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Rock Island commission backs three-tier historic inventory to replace "Moses list"
Summary
The Rock Island Historic Preservation Commission reviewed staff’s proposal to replace the long-standing "Moses list" with a three-tier "historic structures and sites inventory," agreed to return a cleaned draft next month, and directed staff to prepare nomination forms and outreach material for property owners.
The Rock Island Historic Preservation Commission on an agenda item reviewed a staff proposal to replace the city’s informal "Moses list" with a formal three-tier "historic structures and sites inventory," intended to identify and recognize architecturally, culturally and archaeologically significant properties across the city.
Staff (Speaker 4) described the plan as a starting point: the existing Moses list would serve as the initial basis, and properties would be assigned to tier 1, tier 2 or tier 3 based on how many evaluation criteria they meet. "Tier 1 would be those that would instantly be considered for landmark designation," Speaker 4 said; tier 2 nominations would require deeper research before a National Register or local landmark nomination could proceed. Speaker 4 emphasized that a property must meet at least one criterion to be added to the…
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