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relationship to surrounding features and open space. Setting often reflects the <br /> basic physical conditions under which a property was built and the functions it <br /> was intended to serve. In addition,the way in which a property is positioned in its <br /> environment can reflect the designer's concept of nature and aesthetic preferences. <br /> The physical features that constitute the setting of a historic property can be either <br /> natural or manmade, including such elements as the topographic features(a gorge <br /> or the crest of a hill); Vegetation; Simple manmade features(paths or fences); and <br /> Relationships between buildings and other features or open space. These features <br /> and their relationships should be examined not only within the exact boundaries <br /> of the property,but also between the property and its surroundings. This is <br /> particularly important for districts. <br /> Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during <br /> a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to <br /> form a historic property. The choice and combination of materials reveal the <br /> preferences of those who created the property and indicate the availability of <br /> particular types of materials and technologies. Indigenous materials are often the <br /> focus of regional building traditions and thereby help define an area's sense of <br /> time and place. A property must retain the key exterior materials dating from the <br /> period of its historic significance. If the property has been rehabilitated,the <br /> historic materials and significant features must have been preserved. The property <br /> must also be an actual historic resource,not a recreation; a recent structure <br /> fabricated to look historic is not eligible. Likewise, a property whose historic <br /> features and materials have been lost and then reconstructed is usually not <br /> eligible. <br /> Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or <br /> people during any given period in history or prehistory. It is the evidence of <br /> artisans'labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure, object, or <br /> site. Workmanship can apply to the property as a whole or to its individual <br /> components. It can be expressed in vernacular methods of construction and plain <br /> finishes or in highly sophisticated configurations and ornamental detailing. It can <br /> be based on common traditions or innovative period techniques. Workmanship is <br /> important because it can furnish evidence of the technology of a craft, illustrate <br /> the aesthetic principles of a historic or prehistoric period, and reveal individual, <br /> local,regional, or national applications of both technological practices and <br /> aesthetic principles. Examples of workmanship in historic buildings include <br /> tooling, carving,painting, graining,turning, and joinery. Examples of <br /> workmanship in prehistoric contexts include Paleo-Indian clovis projectile points; <br /> Archaic period beveled adzes; Hopewellian birdstone pipes; copper earspools and <br /> worked bone pendants; and Iroquoian effigy pipes. <br /> Feeling is a property's expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a <br /> particular period of time. It results from the presence of physical features <br /> that,taken together,convey the property's historic character. For example, a <br /> rural historic district retaining original design,materials,workmanship, and <br /> 16 <br />