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States and Canada including Frank Hefflefinger(Lake Minnetonka), A. M. Chisholm (Duluth), and William O'Brien (Marine on Saint Croix). Morell passed away in 1924. Nichols survived until 1970, remaining active as a landscape architect into the 1950s. He continued to use the firm's name long after Morell's death, although he teamed up with other landscape architects.10 A biographer notes that Nichols "became well known in the field of cemetery planning. Two important examples of his work include Sunset Memorial Park and the northeast area of Lakewood Cemetery."He published articles on related subjects in trade magazines, featuring Sunset Memorial Park in a May 1930 article in The American Cemetery. Nichols was, according to a colleague, "a good designer, mild-mannered, and a skilled promoter who inspired people and who saw an important synergy between civil engineering and landscape architecture. Nichols believed in large-scale plans that met the needs of the present while providing flexibility for the future."The emphasis on engineering is particularly pertinent for Sunset Memorial Park where irrigation—an innovation uncommon in cemeteries at the time— was installed at the outset.'' Nichols died in Rochester, Minnesota. He is buried at Sunset Memorial Park. National Register Preliminary Assessment The National Register includes a spectrum of properties ranging from architectural monuments to gardens, iron smelters, boats, bridges, and aircraft beacons. Established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the register consists of properties "significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering, and culture."To be considered significant, a property must meet one or more of the following criteria: Criterion A: be associated with events important to broad patterns of history; Criterion B: have a significant association with the life of an important person; Criterion C: represent a type, period, or method of construction; or be the work of a master; or express high artistic values; or Criterion D: yield, or be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Typically, above-ground properties merit National Register designation based on the first three criteria; Criterion D is usually applied to archaeological sites. Properties can achieve significance on a local, state, or national level. A property may be individually eligible for listing in the National Register, or eligible as a contributing component of an historic district. In addition to significance, a property must maintain physical integrity and must usually be over fifty years old unless it is exceptionally significant. The National Register is administered by the to In a 1927 advertisement for Sunset Memorial Park,two landscape architects are identified: "Morell&Nichols, Inc.,"and"Nichols,Nason and Cornell"("Beauty Preserved Inviolable"). 11 A 1927 advertisement claimed,with some exaggeration: "As a part of the elaborate improvement program a complete automatic underground sprinkling system—one of the largest in the world—is now being installed"(ibid.). Sunset Memorial Park Administration Building Preliminary National Register and Condition Assessment—Page 5