landmark status
Official preservation recognition
Landmark status is official recognition that a building, site, or structure has historical, architectural, or cultural significance worth preserving.
Properties with landmark status receive legal protections against demolition or inappropriate alteration: The neighborhood fought to get landmark status for the old theater.
Designation typically comes from local, state, or national preservation boards.
- historic siteDesignated place of significance
- designationFormal name or title
- listed buildingLegally protected historic structure
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
national monument · National Register · historic preservation · conservation area · zoning law · ordinance · registry · landmarking · heritage · historic district · gate · tower · compliance · tax incentive · statue · icon · advocacy group · brownstone
- historic preservationhistoric landmarks, historic districts, restoration, historic sites, historic site
- Rose BowlRose Parade, Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, granddaddy, bowl game
- architecture theoryformalism, functionalism, postmodernism, contextualism, deconstructivism
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- heritage sitesWorld Heritage Site, historic landmarks, Machu Picchu, monument, cultural landmarks
- historic mansiongrand staircase, ballroom, library, drawing room, dining hall