1) Historic structures and landmarks for inclusion in the State Register shall be nominated by the Office of Historic Preservation and designated by the Commission.

2) The following criteria shall be the standards used in evaluating and determining eligibility of properties for listing on the State Register of Historic Places:

The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects of State and local importance that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association, and:

1. (1) That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to our history and the lives of persons significant in our past; or
2. (2) That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
3. (3) That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

(Effective June 2, 1977)