The purpose of the Alabama Historical Commission, hereinafter referred to as the commission, shall be to acquire in its own name or in the name of the State of Alabama by purchase, devise, lease, assignment, license, condemnation, gift, bequest, transfer or otherwise buildings, objects and sites deemed worthy of being preserved, improved, protected and maintained for or on account of their particular historic, archaeological or architectural significance, including adjacent properties deemed necessary for the proper setting, use and administration of same, and said buildings, objects and sites shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:

(1) Buildings in which events of great significance to Alabama's or the nation's history have taken place and the sites surrounding them;

(2) Birthplaces or residences of outstanding personages and the sites surrounding them;

(3) The sites of historic or significant events in Alabama or United States history, including military engagements, Indian treaties and massacres;

(4) Buildings of significant or outstanding architectural value;

(5) Buildings, sites, objects or monuments of special significance to our cultural, military, social, economic, religious or commercial heritage, including post roads, traces, ruins, railroads, plantations, wharfs, missions, places of treaties, cemeteries, fortifications and places of worship; and

(6) Archaeological sites for excavational, salvage, protective and interpretative purposes.