National Register of Historic Places Registration Form – Question 8a.
8. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria
(Mark “x” in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.)
It has been clear to us from the beginning that Coldwater Post Office is most significant because of it’s association with African American Architects, Plato and Cooke. This criteria informs all our answers to the following questions
| x | A. | Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history |
| B. | Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. | |
| C. | Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction | |
| D. | Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history |
Criteria Considerations – these don’t apply to us
(Mark “x” in all the boxes that apply.)
- Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes
- Removed from its original location
- A birthplace or grave
- A cemetery
- A reconstructed building, object, or structure
- A commemorative property
- Less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years
Areas of Significance
(Enter categories from instructions.)
_____Ethnic Heritage_______
_____Black (African American)_
_____Politics / Government__
_____Social History____
_____Art___________
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Period of Significance
____1940 – 1949_______
Significant Dates
___The duration of the New Deal_
Significant Person
(Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.)
___________________
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Cultural Affiliation
___________________
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Architect/Builder
___William Wilson Cooke__
___Samuel Plato________
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For Statement of Significance and Narrative Statement – please see the next blog post