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[Federal Register: August 31, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

 

Mt. Shasta Historic District; Determination of Eligibility for 
the National Register of Historic Places

ACTION: Request for comments.

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    On March 11, 1994, the Mt. Shasta Historic District was determined 
eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The 
property was determined to meet National Register Criterion A 
(associated with important events) in the area of Ethnic Heritage: 
Native American because of its long history of use and traditional 
importance to several different Native American tribes. This finding 
was based upon nearly a dozen publicly-available professional reports 
and approximately 200 letters submitted by the Forest Service to the 
Keeper of the National Register, which address the historical and 
cultural significance of Mt. Shasta. The National Park Service received 
additional letters regarding the significance of Mt. Shasta. The 
reports were prepared for the Forest Service as part of its survey to 
identify properties that are eligible for listing in the National 
Register under its responsibilities under Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966. A copy of the determination is 
available from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park 
Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127.
    The documentation previously submitted to the National Register 
indicates that the entire Mt. Shasta is significant and the property, 
most appropriately, should be classified as a ``district.'' The 
boundary of the Mt. Shasta Historic District is: ``The northernmost 
point is a point on Military Pass Road approximately midway between the 
Southern Pacific Railroad tracks and Highway 97, thence westerly midway 
between the railroad tracks and the highway to its intersection with 
the National Forest boundary, thence south along the National Forest 
boundary to Howard east of the town of Mt. Shasta, thence following the 
McCloud River Railroad tracks eastward to the Pilgrim Creek Road, 
thence northeast to Coonrod Flat, thence northwest along Ash Creek to 
Military Pass Road, thence back to the point of beginning.'' Based on 
Forest Service documentation, this area has been established using a 
mixture of geographic referents, including manmade features (e.g., 
railroad tracks) and natural features (e.g., buttes). Within this 
boundary are all the specific places mentioned in the historical 
studies and recent interviews.
    Since the determination of eligibility was made, property owners 
within the boundary of the determined eligible area and individuals 
nationwide have written to us either endorsing or disagreeing with the 
eligibility of the property. In order to accommodate those who wish to 
provide new information on whether or not this property meets the 
National Register Criteria for Evaluation or on the scope of the 
district's boundary, the National Park Service is providing a 60 day 
comment period on these issues. The National Register Criteria for 
Evaluation are set forth below.
    Anyone wishing to submit additional information bearing on the 
historic significance and/or the extent of the boundary should do so 
within 60 days of the date of this notice. A written statement on the 
determination of eligibility will be issued after the close of the 
comment period and review of all comments. The determination of 
eligibility remains in effect pending issuance of this written 
statement.
    Comments should be addressed to the National Register of Historic 
Places, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-
7127.
Carol D. Shull,
Chief of Registration, Interagency Resources Division, National Park 
Service.

National Register Criteria for Evaluation

    National Register criteria define, for the nation as a whole, the 
scope and nature of historic and archeological properties that are 
considered for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
    The quality of significance in American history, architecture, 
archeology, engineering, and culture 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 to prehistory or history.
    Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical 
figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for 
religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original 
locations, reconstructed history buildings, properties primarily 
commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance 
within the past 50 years shall not be considered eligible for the 
National Register. However, such properties will qualify if they are 
integral parts of districts that do meet the criteria or if they fall 
within the following categories:
    A. A religious property deriving primary significance from 
architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance; or
    B. A building or structure removed from its original location but 
which is significant primarily for architectural value, or which is the 
surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person 
or event; or
    C. A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding 
importance if there is no other appropriate site or building directly 
associated with his productive life;
    D. A cemetery that derives its primary significance from graves of 
persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design 
features, or from association with historic events; or
    E. A reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable 
environment and presented in a dignified manner as part of a 
restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure with 
the same association has survived; or
    F. A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, 
traditional, or symbolic value has invested it with its own historical 
significance; or
    G. A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it 
is of exceptional importance.

[FR Doc. 94-21415 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]
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