National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Missouri


This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Missouri.

Location of Washington County in Missouri

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.[1]

There are 11 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Caledonia Historic District
 
Caledonia Historic District
October 27, 1986
(#86003389)
Roughly bounded by Patrick, College, and Alexander Sts., and MO 21
37°45′48″N 90°46′18″W / 37.763333°N 90.771667°W / 37.763333; -90.771667 (Caledonia Historic District)
Caledonia
2 Cresswell Petroglyph Archeological Site February 12, 1971
(#71000482)
Address restricted
Fertile
3 George Cresswell Furnace May 23, 1988
(#88000613)
MO F
38°02′27″N 90°50′20″W / 38.040833°N 90.838889°W / 38.040833; -90.838889 (George Cresswell Furnace)
Potosi
4 Land Archeological Site May 5, 1972
(#72000734)
Address restricted
Caledonia
5 Lost Creek Pictograph Archeological Site January 25, 1971
(#71000481)
Address restricted
Caledonia
6 Palmer Historic Mining District November 29, 2010
(#10000964)
Surrounding Palmer for several miles in all directions[5]
37°50′40″N 90°59′15″W / 37.844444°N 90.987500°W / 37.844444; -90.987500 (Palmer Historic Mining District)
Potosi More than 15 miles (24 km) of land in the Mark Twain National Forest[6]
7 Harrison Queen House
 
Harrison Queen House
June 27, 2002
(#02000700)
Hwy C, 1.3 mi. W of MO 21
37°46′48″N 90°47′55″W / 37.78°N 90.798611°W / 37.78; -90.798611 (Harrison Queen House)
Caledonia
8 Susan Cave (23WA190) July 8, 1989
(#89000758)
Address restricted
Shirley
9 Washington County Courthouse
 
Washington County Courthouse
October 25, 2011
(#11000765)
102 N. Missouri St.
37°56′12″N 90°47′17″W / 37.936667°N 90.788056°W / 37.936667; -90.788056 (Washington County Courthouse)
Potosi
10 Washington State Park CCC Historic District
 
Washington State Park CCC Historic District
March 4, 1985
(#85000517)
Roughly bounded by MO 102 and MO 104
38°05′01″N 90°41′13″W / 38.083611°N 90.686944°W / 38.083611; -90.686944 (Washington State Park CCC Historic District)
Potosi
11 Washington State Park Petroglyph Archeological Site
 
Washington State Park Petroglyph Archeological Site
April 3, 1970
(#70000352)
Address restricted
Fertile

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Wettstaed, James R. "A Different View of the Lead Mines of Missouri: Archaeological Investigations in the Palmer Mining District". Missouri Archaeologist 56 Whole Volume (1995): 60-92: 63.
  6. ^ Mark Twain National Forest Seeks Volunteers to Survey Historic Mining Town near Potosi, United States Forest Service, 2011-02-19. Accessed 2013-03-30.