National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington state

This is a list of properties and historic districts in Washington that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are at least three listings in each of Washington's 39 counties.

The National Register of Historic Places recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States.[1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide,[2] more than 1,500 are in Washington.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 29, 2016.[3]

Current listings by county

The following are tallies of current listings by county.[lower-alpha 1]

Beverly Railroad Bridge, in Kittitas County
Arthur Foss, in King County
Teapot Dome Service Station, in Yakima County
R. A. Long High School, in Cowlitz County
The Wells House, in Chelan County
County # of Listings
1 Adams 8
2 Asotin 9
3 Benton 15
4 Chelan 46
5 Clallam 49
6 Clark 43
7 Columbia 20
8 Cowlitz 32
9 Douglas 14
10 Ferry 12
11 Franklin 13
12 Garfield 3
13 Grant 10
14 Grays Harbor 20
15 Island 9
16 Jefferson 75
17.1 King: Seattle 189
17.2 King: Other 87
17.3 King County: Total 276
18 Kitsap 19
19 Kittitas 25
20 Klickitat 11
21 Lewis 34
22 Lincoln 11
23 Mason 17
24 Okanogan 15
25 Pacific 18
26 Pend Oreille 8
27 Pierce 192
28 San Juan 18
29 Skagit 28
30 Skamania 5
31 Snohomish 47
32 Spokane 145
33 Stevens 25
34 Thurston 64
35 Wahkiakum 5
36 Walla Walla 32
37 Whatcom 73
38 Whitman 34
39 Yakima 69
(duplicates): (19)[lower-alpha 2]
Total: 1,530
Grays River Covered Bridge, in Wahkiakum County
Snoqualmie Falls, in King County
Washington State Capitol Historic District in Thurston County
First Congregational Church, in Spokane County

Notes

  1. ↑ These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which only modify the area covered by an existing property or district, although carrying a separate National Register reference number.
  2. ↑ Several historic resources in Washington are included on multiple county lists:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andrus, Patrick W.; Shrimpton, Rebecca H.; et al. (2002), How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Register Bulletin (15), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, retrieved June 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Program: Research, retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on April 29, 2016.

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