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Nominations - Inventory of Historic Sites

Anyone may nominate a property for listing in the Inventory. The History Commission requires that the owner be notified of the nomination. The applicant must submit either an Individual Property Nomination Form or a District Nomination Form. Staff reviews the application for completion and submits it to the History Commission Inventory Committee for evaluation. If accepted, the Inventory Committee will bring the nomination to the History Commission for a vote at an upcoming meeting. A file for each resource on the Inventory is kept at the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Development.

Applicants researching the history of buildings in Fairfax County, Virginia should review the Research Guidelines. These preliminary steps assist in preparing an Individual Property Nomination form. Not all suggestions apply to every site.

Individual Property Nomination Form

To be considered for listing in the Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites by the Fairfax County History Commission, an individual property must retain historical integrity and meet one or more of the following criteria...

View Individual Form

District Nomination Form

To be considered for listing in the Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites by the Fairfax County History Commission, a district nomination must meet one or more of the following criteria...

View District Form

Research Guidelines

Applicants researching the history of buildings in Fairfax County, Virginia will find these procedures useful. These preliminary steps assist in preparing an Individual Property Nomination form. Not all suggestions apply to every site.

Review Guidelines

Instructions for Individual Property Nomination Forms

Instructions for the Individual Property Nomination Form and an example of a successfully completed nomination can be found below. A good place to begin is to review the nomination form first before starting to fill it out. This will help determine what information is needed to complete the form. You may find it easier to fill out certain parts of the form first, returning to other parts later.

The instruction guide gives detailed guidance on the information requested in the Individual Property Nomination Form. This step-by-step guide follows the nomination form from start to finish, giving examples along the way to illustrate each point. A successful completed nomination form for Dunn Loring Elementary School is available below to further illustrate the concepts in the instruction guide. This example provides notations in the margins to point out how information requested in the nomination form is addressed.