BY JEFF CHUDZINSKINorth Country This Week

NORFOLK -- Norfolk's Hale Cemetery has been nominated to be placed on the State and National Historic Places list.

The news comes as Governor Kathy Hochul announced 16 other recommendations by the New York State Board for Historic Preservation on June 14.

The nominations include industrial buildings, public housing sites, and houses of worship, state officials say.

First established in the 1820's, the cemetery has been in continual use for over 200 years, officials say.

"Some of the first New England settlers to this region established this burial ground in Norfolk in the 1820s, and its continued use for over 200 years makes it an archetypal example of a rural homestead neighborhood cemetery in northern New York. It is particularly notable for its exemplary stone wall and arch and evolution of funerary art from the early 1800s to the present," according to officials.

According to state officials, the State and National Registers are the official lists of buildings, structures, districts, landscapes, objects, and sites significant in the history, architecture, archaeology, and culture of New York State and the nation.

There are more than 118,000 historic properties throughout the state listed on the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as components of historic districts.