Marietta Historic District (Marietta, Ohio)
When the district was added to the Register in 1974, it encompassed an area roughly bounded by the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers and Warren, Third, Fifth, and Sixth Streets. In 2001, some of its original boundaries were slightly reduced, but it was also expanded greatly to include an area roughly bounded by Marion, Montgomery, Ohio, Greene, Butler, and Second through Ninth Streets, and the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers. The resulting district encompasses over 900 acres (360 ha) and includes over two thousand contributing properties.
The National Register includes properties and districts that are considered historic under any of four criteria:
- Association with significant events in American history
- Association with significant historical individuals
- Well-preserved and historically significant architecture
- Possibility of yielding archaeological evidence
While most properties and districts on the Register qualify under one or two of the criteria, the Marietta Historic District qualifies under all four.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Hulbert, Archer Butler: The Records of the Original Proceedings of the Ohio Company, Volume I, Marietta Historical Commission, Marietta, Ohio (1917).
- ^ Marietta Historic District, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2009-12-05.
- ^ "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation Archived December 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine," (PDF), National Register Bulletins, National Park Service, 6. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
