Definitions

Historic

• HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. country store building definition

  Historic country store building means a building whose primary use at any time on or prior to January 1, 1965 was a country store.

• Historic districtHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. definition

  Historic district means any historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places or the Virginia Landmarks Register.

• HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. structure or site definition

  Historic structure or site means any structure or site listed on the National Register of Historic Places or the Virginia Landmarks Register. For floodplain management purposes, the term historic structure means any structure that is: (i) listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register; (ii) certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of the Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; (iii) individually listed on a Secretary of the Interior-approved State inventory of historic places; or (iv) individually listed on a county inventory of historic places under a county historic preservation program that has been certified by an approved State program as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

• Historical center definition

  Historical center means one or more buildings, structures or facilities designed or used for educational or interpretative activities related to natural, cultural, or agricultural history which are open to the public and located at or adjacent to a historic resource. For purposes of this definition, a historic resource is a district, site, building or structure with architectural, engineering, archaeological, or cultural remains present, which possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and association, and which is associated with one or more of the following historical or cultural themes: (i) events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local, state or national history; (ii) the lives of persons significant in local, state or national history; (iii) the embodiment of 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 (iv) yielding information important to prehistory or history.

• Non-historic country store building definition

  Non-historic country store building means a building constructed after January 1, 1965 whose primary use at any time after that date was a country store.