REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — A break-room refrigerator at the regional headquarters of a mid-tier logistics software company has been formally added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Interior Department confirmed Thursday, citing the appliance's "unparalleled and largely undisturbed record of a civilization that believed labeling yogurt would make any difference whatsoever."

The GE Profile bottom-freezer unit, located in the third-floor kitchen of Dunder Annex Business Solutions, contains seventeen Tupperware containers, four unlabeled foil parcels, and what preservationists are calling "the Rosetta Stone of break-room grievance communication": a laminated Post-it note reading SERIOUSLY??? This was my lunch, KAREN that has remained affixed to a container of suspected pad thai since approximately February 2018.

"We have not seen a deposit this intact since the Pompeii excavations," said Dr. Flemming Borcht-Wissler, Associate Chair of Institutional Anthropology and Refrigerated Artifact Studies at the University of Akron's Continuing Education Annex. "The layering is extraordinary. You can actually read the passive aggression stratigraphically."

The nomination was fast-tracked after a junior facilities coordinator nearly discarded the contents during a routine cleaning in March. Preservationists who had been monitoring the unit via a hallway security feed intervened before any Tupperware was touched, an outcome described in the formal filing as "consistent with all previous interventions, which is to say, none."

"The fridge survived a company rebrand, two rounds of layoffs, a hybrid-work transition, and a flood on the second floor. At this point it has more institutional memory than HR."

The listing places the refrigerator under the same federal protections as Monticello and the Gettysburg battlefield, meaning the contents may not be removed, relocated, or microwaved without a permit from the National Park Service. A small interpretive placard is expected to be installed on the freezer door by late autumn, provided nobody tapes anything over it.

Company management has expressed cautious support. "We're proud," said Dunder Annex Director of People Operations Cindy Breull in a prepared statement, adding that the company would be "exploring opportunities to leverage the landmark designation in our Q4 employer-branding strategy."

The nomination document also notes the presence of a half-empty bottle of Trader Joe's green goddess dressing whose expiration date — June 2019 — represents "a precise temporal horizon, a before and after, the culinary equivalent of a tree ring." The bottle's owner has not come forward. Historians consider this detail "very on brand."

The refrigerator will remain plugged in and operational, as federal guidelines require preserved sites to be maintained in a condition "as close to the original as practicable." It is unclear whether this means the overhead light that flickers when the compressor kicks on is now also protected.

A second fridge on the fourth floor, which was cleaned last year, is not eligible.