Map showing NHL locations in Oregon. Red dots represent more than one NHL. Click on a label to go to the article for that landmark.
This is a completeList of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon. TheUnited StatesNational Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of theNational Park Service, and recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and similar resourcesnationwide according to a list of criteria of national significance.[1] Thestate ofOregon is home to 17 of these landmarks, two of which extend beyond Oregon's borders into other states, as well as one site from which NHL status was withdrawn upon its destruction.
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The National Historic Landmark program is administered by theNational Park Service, a branch of the U.S.Department of the Interior. The National Park Service determines which properties meet NHL criteria and makes nomination recommendations after an owner notification process.[1] TheSecretary of the Interior reviews nominations and, based on a set of predetermined criteria, makes a decision on NHL designation or a determination of eligibility for designation.[2] Both public and privately owned properties are designated as NHLs. This designation provides indirect, partial protection of the historic integrity of the properties, via tax incentives, grants, monitoring of threats, and other means.[1] Owners may object to the nomination of the property as an NHL; when this is the case the Secretary of the Interior can only designate a site as eligible for designation.[2]
NHLs are also included on theNational Register of Historic Places (NRHP), which are historic properties that the National Park Service deems to be worthy of preservation. The primary difference between an NHL and a NRHP listing is that the NHLs are determined to have particular national significance, while other NRHP properties may be deemed significant at the local or state level.[1] The NHLs in Oregon comprise 0.8% of the approximately 1,900 properties and districts listed on theNRHP in Oregon.
Founded in 1852 as amining town, Jacksonville became the principalfinancial andcommercial center ofsouthern Oregon until it was bypassed by therailroad. Its group of surviving, unalteredcommercial andresidential buildings spans the full range ofarchitectural styles employed in the West between 1850 and 1890. The town's unusual state of preservation and completeness make it a uniquely intact example of a mid-19th century inland commercial town.[6]
Retired in 1979 as the lastlightship to be stationed at theColumbia River Bar — or anywhere on thePacific coast of theUnited States —WAL-604 retains the best historic integrity of the last generation ofU.S. Coast Guard lightships after 1939.WAL-604,built in 1950, and its relatives closely resembled earlier lightshiptypes in external appearance, but were a distinct departure in their overalldesign.
Thearcheological remains of thisChinookan village, dating from the mid-13th to the mid-18th centuriesCE, are unusually well preserved. This cosmopolitan people's complexhunter-gatherer economy and extensivetrade network allowed them to establish one of the highestpopulation densities inaboriginal North America, yet they left very few physical remains.[8] The site has been subject toerosion andlooting, problems which have been ameliorated by a protective layer ofriprap.[7]
The home of "Bumble Bee" brand tuna, this was the longest continuously operatedsalmoncannery in the United States, from its construction in 1898 until decommissioning in 1980. The canned salmon industry was a cornerstone of theNorthwest's resource-based economy from the late 1860s until afterWorld War II. Amid seasonal and declining salmon stocks, the cannery diversified intotuna in the 1930s. Because of structural deterioration, the building was slated for demolition in 1991, and it burned in 1993.[12]
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, definedhere, differentiateNational Historic Landmarks andhistoric districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in theNational Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
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