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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 34.04.05.07" title_num="34" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="05" heading="Criteria.">
  <text>A property is eligible for the Maryland Register of Historic Properties if it:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Is located in the State, or is a property described in Regulation .06A(2)(h) of this chapter;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and historic character and association;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Qualifies because it:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Is associated with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of State history, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The lives of persons significant in the State's past;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Represents:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The work of a master, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A significant and distinguishable entity whose components individually may lack distinction;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Possesses high artistic values; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in the prehistory or history of the State;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Is representative of a property type that, within a historic context, satisfies the requirements of §§B and C of this regulation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Retains the minimum specific physical characteristics or data which define the ability of that property type, within that historic context, to satisfy the requirements of §§B and C of this regulation; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Is not a cemetery, birthplace, or grave of a historical figure, a property owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, a structure that has been moved from its original location, a historic building that has been reconstructed, a property primarily commemorative in nature, or a property that has achieved significance within the past 50 years, unless it is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An integral part of a district that meets the criteria in §§A—E of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A building or structure removed from its original location but which is significant primarily for architectural value or is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historical person or event;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no appropriate site or building directly associated with that person's productive life;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>A cemetery which derives its primary significance from:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Graves of persons of transcendent importance,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Age,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Distinctive design features, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Association with historic events;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A building reconstructed accurately in a suitable environment, and presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, if no other building or structure with the same association has survived;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested the property with its own exceptional significance; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if at the time of evaluation it is of exceptional importance to the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>