National Register of Historic Places listings in the Northern Mariana Islands

This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands. There currently 37 listed sites spread across the four municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands. There are no sites listed on any of the islands that make up the Northern Islands Municipality.

Map of the Northern Mariana Islands

          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 23, 2024.^[1]

Numbers of listings

The following are approximate tallies of current listings in the Northern Mariana Islands on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008^[2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site.^[3] There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are not official. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which modify the area covered by an existing property or district and which carry a separate National Register reference number.

	Municipality	# of Sites
1	Northern Islands	0
2	Rota	10
3	Saipan	20
4	Tinian	7
Total:		37

Rota

[4]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed[5]	Location	Village	Description
1	Chudang Palii Japanese World War II Defensive Complex		May 1, 2012 (#12000250)	Sunrise Hotel, Rte. 100 14°09′12″N 145°12′06″E	Sinapalu
2	Chugai' Pictograph Site	Chugai' Pictograph Site	August 31, 1998 (#98001066)	I'Chenchon Bird Sanctuary 14°09′12″N 145°16′03″E		Prehistoric pictograph cave
3	Commissioner's Office		April 17, 1981 (#81000663)	North of Songsong Village 14°10′02″N 145°09′46″E	Songsong
4	Dugi Archeological Site	Dugi Archeological Site	February 11, 1985 (#85000287)	Address Restricted	Songsong
5	Japanese Coastal Defense Gun	Japanese Coastal Defense Gun	November 2, 1984 (#84000422)	Northeast of Songsong 14°07′13″N 145°09′59″E	Songsong
6	Japanese Hospital		April 16, 1981 (#81000664)	West side of Sasanhaya Bay 14°08′13″N 145°08′18″E	Songsong
7	Mochong	Mochong	September 11, 1985 (#85002301)	Address Restricted	Songsong
8	Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Sugar Mill	Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Sugar Mill	April 16, 1981 (#81000665)	Southwest of Songsong Village, near the harbor 14°08′10″N 145°08′07″E	Songsong
9	Rectory		April 16, 1981 (#81000666)	North end of the island 14°09′59″N 145°10′00″E	Songsong
10	Rota Latte Stone Quarry	Rota Latte Stone Quarry	December 23, 1974 (#74002225)	14°10′17″N 145°15′30″E	Songsong

Saipan

[4]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed[5]	Location	Village	Description
1	Banzai Cliff	Banzai Cliff More images	August 27, 1976 (#76002192)	Bandero, Magpi area 15°17′17″N 145°48′58″E	San Roque
2	Brown Beach One Japanese Fortifications		February 28, 2007 (#07000123)	Unai Laolao Kattan (North Laolao Beach) along the east coast of Saipan 15°10′33″N 145°47′05″E	Unai Laolao Kattan
3	Campaneyan Kristo Rai	Campaneyan Kristo Rai	October 30, 1984 (#84000207)	Beach Road 15°12′11″N 145°43′04″E	Garapan	Spanish-built 1932 church bell tower
4	Chalan Galaide	Chalan Galaide	October 4, 1987 (#87001559)	Address Restricted	Garapan
5	Hachiman Jinja		June 21, 2003 (#03000549)	Lot numbers H 300-11 and H 300-4 15°10′44″N 145°45′40″E	Kannat Taddong Papago
6	Isley Field Historic District	Isley Field Historic District More images	June 26, 1981 (#81000667)	Saipan International Airport 15°07′20″N 145°43′58″E	Chalan Kanoa	World War II airfield, now the island's main airport
7	Japanese 20mm Cannon Blockhouse	Japanese 20mm Cannon Blockhouse More images	August 25, 1995 (#95001048)	Northwest of Punton Opyan 15°06′46″N 145°42′17″E	Saipan Island
8	Japanese Hospital	Japanese Hospital More images	December 19, 1974 (#74002189)	Route 3 15°12′06″N 145°43′08″E	Garapan
9	Japanese Jail Historic and Archeological District	Japanese Jail Historic and Archeological District	April 8, 2011 (#10001017)	Chichirica Avenue and Ghiyobw Street 15°21′01″N 145°43′08″E	Garapan
10	Japanese Lighthouse	Japanese Lighthouse	December 19, 1974 (#74002224)	Navy Hill 15°12′42″N 145°43′54″E	Garapan
11	Landing Beaches, Aslito-Isley Field and Marpi Point	Landing Beaches, Aslito-Isley Field and Marpi Point	February 4, 1985 (#85001789)	Saipan International Airport and Beaches 15°06′55″N 145°43′01″E	Chalan Kanoa
12	Laulau Kattan Latte Site	Laulau Kattan Latte Site More images	October 30, 2000 (#00001212)	Address Restricted	Kagman III Homestead
13	Managaha Island Historic District	Managaha Island Historic District More images	November 5, 1984 (#84000425)	West of Saipan 15°14′29″N 145°42′45″E	Garapan
14	Sabanetan Toro Latte Site	Sabanetan Toro Latte Site	November 8, 1984 (#84000731)	Address Restricted	Garapan
15	Suicide Cliff	Suicide Cliff More images	September 30, 1976 (#76002193)	Bandero 15°16′38″N 145°48′35″E	San Roque
16	Tachognya	Tachognya	February 13, 1986 (#86000235)	Address Restricted	San Jose
17	Unai Achugao Archaeological Site	Unai Achugao Archaeological Site	August 8, 1996 (#96000825)	Address Restricted	Punton Achugao
18	Unai Lagua Japanese Defense Pillbox		June 1, 1984 (#84002777)	Unai Lagua 15°16′25″N 145°49′42″E	San Roque
19	Unai Obyan Latte Site	Unai Obyan Latte Site	February 5, 1985 (#85000244)	Address Restricted	Chalan Kanoa
20	Waherak Maihar		January 31, 1978 (#78003081)	NMI Museum of History and Culture 15°12′05″N 145°43′09″E	Garapan	A traditionally-built outrigger canoe.

Tinian

[4]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed[5]	Location	Village	Description
1	Japanese Structure		April 16, 1981 (#81000669)	Near Red 2 Beach 14°58′16″N 145°37′14″E	Tinian
2	Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Administration Building	Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Administration Building	April 16, 1981 (#81000670)	Near Red 2 Beach 14°58′20″N 145°37′08″E	Tinian
3	Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Ice Storage Building		April 17, 1981 (#81000671)	Near Red 2 Beach 14°58′04″N 145°37′23″E	Tinian
4	Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Laboratory		April 16, 1981 (#81000672)	Near Red 2 Beach 14°58′20″N 145°37′07″E	Tinian
5	Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point Field, Tinian Island	Tinian Landing Beaches, Ushi Point Field, Tinian Island	December 30, 1985 (#85003268)	15°04′10″N 145°37′00″E	Tinian
6	Unai Dangkulo Petroglyph Site	Unai Dangkulo Petroglyph Site	October 27, 1999 (#99001270)	Address Restricted	Unai Dangkulo
7	House of Taga	House of Taga More images	December 19, 1974 (#74002193)	14°58′01″N 145°37′20″E	San Jose

See also

• National Register of Historic Places portal
• United States portal

• List of United States National Historic Landmarks in United States commonwealths and territories, associated states, and foreign states
• Maritime Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan

References

1. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 23, 2024.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
3. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 26, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
4. Numbers 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.
5. 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.