VARI surveys document more than just big, fancy buildings. Indeed, they may document rural farmsteads, everyday buildings, worker housing, suburban planned developments and village centers, commercial buildings, and factories. Properties are documented in the VARI either through comprehensive surveys that document all of the resources in a community or individually when the historic or architectural significance of a property is evaluated as part of the Project Review or nomination processes. To see what is documented in the VARI please use the Online Resource Center (ORC).
Vermont Architectural Resource Inventory Survey Forms
Use the appropriate VARI form to record information about resources in your community. Completed forms and digital photographs can be emailed to Devin Colman, State Architectural Historian.
Individual Building VARI Survey Form (MS Word)
Historic District VARI Survey Form (MS Word)
Determination of Eligibility Form (MS Word)
Use the Determination of Eligibility (DOE) form to request an assessment of whether or not a property meets the State or National Registers Criteria for Evaluation of eligibility. A positive determination finds that a property possesses sufficient integrity to support its historic or architectural significance. A negative finding means the property lacks historic integrity and/or significance and is unlikely to be approved for listing.
Determinations of Eligibility are not official listings but do offer some of the same incentives and requirements. A property will not be formally nominated to the State or National Registers of Historic Places without proper notification to the property owner(s).