Inverness County Heritage Advisory Committe

I. Categories of Evaluation

	a. Residences
	b. Churches
	c. Public Buildings
	d. Commercial Buildings
	e. Barns, outbuildings and others
	f. Sites
	g. Streetscapes
	h. Farmscapes

II. Criteria for Evaluating Residences for Heritage Description

ITEMS                MAXIMUM SCORES       RATIONAL

1. Age of Building

   1800-1820               15             Very few buildings in
                                          this county (if any) exist
                                          from this era - research
                                          may show.

   1820-1840               13             Both sheated log houses
                                          and framed houses may
                                          exist. Seems to have been
                                          a time of great building
                                          activity.

   1840-1880               10

   1880-1914                7

   1914-1930                5

2. Connection of           20             Documentation will be
   building to important                  necessary - connections
   occasion, person,                      may be national, provincial
   activities                             or local

3. Period of Time with which   10         
   it is connected - founding
   of a village; growth of
   milling; shipping, etc.

4. Relationship of building    10         some buildings have a
   to surrounding area if                 connection to a historic
   in village or group or                 church, to a mill site,
   to other buildings if                  to other outbuildings - 
   farmstead                              forming a group which is
                                          indicative of a period/change

5. Architectural - aesthetic
   Significance - excellent    20         For this item, placement of
                  good         15         doors, windows, detail,
                  fair         10         proportions, materials used;
                                          Aviod personal preference
                                          - check for details -
                                          original materials