National Register Properties
The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the register is an honor and carries no direct restrictions. Properties may qualify for listing in the register if they are at least 50 years old, meet one or more of four eligibility criteria (Criterion A: broad patterns of history; Criterion B: association with a significant individual; Criterion C: reflective of excellence in architecture, craftsmanship or design; Criterion D: potential to reveal important information about the past), and retain sufficient exterior integrity to be recognizable to the date they were built, or to the period in which they gained significance. Properties may be listed individually, as part of a district, or as part of a multiple- property thematic nomination. When properties are listed in a historic district they are designated Contributing or Non-contributing based on their exterior physical integrity and association with the qualifying listing criteria. Financial benefits are available to qualifying Contributing properties including Federal income tax credits of 20 percent for the approved rehabilitation of income producing properties (including duplexes, apartments and dwellings converted to office uses). State funded grants also are available for rehabilitation and restoration of Contributing properties. The National Register program is administered by the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior.
Additional National Register Listings and Potentially Eligible Properties
During the four-year survey conducted by Ms. Williams many individual buildings and several historic districts were identified as potentially eligible for listing in the National Register. In addition to the Charnwood Residential Historic District, six individual Tyler properties are currently listed in the National Register. They are the: Goodman-LeGrand House; Ramey-Grainger House; Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House; Carnegie Library; John B. and Ketura Douglas House; Smith County Jail. Nominations for two other buildings are currently underway, and a community development history of Tyler is being prepared in anticipation of additional historic district nominations. More information on the National Register program, on the Charnwood Residential Historic District, and on properties potentially eligible for individual and district listing is available from Historic Tyler, Inc.
Application Form for a National Register of Historic Places Plaque.
The mission of Historic Tyler, Inc. is to promote the preservation and protection of historic structures and sites through education, involvement, and public and private investment.
