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Hi

I do not know if this would make a good group, but I ran across a location that was listed on this list.

The website located at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/

The locations listed I found

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/place.html

Looks like alot would be cross waymarked with Historic Places, but alot are contributing elements of a NRHP location.

Also looks like most places would be only in USA, so that also is a negative.

I searched for group, did not see one. If so I am sorry.

Is there ant ideas or suggestions?

Thank you for your time.

 

I often use the photos from this site for the category Photos Then and Now, though sometimes the photos are not old enough to us in that category.  I think it would be a good category though for me the first couple hundred waymarks I submitted would be cross posts from other categories.

Although the idea has all the right components for a category (permanent sites, historical perspective, easily researchable information, etc.), a HABS category does not interest me.  It is too similar to the NRHP Contributing Buildings and NRHP categories but with lesser quality buildings that are not already on those lists.  So, I would vote NAY because it would duplicate those two categories too much.  Sorry.

Wow, interesting site!  Don't know why I've never come up with this in any of my research on buildings and structures.

I don't think there is a problem with it being a U.S. only category.  We have many country, region, or state specific categories.

The main problem is the huge overlap with other categories, esp. the NRHP and NRHP Contributing Buildings categories.  There are bridges listed, and most, if not all, of them are covered by the bridges categories. 

I do like the idea of using lists like this as it keeps things objective.  Is there enough unique here, though, to warrant a category?  I don't really like the idea of creating a category and then excluding things just because they might be included in another category, though we do have quite a few like that.  Each category is supposed to stand on its own merit without reference to other categories, unless it is actually, or largely, a duplicate.

Maybe if something could be done to make the approach to posting in this category unique - different info or pictures, etc.  This site does seem to have a wealth of information.

Some people love hunting for historical building and others find it a huge bore.  That's the variety of waymarking!

Worth thinking about, anyway.

Thank you all for replies. For now, I will scratch the idea as after reading, I agree too few and too many cross waymarks.

Again, thank you all.