Idaho National Laboratory Cultural Resource Management Plan

to the broad patterns of our history;
or
That are associated with the lives of
persons significant in our past; or
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
That have yielded, or that may be
likely to yield, information
important in prehistory or history; or
That have achieved significance
within the past 50 years if they are
of exceptional importance.
In addition to meeting one or more of the
aforementioned criteria, properties must possess
integrity in order to be eligible to the National
Register. Integrity is defined as (Advisory Council
1991):
The authenticity of a property’s
historic identity, evidenced by the
survival of physical characteristics that
existed during the property’s
historic…period. If a property retains
the physical characteristics it
possessed in the past, then it has the
capacity to convey association with
historical patterns or persons,
architectural or engineering design
and technology, or information about a
culture or people.
Integrity has seven qualities that apply to
historic architectural properties:
1. Location
2. Design
3. Setting
4. Materials
5. Workmanship
6. Feeling
7. Association, which is the “direct link between
a property and an event, or person…for which
the property is significant…and is sufficiently
intact that it can convey that relationship”
(Advisory Council 1991).
A property normally must meet at least two of
the seven qualities to be eligible for the National
Register.
Clearly, some important cultural resources at
INL will not meet any of the evaluation criteria or
will lack sufficient integrity. For instance, the
significance of a traditional cultural area lies with
those who have traditional ties there and can only
be established by communicating directly with
them. Therefore, while the National Register
criteria are useful, they are not necessarily used
alone in the process of evaluating significance at
INL. Appendices E and F contain research designs
and historic contexts that provide the background
necessary to evaluate the significance of INL
archaeological and architectural properties.
Significance evaluations play an important role in
identifying cultural resources that should be
protected from impact during INL-sponsored
activities. These evaluations are also an important
part of general cultural resource management
activities at INL. Significance is documented
through data collection and established within the
framework of historic contexts and research
designs developed for each type of cultural
resource known at INL. Some properties exhibit
characteristics that make them eligible for
nomination to the National Register of Historic
Places, while others do not, but they are no less
important in the overall management scheme.
INL’s first reactor facility, EBR-I, is listed on
the National Register as a National Historic
Landmark and Aviator’s Cave was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
DOE-ID intends to nominate other properties in
the future. Possible strategies include nomination
of:
Multiple historic buildings and structures
The nuclear-powered jet engines presently on
display at the EBR-I complex
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