This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington 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 51 of those are found in Washington County.
Pietro Belluschi (1899–1994), Oregon's highest-regarded architect of the 20th century, lived in this then-isolated house from 1944 to 1948 during one of the most productive periods of his career. His renovations to the house reflect his ideas in the Northwest Regional style that he helped develop.[7]
Beaverton's downtowncommercial core remains largely intact as a pedestrian-oriented business district constructed along the street pattern from the city's earliest plats. Significant buildings include a handful from the city's first decades (1868–1920) and a larger number from the period of profound transformation between the world wars (1920–1940).[8]
Built c. 1858, this house is a prominent example of mid-19th century Greek Revival architecture in Forest Grove. It also exhibits a mix of frame construction techniques of the period. It was relocated a short distance in 1895, and may have been used as a stagecoach inn about that time.[9]
This 1912 house, built during the early stages of the suburbanization of the area, is an unusually large and well-preserved example of the Craftsman architecture of the period. The design details, both exterior and interior, are exceptionally intact and richly express the Craftsman style.[10]
This architecturally-important house was built c. 1873 by carpenter Harley McDonald, one of the first settlers to offer architectural services in Oregon, and is one of only two houses designed by McDonald remaining in Forest Grove.[a] Its Italianate form and Gothic details are highly distinctive in the local area.[11]
After emigrating across the Oregon Trail in 1846, Augustus Fanno settled this land claim — the twelfth claim filed at the Oregon City Land Office and the first in what is now Washington County. Fanno built the New England-style farmhouse with neoclassical details in 1859. The farm continued in productive operation until the 1940s, and the family occupied the house until the 1970s.[12]
This former farm with buildings dating to 1855 includes an Italian Villa style home, an eight-sided barn, a shed, and several other out-buildings.[13] In 1986, the McMenamins chain bought the farm and converted it into the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse brewpub, which added Imbrie Hall constructed from timbers from Henry Weinhard's Brewery.[14]
This Mediterranean styleoffice building in downtown was oringally a residence. Completed in 1923, it was converted into office space in 1984. The structure is built of concrete, wood, and stucco.[15]
The oldest of ten buildings on this farm is the cross-wing western farmhouse that was completed in 1883. Other buildings include a two-story barn, a privy, a woodshed, and a chicken coop, amongst other structures. The farm was settled in the 1850s, with the newest building a garage completed in the 1920s.[16]
The Carpenter Gothic-style building was completed in 1878, and expanded in 1905. More expansion occurred in 1940, 1955, 1960, and 1984, including the first indoor restrooms in 1955. The cemetery on the grounds holds the graves of church members as well as local pioneer settlers of the Tualatin Plains, including Joseph Meek.[17]
This residential area was the earliest modern subdivision addition to Forest Grove, and represents the town's transition from an agrarian community to a small-urban center. The district includes well-preserved examples of a broad range of architectural styles in currency between 1880 and 1948.[18]
Designed by Charles W. Ertz, the two-story home was completed in 1935. The Prairie School and Craftsman in style house sits on what was Hawthorn Farm, that later became one of Intel Corporation's campuses. The namesake had made his money from his cannery that became part of Birdseye Frozen Foods.[19]
This Second Empire style residence has a mansard roof with diamond shaped shingles. The roof features a boxed cornice, Gable fronted dormers, and eaves with paired brackets. This 1890 structure has windows topped with an arch, plus include a pediment above each window. A former owner, Harry V. Gates, was a state legislator.[21]
Completed in 1915, this two-story home in downtown Hillsboro was built for state senator Edward Schulmerich. He was a local merchant who was inspired by Craftsman architecture after a trip to Pasadena, California. The Airplane Bungalow-style house includes a wraparound porch.
Completed about 1908, the house is situated on land that was once part of a dairy farm. This Queen Anne style structure is a cross-shaped structure featuring the mixture of both a gambrel roof and a gable roof. The two-story home also has features of the Colonial Revival style.[22]
Built in 1853, this is the oldest Baptistchurch building in Oregon, and one of the earliest surviving pioneer churches in the state. The West Union congregation, organized in 1844, was the first Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains.[27]
The Young family settled in this saltbox house in the 1860s when they acquired an interest in a nearby lumber mill, which became central to the local Cedar Mill community. In 1874, John Young opened Cedar Mill's first general store and post office in the house, which lasted until 1881. The house is the oldest remaining structure in Cedar Mill.[28]
^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.
^Colby, Richard N. “Tour of time: An open house will make it easy to take in the county’s hidden treasures, historic and otherwise, in one swoop”, The Oregonian, April 23, 1998, West Zoner, p. 1.
_-_26.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
