Historic Districts of New Jersey

Historic Districts possess a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of buildings, sites, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development. This dataset represents the polygon boundaries of historic districts that: 1. Are National Historic Landmarks, 2. Are included in the New Jersey or National Registers of Historic Places, 3. Have been determined Eligible for inclusion in the registers through federal or state processes administered by the HPO, 4. Have been designated as Local Historic Districts by local government, or 5. Have been identified through cultural resource survey or other documentation on file at the HPO. The majority of features in the dataset represent categories 1, 2, and 3 above. HPO is still in the process of comprehensive digitizing for categories 4 and 5. Inclusion in this dataset does not preclude the existence of other historic districts as yet unidentified, unrecorded, or undocumented.历史街区（Historic Districts）指因规划或实体开发在历史与美学层面形成关联，且建筑、场地、构筑物或物件呈现高度集中、相互串联或持续存续特征的区域。本数据集涵盖符合以下任一情形的历史街区的多边形边界：1. 属于国家历史地标（National Historic Landmarks）；2. 收录于新泽西州或国家历史遗迹名录（National Registers of Historic Places）；3. 经历史保护办公室（Historic Preservation Office，简称HPO）管理的联邦或州级审核流程认定符合上述名录的收录资格；4. 由地方政府正式指定为地方历史街区；5. 通过文化资源普查或存档于HPO的其他相关文档予以确认。本数据集的绝大多数要素属于上述第1、2、3类情形。目前HPO仍在对第4、5类情形的相关数据开展全面数字化工作。将某历史街区纳入本数据集，并不排除存在其他尚未被识别、记录或归档的历史街区的可能。