynemouth Priory via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Inchcolm Abbey via concept surface "scheduled monument"
• Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark