> I have a question about `name=` and variants of names. I've been reading a lot of local history and in the architecture/history world, houses are generally named for the first resident that they were built for. E.g."Johnson house" and are referred to in this way even after many generations of new owners. ... For some of these buildings they are commonly referred to by the public using this historical-owner name. For example the "Osborne house" ... in my town was referred to as such in public meetings and newspapers several years ago .. ... Especially in the case of a building taken up by a single business, locals will simply refer to the building as the ... or some other tag?
For at least part of this use case, these are known as 'landmark' buildings ( and other things, like the 'Blue Star Highway <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Memorial_Highway>' or 'Lincoln Highway <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Highway>"), and they have that designation whether they've been moved, etc. The name reflects the original builder, owner, company, congregation, ranch, farm, etc. The landmark status can official <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark> ( local, state, federal ) or not ( usually the case in rural areas ). There seems to already be some tags along these lines in taginfo, landmark_building, and landmark with a key value of building. ,
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