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Criterion 2 (Person): Resources associated with the lives of persons important to <br /> local, California, or national history. <br /> Criterion 3 (Design/Construction): Resources that embody the distinctive <br /> characteristics of a type, period,region, or method of construction, or that represent <br /> the work of a master or possess high artistic values. <br /> Criterion 4 (Information Potential): Resources that have yielded or have the <br /> potential to yield information important to the prehistory or history of the local area, <br /> California, or the nation. <br /> The evaluation of historic significance is a two-step process. First, the historic significance of the <br /> property must be established. If the property appears to possess historic significance, then a <br /> determination is made of its physical integrity: that is, its authenticity as evidenced by the <br /> survival of characteristics that existed during the resource's period of significance. <br /> There are seven aspect of integrity: <br /> • Location <br /> • Design <br /> • Setting <br /> • Materials <br /> • Workmanship <br /> • Feeling <br /> • Association <br /> Not all properties must have all seven aspects to be considered historic. It depends on the <br /> resource and what makes it historic. <br /> All properties change over time. It is not necessary for a property to retain all its <br /> historic physical features or characteristics. The property must retain,however, <br /> the essential physical features that enable it to convey its historic identity. The <br /> essential physical features are those features that define both why a property is <br /> significant(Applicable Criteria and Areas of Significance) and when it was <br /> significant(Periods of Significance). They are the features without which a <br /> 14 <br />