National Register of Historic Places listings in Gilliam County, Oregon
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This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Gilliam County, Oregon, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them. The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States.[1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide,[2] Oregon is home to over 2,000,[3] and 3 of those are found in Gilliam County.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[4]
Current listings
edit| [5] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[6] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. B. Barker Building |  |
February 21, 1989 (#89000053) |
333 S. Main Street 45°14′04″N 120°11′06″W / 45.234340°N 120.185062°W | Condon | Built in 1903 at the center of downtown Condon, this Italianate general store typifies the mercantile businesses serving ranches and farms throughout eastern Oregon in the early part of the 20th century. Its early proprietors, Simon Bradbury Barker (owner 1903–1918) and James Dunn Burns (owner 1926–1986), were leading economic and political figures in Gilliam County, and Barker became a prominent businessman statewide.[7] |
| 2 | Condon Commercial Historic District |  |
May 29, 1998 (#98000609) |
Roughly along Main Street between Frazer Street and Spring Street 45°14′10″N 120°11′05″W / 45.236147°N 120.184825°W | Condon | These 23 downtown structures represent the continuum of Condon's history from its early development as an important agricultural service center, expansion with the coming of the railroad, transformation as the automobile age arrived, and decline in the Great Depression. They show a clear evolution of building type, construction method, and use in parallel with the major phases of the town's development.[8] |
| 3 | Silas A. Rice Log House |  |
October 31, 1991 (#91001556) |
Oregon Route 19 at Burns Park 45°14′29″N 120°10′45″W / 45.241363°N 120.179216°W | Condon | This 1884 homesteader cabin is the only hewn-log house remaining in Gilliam County from the period of American settlement, and one of few left in the Columbia Plateau. It was built in the same year Condon was platted and about 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Beginning in 1987, it was relocated to a museum site and comprehensively restored.[9] |
See also
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- National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon
- Listings in neighboring counties: Klickitat, Morrow, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler
- Historic preservation
- History of Oregon
- Lists of Oregon-related topics
References
edit- ^ Andrus, Patrick W.; Shrimpton, Rebecca H.; et al. (2002), How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 39493977, archived from the original on April 6, 2014, retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ^ National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Program: Research, archived from the original on February 1, 2015, retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ^ Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved August 6, 2015. Note that a simple count of National Register records in this database returns a slightly higher total than actual listings, due to duplicate records. A close reading of detailed query results is necessary to arrive at the precise count.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ Sargent, Gail A. (August 15, 1988), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Barker, S. B., Building (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2017, retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ^ Donovan, Sally (July 1997), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Condon Commercial Historic District (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on March 1, 2017, retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ Kamerrer, June (February 5, 1991), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Rice, Silas A., Log House (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2017, retrieved June 2, 2021.
