Lee Pafford home at Eighth Street and Ash Avenue, c. 1910 n. [LME l significantia significans: see fol.]
1 that which is signified; meaning 2 the quality of being significant; suggestiveness; expressiveness 3 importance; consequence; moment . . .

It is not enough that a building is simply old. There must be some reason why it represents of a part of our heritage -- as the site of an historic event, the home of a famous person, or the best example of a particular style of architecture.


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