This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Hood River 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 38 of those are found partially or wholly in Hood River County.
This 1924 bank was designed by celebrated architect A. E. Doyle, his only Egyptian Revival building in Oregon. The bank was incorporated in 1905 and led by Leslie Butler, one of Hood River's most important businessmen and a prominent philanthropist statewide. The bank folded in 1932.[9]
The opening of the Cascade Locks and Canal in 1896 improved river commerce by allowing Columbia Riversteamboats to bypass the treacherous and usually impossible run through the Cascades Rapids. The canal was rendered unnecessary and partly submerged by construction of the Bonneville Dam in 1938.[10]
This 1906, late vernacularQueen Anne house is one of the best preserved examples of its style in Hood River. Its size, state of preservation, and fine detail work on its gables especially stand out from similar houses in the area.[13]
Built on Hood River Valleyorchard land in 1910, this may be the finest and most ornate example of Dutch Colonial Revival architecture locally, incorporating many of the distinctive features of the style. The house also displays a high degree of historic integrity on both the exterior and interior, with only minor alterations.[14]
^The Barlow Road is a linear district that runs north of and roughly parallel to the line of the White and Salmon rivers from southwest of Wamic to Rhododendron. See also Wasco and Clackamas counties.
^The Columbia River Highway Historic District is a linear district with the Sandy River Bridge, Troutdale, at its west end, and the Chenoweth Creek Bridge, The Dalles, at the east end. See also Multnomah and Wasco counties.
^The Mount Hood School House is located at the community of Mount Hood, rather than at the mountain for which the community was named.
^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.
^ abNumbers 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.
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