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State denies National Register listing for Dade City Cemetery; board plans to use experience to improve future nominations
Summary
City staff told the board a state review denied the Dade City Cemetery's individual nomination to the National Register, stating cemeteries are generally ineligible absent national associations or individuals of transcendent importance; staff recounted submission on Aug. 8, supplemental information on Sept. 9 and the denial on Sept. 15.
City staff told the Dade City Historic Preservation Advisory Board that the state responded to the cemetery's National Register nomination with a denial letter received Sept. 15, explaining that, as a general rule, cemeteries are not eligible for individual National Register listings unless they are associated with graves of individuals of transcendent importance or meet unusual design or age criteria.
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