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Decatur staff seek National Register boundary changes, extend period of significance to 1979
Summary
A consultant presented a draft amendment to the National Register nomination for New Decatur/Albany that would reduce the district by about 3.3 acres, add roughly 30 acres, extend the period of significance to 1979 and update contributing status for 85 resources; the draft is now with the State Historic Preservation Office for review.
Jamie, a consultant with EFC, presented a draft amendment to the National Register nomination for the commercial district historically known as New Decatur (later Albany), saying the nomination includes a boundary decrease of “approximately 3.3 acres” and an increase of about 30 acres to encompass post–World War II development.
The amendment would extend the district’s period of significance to 1941–1979, update the resource inventory and adjust contributing status to reflect demolitions and later construction. As amended, Jamie said, the nomination lists 85 resources, 64 of which are contributing and 21 noncontributing; nine resources from the original nomination were removed because they were demolished.
Why it matters: the amendment would formally recognize mid-20th-century commercial growth that occurred east and south of…
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