A Local Historic District is a geographic area within a community singled out for its architectural, historic, cultural or archaeological importance. National Register of Historic Places are historic properties worthy of preservation because of "a quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture...in districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that possess location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association...with events that contributed to broad patterns of our history, with lives of significant individuals, with distinctive styles of architecture, or with information important to history or prehistory."
Learn more about the difference between local historic districts and national register of historic places.