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7 unusual facts about National Register of Historic Places


Bestwick's Market

Bestwick's Market is a wood-framed false-fronted commercial building located in Alberton, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 13, 1997.

Columbia City, Seattle

The Columbia City business district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Columbia City Historic District, bounded on the north by S. Alaska Street, on the south by S. Hudson Street, on the east by Rainier Avenue S., and on the west by 35th Avenue S.

De Borgia Schoolhouse

De Borgia Schoolhouse is a two-story wood frame school located in De Borgia, Montana, United States which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 1979.

Eau Claire High School

The building which housed it from 1923-1949 is now on the National Register of Historic Places Building #83003379

Mineral King

(All of these communities, including Silver City, would later become part of the National Register of Historic Places' Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape.)

Stone Windmill

Stone Windmill (Morristown, New York), also known as McConnell's Windmill, listed as "Stone Windmill" in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Taleyfac River

It is crossed by Taleyfac Spanish Bridge, a historic stone arch bridge that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.


Ansel T. Walling

Walling's house in Circleville has been well preserved to the present day; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Benjamin Harvey Hill

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1972 and designated as a National Historic Landmark on November 7, 1973.

Benjamin N. Duke House

Benjamin's brother James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925) also built a townhouse on Fifth Avenue, the James B. Duke House, which was designated a New York City Landmark in 1970, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Charles Irving Thornton

His tombstone, located in Cumberland State Forest in Cumberland County, Virginia, is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places as one of only two gravestones in the world, and the only one in the United States, known to exist with an epitaph by Charles Dickens.

Colerain Works Archeological District

Colerain Works Archeological District is a registered historic district near Dunlap, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1976.

Cranberry Creek Archeological District

In addition to the Cranberry Creek Archeological District, Juneau County has two other related National Register of Historic Places: Gee's Slough Mound Group (ref: 78000108), which is also from the Woodland culture, and Lemonweir Glyphs (ref: 93001173).

Daniel Carroll

(Several acres are now associated with the house museum known as Darnall's Chance, listed on the National Register of Historic Places).

Edward H. Hobson

Hobson's Federal style brick home in Greensburg (built by his father in 1823) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington, D.C.

Built in 1917 to the designs of noted architect Jules Henri de Sibour, the 21-room Beaux-Arts building was formerly a private residence is designated as a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

George Austin McHenry

George McHenry's home is on the National Register of Historic Places in Stone County.

George H. Kelly House

Built in 1904 in the Neo-Classical Revival style, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and designated a City of Omaha architectural landmark that same year.

Glasco, Kansas

This small town has two items of interest on the National Register of Historic Places: Pott's Ford Bridge is located just 1/2 mile south of the city limits, and the entire downtown business district has also earned a listing on the register.

Harrison Square Historic District

Among the architects represented in the district are Luther Briggs, Jr., who also designed the Mount Wollaston Cemetery and John A. Fox, who also designed Tewksbury Hospital, both also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hiram Sibley

His home near Rochester, the Hiram Sibley Homestead, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and his Rochester home is included in the East Avenue Historic District.

John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS

The following buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS Multiple Property Submission (or MPS).

Julia Stockton Dinsmore

The main house of the farm she inherited from her father and managed for fifty-four years is now on the National Register of Historic Places and is known as the Dinsmore Homestead.

Kentucky Railway Museum

Four of the pieces are separately on the National Register of Historic Places: the Louisville and Nashville Steam Locomotive No. 152, the Louisville and Nashville Combine Car Number 665, the Mt. Broderick Pullman Lounge-Obs-Sleeping Car, and the Frankfort and Cincinnati Model 55 Rail Car.

King Opera House

The King Opera House is a contributing property to the Van Buren Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lawson Tower

The tower is listed as both an American Water Landmark and to the National Register of Historic Places - has become a popular touring site, featuring sweeping views of the South Shore, Old Scituate Light, Minot's Ledge Light and the nearby First Trinitarian Congregational Church.

Leelanau Transit Company

Two of the stations built for the line survive at least in part, and the Sutton Bay depot, constructed in 1920, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Log Cabin Inn Ensemble

The Log Cabin Inn Ensemble, located in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lookout tree

Many of the surviving lookout trees in Arizona have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lorenzo Snow Young

Two of his early works are some of his most notable, namely the Kingsbury Hall in the University of Utah Circle and the Granite Stake Tabernacle, which are both listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Lummus Park, Miami

On October 25, 2006, the park and the buildings on its northern boundary were added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as Lummus Park Historic District.

McLaughlin Mound

In 1972, the McLaughlin Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its archaeological significance; it is one of three Knox County mounds on the Register, along with the Raleigh and Stackhouse Mounds near Fredericktown to the northwest.

Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District

Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District is a registered historic district near West Chester, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 1978-12-18.

Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

The Cold Spring Farm Springhouse, John Michael Farm, Schoonover Mountain House, Capt. Jacob Shoemaker House, John Turn Farm, Zion Lutheran Church are located in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area at Middle Smithfield Township and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Millwood, Washington

The Rosebush House, located in the center of Millwood, "is one of Millwood's best preserved homes" and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Davenport, Iowa

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Davenport, Iowa, United States.

National Register of Historic Places listings in northwestern Worcester, Massachusetts

There are 103 properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester, Massachusetts, west of I-190 and the north-south section of I-290 and north of Massachusetts Route 122, which are listed here.

National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis north and west of downtown

This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, north of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis.

National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis south and west of downtown

This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, south of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Webster Parish, Louisiana

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States.

New York State Route 12E

Through Brownville, NY 12E remains a two-lane residential and commercial street, intersecting with the southern terminus of CR 54 (Brown Boulevard) near the Brownville Hotel, a National Register of Historic Places-listed (NRHP) property.

Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia

The community also lies in a region of historic architecture, with notable buildings including Wirtland at Oak Grove, a Gothic Revival plantation house listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Oregon Historic District

In 1974, Oregon was registered on the National Register of Historic Places, between Patterson Blvd. and Wayne Ave., north to Gates St. and south to U.S. Route 35, and Downtown Dayton (No. 75001506).

Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge

Designed by Irving Gill and built in 1913 as part of the original layout of the city as determined by Jared Sidney Torrance and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., the bridge became the city's second entry in the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1989 after Torrance High School.

Pocahontas School

Pocahontas School is a historic school building in Pocahontas, Tennessee, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Redmont Hotel

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27 of that year.

The Ave

Ye College Inn, a Tudor Revival building at the northeast corner of NE 40th Street near the "lower" (south) end of The Ave, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wade Hampton II

The Hampton family summer retreat, High Hampton, which they had built in the western mountains of North Carolina, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as are their mansion in Columbia, South Carolina, the Hampton-Preston House; and the ruins of their plantation house Millwoods in Richland County, South Carolina.

Walking Box Ranch

Listing on the National Register of Historic Places was one of the goals set out in April 2006 by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Bureau of Land Management, co-managers of the property.

Washoe County Library

The Washoe County Library, at 301 S. Center St. in Reno, Nevada, is a public library and is a historic Modern-style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

Woodland Plantation, the plantation depicted on the label of Southern Comfort since the 1930s, is an antebellum mansion in the town, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


see also

Academy Hall

Academy Hall (Edinboro University of Pennsylvania), oldest building at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Ankeny

Ankeny Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Clinton County, Iowa

Anna James

Anna James, a notable Connecticut person whose James Pharmacy is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Austin High School

Austin High School, Austin, Nevada, formerly known as Lander County High School, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bass Mansion

John H. Bass Mansion, Fort Wayne, Indiana, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Collett

Collett Park, on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana

Deerfield School

Deerfield Beach Elementary School in Deerfield Beach, Florida, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Broward County, Florida

Dement House

Dement Printing Company, Meridian, Mississippi, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Elkridge

Elkridge Furnace Complex, National Register of Historic Places designation for the same historic site

Emanuel United Church of Christ

Church whose Emanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, in Thomasville, North Carolina, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Emory Grove

Emory Grove Historic District, historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in Druid Hills, Georgia

Fort Mitchell Site

Fort Mitchell Historic Site, in Fort Mitchell, Alabama, an archeological site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Russell County, Alabama

Funk House

Joseph Funk House, Singers Glen, Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County

Goose River Bridge

Northwood Bridge, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, also known as Goose River Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Gustavus Adolphus Neumann

His body was interred in the cemetery of the Ten Mile River Baptist Church, a historic building that was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Hall's Tavern

Hall Tavern, Cambridge, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Henry Covered Bridge

Burt Henry Covered Bridge, also known as "Henry Covered Bridge", listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bennington County, Vermont

Hibernian Hall

Wonder Ballroom, Portland, Oregon, also known and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Hibernian Hall

Hillsboro Historic District

Hillsborough Historic District, Hillsborough, North Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

James Marshall House

James W. Marshall House, Lambertville, New Jersey, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

James Smith House

James Alexander Smith and Elmarion Smith Barn and Lame-Smith House, Halsey, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Oregon

Linden House

Ricards House-Linden Hall, Bridgeville, Delaware, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Sussex County

Locust Lawn

Locust Lawn, now Borden Oaks, a plantation on the National Register of Historic Places near Greensboro, Alabama

Lyons Garage

Lyons Garage, Torrington, Connecticut, a contributing building in the Downtown Torrington Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Marine Barracks

Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. as the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks and Commandant's House

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery, Woolwich, New Jersey, listed on National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey

Myrtle Hill

Boligee Hill, a house on the National Register of Historic Places, now known as Myrtle Hill.

Norge, Virginia

Other landmarks in Norge include the former Doll Factory, the former Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory, Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Norge Train Depot, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Old Dutch Church Parsonage

It was built in 1725, in the Colonial and Dutch Colonial Revival architectural styles, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Old Stone Church

Old Stone Church and Cemetery, Clemson, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Porter Military Academy

Charleston Arsenal, on the peninsula in Charleston, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Porter Military Academy

Purnell House

George Washington Purnell House, Snow Hill, Maryland, listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Rochelle Park

Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, a National Register of Historic Places designated historic district in New Rochelle, New York

Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources

The Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn is the only round barn listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in Cook County.

Russian Village

Russian Village District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in California

Sedgwick House

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick House, Cornwall, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

St. Joseph Church

Saint Joseph of the Lake Church and Cemetery, Menominee Indian Reservation, Wisconsin, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Menominee County, Wisconsin

Stone Hall

Stone Hall, Atlanta University, now known as Fountain Hall at Morris Brown College, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Fulton County, Georgia

Sweetser House

Warren Sweetser House, Stoneham, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Daniel Sweetser House, Wakefield, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Michael Sweetser House, Wakefield, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Tharp House

Tharp's Log, Three Rivers, California, a home in a big log, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tulare County, California

Thomas Jones House

Thomas W. Jones House, Stoneham, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Tower Building

Tower Building of the Little Rock Arsenal, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas

Union Meetinghouse

Old Union Meetinghouse, Farmington, Maine, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Franklin County

Van den Berg

Hendrik J. and Wilhelmina H. Van Den Berg Cottage, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Iowa

William Lewis House

William H. Lewis Model House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Portland, Oregon

Woodlawn Station

Aliquippa Station, a defunct station on the National Register of Historic Places near that town in western Pennsylvania, also sometimes known as Woodlawn Station.

ZCBJ Hall

Z. C. B. J. Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chippewa County, Wisconsin