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National Register of Historic Places

GIS File Name

HISTORICAL_NationalRegisterHistoricPlaces

Description

This polygon layer contains buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of their importance to American history, culture, or archaeology. National Register designation means that changes to these places must be reviewed if federal or state funds, permits, or licenses are used.

Purpose

This layer was created for general use by the Cambridge Historical Commission (CHC) and for public distribution. Created for reference purposes as a digital companion to the hard copy National Register atlas kept on file by the CHC.

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• HISTORICAL_NationalRegisterHistoricPlaces ShapeFile
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• HISTORICAL_NationalRegisterHistoricPlaces on GitHub

Last Modified

02-02-2021

Attributes

Name	Type Details	Description
ST_NUM	type: String width: 15 precision: 0	Street address number
STREET	type: String width: 50 precision: 0	Street name
NRIND	type: String width: 5 precision: 0	Individual property, building, or structure listed ("Y"=listed on the National Register)
PRES_RESTR	type: String width: 5 precision: 0	Property protected by a preservation restriction ("Y"=protected)
NRDIS	type: String width: 5 precision: 0	National Register historic district ("Y"=district)
HISTNAME	type: String width: 75 precision: 0	Historic name of protected site; last names first
AKA	type: String width: 60 precision: 0	Alternate name
LOCATION	type: String width: 100 precision: 0	Full street address or description of location
LABELNAME	type: String width: 100 precision: 0	Name of site formatted for map labels; first names first
NHL	type: String width: 5 precision: 0	National Historic Landmark ("Y"=Landmark)
DOE	type: String width: 5 precision: 0	Property has a Determination of Eligibility to be listed on the National Register ("Y"=Eligible)
SHAPE_LENG	type: Double width: 8 precision: 38	Length of feature in internal units.

Coordinate System

NAD 1983 StatePlane Massachusetts Mainland FIPS 2001 Feet

License

This data is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/.