If your property qualifies as one of those requiring special consideration, you will need to justify and explain why your property qualifies as meeting the requirements.

Ordinarily, cemeteries, birthplaces, graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings and properties that have achieved significance within the past fifty years are not eligible for designation. If such properties fall within the following categories they may, nevertheless, be found to qualify.

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photograph by John Kratz via Flickr New St. Mary's Episcopal Church, NJ: New St. Mary's Episcopal Church is a pivotal building in the history of the Gothic Revival style as it was the first American attempt to imitate a specific English medieval church. Its design and construction were milestones in the career of Richard Upjohn and therefore, it is eligible under the criteria exception for religious properties because its primary significance is for its architectural or artistic distinction.