National Register of Historic Places listings in Klamath County, Oregon
This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Klamath 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 30 of those are found partially or wholly in Klamath County.
- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 14, 2020.[4]
Current listings
[5] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[6] | Location | City or town | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Army Corps of Engineers Road System | August 12, 2019 (#100004255) |
Roughly parallel to Rim Drive and Pinnacles Road 42°52′48″N 122°02′16″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
2 | Baldwin Hotel | October 2, 1973 (#73001576) |
31 Main St. 42°13′14″N 121°47′12″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
3 | Judge Henry L. Benson House | December 2, 1981 (#81000496) |
137 High St. 42°13′25″N 121°47′07″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
4 | Bisbee Hotel | October 12, 2006 (#06000938) |
229 S. 6th St. 42°13′27″N 121°46′47″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
5 | Blackburn Sanitarium | September 27, 1996 (#96001046) |
1842 Esplanade Avenue 42°13′58″N 121°46′25″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
6 | Bly Ranger Station | March 11, 1981 (#81000650) |
Highway 140 42°24′03″N 121°02′41″W |
Bly | ||
7 | Comfort Station No. 68 | December 1, 1988 (#88002624) |
Rim Dr., near Rim Village Campground 42°54′42″N 122°08′44″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
8 | Comfort Station No. 72 | December 1, 1988 (#88002625) |
Rim Dr., in Rim Village Campground 42°54′41″N 122°08′50″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
9 | Crater Lake Lodge | May 5, 1981 (#81000096) |
Crater Lake National Park 42°54′36″N 122°08′22″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
10 | Crater Lake Superintendent's Residence | May 28, 1987 (#87001347) |
Munson Valley 42°54′03″N 122°08′12″W |
Crater Lake National Park | The 1930s-era Munson Valley development was originally one of the best-designed rustic installations in a U.S. national park. This is the only building in the group to remain in near-original condition, and it employed unusual construction methods in response to the very short Crater Lake building season.[7] | |
11 | Fort Klamath Site | October 7, 1971 (#71000680) |
SE of Fort Klamath 42°41′31″N 121°58′20″W |
Fort Klamath | ||
12 | Fred Goeller House | June 3, 1998 (#98000624) |
234 Riverside Dr. 42°13′03″N 121°47′29″W |
Klamath Falls | As of 2013, the Goeller House has fallen into a state of disrepair.[8] | |
13 | Honeymoon Creek Snow-Survey Cabin | December 29, 2000 (#00000515) |
Sky Lakes Wilderness 42°40′01″N 122°11′54″W |
Ashland vicinity | ||
14 | Jacksonville-to-Fort Klamath Military Wagon Road | May 16, 1979 (#79002068) |
S of Butte Falls 42°28′46″N 122°26′57″W |
Butte Falls vicinity | ||
15 | Klamath County Armory and Auditorium | May 18, 2011 (#11000295) |
1451 Main St. 42°13′42″N 121°46′29″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
16 | Klamath Falls City Hall | October 30, 1989 (#89001861) |
226 S. 5th St. 42°13′24″N 121°46′51″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
17 | Old Klamath Falls City Library | October 30, 1989 (#89001863) |
500 Klamath Ave. 42°13′25″N 121°46′51″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
18 | Lake of the Woods Ranger Station – Work Center | April 8, 1986 (#86000845) |
Winema National Forest 42°23′09″N 122°13′34″W |
Klamath Falls vicinity | ||
19 | Linkville Pioneer Cemetery | July 11, 2014 (#14000400) |
Corner of Lexington Avenue and Upham Street 42°14′02″N 121°46′58″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
20 | Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge | October 15, 1966 (#66000238) |
Lower Klamath Lake, east of Dorris, California (See also Siskiyou County, California.) 41°56′48″N 121°39′53″W |
Worden | This national wildlife refuge, established in 1908, was the first large block of public land set aside for wildlife management purposes. Because of its origins in the Klamath Basin reclamation project, it became an ongoing example of the tensions between conservation and commercial demands in public land management.[9] | |
21 | Warren Mills House | February 11, 1993 (#93000016) |
123 High St. 42°13′22″N 121°47′17″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
22 | Munson Valley Historic District | December 1, 1988 (#88002622) |
Munson Valley Rd. 42°53′52″N 122°08′04″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
23 | Oregon Bank Building | September 10, 1987 (#87001525) |
905 Main St. 42°13′38″N 121°46′45″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
24 | Point Comfort Lodge | December 31, 1979 (#79002080) |
27505 Rocky Point Rd. 42°28′18″N 122°05′24″W |
Rocky Point | ||
25 | Richardson–Ulrich House | August 11, 1988 (#88001244) |
636 Conger Ave. 42°13′24″N 121°47′40″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
26 | Rim Drive Historic District | January 30, 2008 (#08000041) |
Rim Drive along edge of caldera surrounding Crater Lake 42°57′24″N 122°02′49″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
27 | Rim Village Historic District | September 18, 1997 (#97001155) |
Jct. of Rim Village Rd. and an access rd. 42°54′37″N 122°08′33″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
28 | Sinnott Memorial Building No. 67 | December 1, 1988 (#88002623) |
Rim Dr., near Rim Village Campground 42°54′42″N 122°08′33″W |
Crater Lake National Park | ||
29 | Valley Hospital | September 8, 1988 (#88001524) |
405 Pine St. 42°13′27″N 121°47′06″W |
Klamath Falls | ||
30 | Watchman Lookout Station No. 168 | December 1, 1988 (#88002626) |
Off Rim Dr. on The Watchman 42°56′35″N 122°10′21″W |
Crater Lake National Park |
Former listings
[5] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Summary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Winthrow-Melhase Block | June 14, 1982 (#82003730) | December 28, 1994[10] | 4th and Main Sts. |
Klamath Falls |
See also
References
- 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 Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on August 14, 2020.
- Numbers represent an 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.
- National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- Creasey, Andrew (March 14, 2013), "The fall of the house of Goeller", Herald and News, Klamath Falls, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved January 28, 2014. Note that this source incorrectly states that the house's National Register listing expired in 2013, when in fact only the Oregon historic preservation special assessment property tax benefit expired.
- Huston, Ann E. (May 1990), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Klamath Lake Reservation (PDF), retrieved March 3, 2016.
- Weekly Register List 1995, page 4
External links
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, National Register Program
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places site
Media related to National Register of Historic Places in Klamath County, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.