2023 Reconnaissance Survey

National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the national list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture as authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Directed by the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 36, Chapter 1, Part 60, § 60.4 Criteria for evaluation, the registers criteria's calls for historic resources to emit a quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture and is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association and:

a) That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or

b) That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or

c) That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

d) That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

The Legal Information Institute webpage provides information regarding removing properties from the National Register of Historic Places.

California Register of Historic Resources (CRHR) is an authoritative guide in California to be used by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify the state's historical resources and to indicate what properties are to be protected, to the extent prudent and feasible, from substantial adverse change. A historical resource registered with the CRHR must be significant at the local, state, or national level under one or more of the following four criteria:

1) It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States;

2) It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history;

3) It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master of possesses high artistic values; or

4) It has yielded, or has the potential to yield, information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation.

Palo Alto Historic Inventory is a list of properties officially designated or recognized as historically significant by the local government pursuant to its local ordinance and resolution. The following criteria as established by the City of Palo Alto's Municipal Code Section 16.49.040, Designation of historic structures/sites, along with the definitions of historic categories and districts in Section 16.49.020, shall be used as criteria for designating additional historic structures/sites or districts to the historic inventory:

1) The structure or site is identified with the lives of historic people or with important events in the city, state or nation; 

2) The structure or site is particularly representative of an architectural style or way of life important to the city, state or nation;

3) The structure or site is an example of a type of building which was once common, but is now rare; 

4) The structure or site is connected with a business or use which was once common, but is now rare;

5) The architect or building was important;

6)The structure or site contains elements demonstrating outstanding attention to architectural design, detail, materials or craftsmanship.