academy
accompanying documentation
ACHP
acreage
Adamesque
Adams
AF
agricultural field
agricultural outbuilding
agriculture
air base
air facility
aircraft
aircraft carrier
airplane hangar
airport
air-related
amendment documentation
amusement park
animal facility
Antiquities Act
apartment building
apiary
archeological district
architect’s studio
architectural classification
architectural significance
area of significance
armory
arms storage
ARMY
Art Deco
art gallery
Art Moderne
assembly building
association
associative characteristic
astronomical observation post
auditorium
auto showroom
bakery
bandstand
bank
bar
barn
barrack
baths
battery
battle site
battlefield
battleship
Beaux Arts
Beaux Arts Classicism
BIA
blacksmith shop
BLM
boarding schools
boardwalk
boat
boundaries
boundary description
boundary justification
brewery
bridge
Brutalism
building
Bungaloid
Bungalow
bunker
BUREC
burial cache
burial mound
burial site
burials
burying ground
business
cache
cafe
California Style
camp
campground
canal
canals
cannery
capitol
carving
cathedral
cave
cemetery
CEQ
ceremonial site
certification
Certified Local Government
certifying official
CG
check dams
Chicago
chicken coop
church
church school
church-related residence
cinema
city hall
city park
civic
Classical Revival
CLG
CLG
clinic
clothing store
clubhouse
coal mine
coast guard facility
coast guard station
COE
college
college dormitory
Collegiate Gothic
Colonial
Colonial Revival
commemorative marker
commemorative monument
commenting official
COMMERCE
commerce
commercial storage
Commercial Style
communications facility
concert-hall
conservation area
consulate
contributing resource
convent
copper mining and processing site
correctional facility
cotton warehouse
county courthouse
county fairground
courthouse
CPD
Craftsman
cremation
crematorium
criteria
criteria considerations
crop marks
cultural affiliation
cultural resource
current function
custom house
dairy
dam
dance court
dancehall
defense
dentist’s office
department store
description
desert
design
determination of eligibility
diplomatic building
discontiguous district
dispensary
district
dock
doctor office
doctor’s office
documentation
documentation standards
DOD
DOE
DOL
domestic
DOT
duplex
Dutch Colonial
Early Classical Revival
Early Gothic Revival
Early Republic
Early Romanesque Revival
earth fortified village
Eastern Stick
Eastlake
Eclectic
ecological habitat
ED
EDA
education
education-related
Egyptian Revival
electric generating plant
eligibility
Elizabethan
Elizabethan Revival
embassy
energy facility
engineering office
English Gothic
EPA
ETA
evaluation
evaluation methods
event
exhibition hall
Exotic Revival
extraction
extractive facility
FAA
factory
fair
FCC
FDIC
FEA
Federal
federal courthouse
Federal Preservation Officer
feeling
fence
FERC
FHWA
financial institution
fire station
firehouse
fish hatchery
fishing camp
fishing facility
fishing grounds
fishing site
Flemish Colonial
FMC
FmHA
food processing site
forest
forestry camp
fortification
fortified knoll
fortified military post
fortified mountain top
fortified naval post
FPC
FRA
fraternal hall
French Colonial
French Renaissance
FS
function
funeral home
funerary
FWS
garage
garden
garden club
garrison fort
gathering site
gazebo
general store
geographical area
Georgian
Georgian Revival
gold dredge
Gothic
Gothic Revival
government
government office
grammar school
granary
grange
grave area
graves
Greek Revival
green
greenhouse
GS
GSA
habitation site
hall
hardware store
headgates
health care
hedgerow
HHS
High Victorian
High Victorian Eastlake
High Victorian Italianate
highway
hiking trail
historic context
historic district
historic function
historic property
historic significance
Historic Sites Act
homestead
horticultural facility
hospital
hotel
housing at boarding schools
HUD
hunting & kill site
hunting campsite
hunting corral
hunting run
hydroelectric dam
IBWC
ICC
identification
identification methods
important person
industrial storage
industry
information potential
inn
institutional housing
intaglio
integrity
International Style
irrigation facility
irrigation system
island
Italian Renaissance
Italian Villa
Italianate
Jacobean
Jacobethan
Jacobethan Revival
jail
Jeffersonian Classicism
junior college
JUSTICE
kitchen
kiva
labor union
laboratory
lake
landscape
Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals
Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements
Late Gothic Revival
Late Victorian
launching site
law office
LEAA
level of significance
library
life-saving station
lighthouse
literary club
local significance
location
locomotive
magazine
Mansard
mansion
manufacturing facility
marker
marketplace
materials
MC
meadow
meatpacking plant
medical business
medical office
medical research facility
medical supply store
Mediterranean Revival
meeting hall
mental hospital
Mexican Baroque
Mid-19th Century
Miesian
military camp
military facility
military post
military quarters
mill
MINES
missile launching site
mission
Mission
Mixed
Modern Movement
Moderne
Modernistic
monument
Monumental Classicism
Moorish Revival
mortuary
mortuary site
motel
mound
mountain
movie theater
multiple dwelling
multiple property documentation form
multiple property listing
multiple property submission
multiple resource submission
municipal building
mural
museum
music facility
NASA
National Historic Landmark
National Historic Preservation Act
national park
National Register criteria for evaluation
National Register Information System
National Register of Historic Places
national significance
natural feature
naval base
naval facility
navigational aid
NAVY
NCPC
Neo-Classical Revival
Neo-Expressionism
New England Colonial
New Formalism
No Style
nominating authority
noncontributing resource
North Italian
Not in Use
notification
NPS
NRC
NSF
nursing home
object
observatory
Octagon Mode
office building
oil derrick
opera house
orchard
organizational
orphanage
OSM
ossuary
Other
other dependencies
outdoor recreation
owner objection
ownership
palisaded village
park
park bench
parking garage
parking lot
parkway
parsonage
pasture
patriotic hall
pedestrian-related
period of significance
petroglyph site
pharmacy
PHS
physical characteristics
picnic area
pier
pioneer hall
planetarium
plant observatory
playhouse
plaza
police station
political organization
pond
poor house
post office
Postmedieval English
Post-Modern Wrightian
potential to yield information
pottery kiln
power plant
Prairie School
preservation planning
preservation planning process
printing plant
prison
private hospital
processing
processing plant
processing site
professional
professional association
promontory
property
property type
public common
public hospital
public notice
public participation
public service organization
public works
pueblo
pueblo group
quarry
Queen Anne
Queen Anne Revival
Queen Anne-Eastlake
rail-related
railroad
railroad bridge
Ranch Style
RDS
REA
recreation and culture
rectory
refinery
Regency
registration
registration requirements
religion
religious academy
religious facility
religious school
Renaissance
Renaissance Revival
research facility
reservoir
residence
resort
resort facility
resource
resource type
rest home
restaurant
Richardsonian Romanesque
river
roadhouse
road-related
rock art
rockshelter
Roman Republican
Roman Revival
Roman Villa
Romanesque
Romanesque Revival
Romano-Tuscan Mode
rowhouse
salt mine
sanitarium
satellite tracking station
savings and loan association
SBA
schoolhouse
schools
SCS
sculpture
seasonal residence
Second Empire
Second Gothic Revival
Second Renaissance Revival
secondary school
secondary structure
setting
sewer system
shell processing site
shelter
Shingle Style
ship
shipwreck
SHPO
shrine
SI
significance
significant date
silo
single dwelling
site
site with evidence of trade
Skyscraper
smokehouse
social
social club
Southern Colonial
Spanish Colonial
Spanish Colonial Revival
Spanish Revival
spas
specialty store
square
staff housing
STATE
State Historic Preservation Office
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO)
State park
state preservation plan
state review board
state significance
statehouse
statement of significance
statue
Stick
stock exchange
stockyard
stone alignments
storage
storage pit
storage shed
storage site
Streamlined Moderne
street furniture
street light
street object
streetcar line
structure
submarine
subsistence
Sullivanesque
summer camp
supply depot
swamp
sweathouse
synagogue
tavern
technical school
telegraph cable station
telephone company facility
television station
temple
temporary
terrace
theater
thematic resource submission
theme
tipi rings
tobacco barn
tobacco warehouse
toll gate
tool shed
toolmaking site
town hall
trade
trade school
trade union
trading post
trail
train depot
transportation
TREASURY
tree
Tudor
Tudor Revival
TVA
UDAG
UMTA
UN
underwater
underwater site
union hall
university
Unknown
unoccupied land
USDA
USDI
use
USPS
UTM reference
VA
Vacant
valley
vehicular
verbal boundary description
veteran’s medical center
Victorian
village site
vineyard
volunteer organization
wagon shed
walkway
wall
warehouse
water tower
water-related
waterworks
way station
wellhouse
Western Stick
wharf
wheatfield
wildlife refuge
windmill
wine cellar
winery
WMATA
Work in Progress
work of art
workmanship
WPRS
Sources Cited
U.S. Department of the Interior. “National Register Bulletin: How to Complete the National Register Registration Form.” Washington, DC: Department of the Interior. 1977 originally published, revised 1986, 1991, 1997.
Key Facts
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- 348 duplicative terms of those already existing in the Architectural Dictionary
- 346 original terms
- 694 total terms in source
- 49.9% original terms in source
- 138 sources in dictionary
- 23,040 unique terms in dictionary
- 43,560 total terms all sources in dictionary
- 52.9% unique terms in dictionary