CRIS Online Help System: National Register Search

Online Help System

National Register Search

The New York State Register and National Register of Historic Places are official lists of historically significant properties. In CRIS, each listing on these registers is represented by a National Register project. A listing may represent an individual resource (such as a house) or a district (such as a village). In the Criteria Search tools, the National Register tab allows you to search for listings on the State and National Registers, as well as for National Historic Landmarks, which are nationally significant historic resources that receive special designation above listing on the National Register.

The basic search fields are shown below. You do not need to fill all of them. If you enter search terms in multiple fields, only results that exactly match all of your search terms will be returned. Letters can be upper or lower case. In text fields, partial search terms are acceptable; for example, searching the Listing Name mill will return listings with names like Union Mill Complex and Millar-Wheeler House.

Click the Search button in the lower left corner to apply your search terms. The Results tab will display your search results. Click the View (magnifying glass) button next to a listing result to open the National Register Project Details module. The nomination form will be available for download under the Attachments (Atts.) tab in that module.

Note: The View button is disabled for archaeological nominations if you do not have archaeological data access privileges. To apply for archaeological permissions, please complete the PDF application form and email the form with supporting documentation (if applicable) to CRISHelp@parks.ny.gov with the subject “Archaeology Permission Request.” You will need to log into CRIS with an NY.gov ID account at least once before SHPO can enable archaeological permissions for your user profile.

If you wish to search State and National Register listings by more fields, click the Advanced button to the right of the Search button to open the Advanced National Register Search module. To reset the fields to their default values in this tab only, click the Reset button to the right of the Advanced button.

The National Register tab under the Criteria tab on the Search page contains dropdown selectors and text fields for entering criteria to search for National Register nominations in CRIS.

NR Number: Searches by SHPO’s identifying number for National Register projects. This number is in the format 15NR00124, where 15 is a 2-digit year (2015 in this example) and 00124 is a 5-digit sequence number.
Listing Name: The name of the listing. Since spelling or naming conventions may differ, you may wish to enter only part of the name to increase the chance of finding a match.
Address: The house number and street name, intersection, or location description for the listing. Since spelling or naming conventions may differ, you may wish to enter only part of the address to increase the chance of finding a match.
County: The county that contains the listing. Select the county name or leave the default, All Counties. If a listing is located in multiple counties, a search for any one of its counties will retrieve it. This field can help you locate a listing if you don’t know its exact name or location, or if there have been multiple nominations for the same property.
Municipality: The minor civil division (MCD) that contains the listing. MCDs may be cities, towns, villages, reservations, or boroughs. You must select a county before you can select an MCD from the list. If a listing is located in multiple MCDs, a search for any one of its MCDs will retrieve it.