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.

Adams

Asotin

Columbia

Ferry

Franklin

Garfield

Grant

Lincoln

Pend
Oreille

Spokane

Stevens

Walla
Walla

Whitman

Benton

Chelan

Douglas

Kittitas

Klickitat

Okanogan

Yakima

Clallam

Clark

Cowlitz

Grays
Harbor

Island

Jefferson

King

Kitsap

Lewis

Mason

Pacific

Pierce

San
Juan

Skagit

Skamania

Snohomish

Thurston

Wahkiakum

Whatcom

Counties in the U.S. state of Washington

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 November 1, 2024.^[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 12 2 Asotin 8 3 Benton 16 4 Chelan 48 5 Clallam 49 6 Clark 45 7 Columbia 20 8 Cowlitz 32 9 Douglas 25 10 Ferry 13 11 Franklin 16 12 Garfield 3 13 Grant 11 14 Grays Harbor 22 15 Island 16 16 Jefferson 80 17.1 King: Seattle 221 17.2 King: Other 93 17.3 King County: Total 314 18 Kitsap 21 19 Kittitas 25 20 Klickitat 12 21 Lewis 41 22 Lincoln 11 23 Mason 18 24 Okanogan 17 25 Pacific 19 26 Pend Oreille 9 27 Pierce 192 28 San Juan 19 29 Skagit 31 30 Skamania 6 31 Snohomish 50 32 Spokane 157 33 Stevens 25 34 Thurston 67 35 Wahkiakum 6 36 Walla Walla 34 37 Whatcom 74 38 Whitman 36 39 Yakima 71 (duplicates): (21)[lower-alpha 2] Total: 1,650

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:

   • Barstow Bridge: Ferry and Stevens
   • Beverly Railroad Bridge: Grant and Kittitas
   • Columbia River Bridge at Bridgeport: Chelan and Douglas
   • Columbia River Bridge at Kettle Falls: Ferry and Stevens
   • Deception Pass: Island and Skagit
   • Kettle Falls District: Ferry and Stevens
   • Lawetlat'la: Cowlitz and Skamania
   • Little Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant: Lincoln and Stevens
   • Long Lake Hydroelectric Power Plant: Lincoln and Stevens
   • Longmire Buildings: Lewis and Pierce
   • Longmire Historic District: Lewis and Pierce
   • Lower Snake River Archaeological District: Franklin and Walla Walla
   • Mount Rainier National Park: Lewis and Pierce
   • Orient Bridge: Ferry and Stevens
   • Rock Island Railroad Bridge: Chelan and Douglas
   • Senator George Sellar Bridge: Chelan and Douglas
   • Spokane River Bridge at Long Lake Dam: Lincoln and Stevens
   • Stevens Pass Historic District: Chelan and King
   • Tri-Cities Archaeological District: Benton and Franklin
   • Windust Caves Archaeological District: Franklin and Walla Walla
   • Yale Bridge: Clark and Cowlitz

See also

• Historic preservation
• History of Washington (state)
• National Register of Historic Places
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Washington (state)
• List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
• Index of Washington (state)-related articles

References

1. 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, retrieved June 20, 2014.
2. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Program: Research, retrieved January 28, 2015.
3. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 1, 2024.

Further reading

• Roberts, George; Roberts, Jan (1999). Discover Historic Washington State, Gem Guides Book Company, ISBN 1-889786-07-1.
• Historic Places in Washington, Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Olympia, Washington, 2008-10-01. The Washington Heritage Register includes all Washington sites on the National Register, plus numerous additional sites.

External links

• Media related to National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) at Wikimedia Commons
• Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Historic Register program