National Register of Historic Places listings in Baker County, Oregon

Location of Baker County in Oregon

This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Baker 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 14 of those are found partially or wholly in Baker County.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 2, 2016.[4]

Current listings

[5] Name on the Register Image Date listed[6] Location City or town Description
1 Antlers Guard Station
Antlers Guard Station
March 6, 1991
(#91000166)
Southeast of Whitney in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
44°38′00″N 118°16′45″W / 44.6334°N 118.2792°W / 44.6334; -118.2792 (Antlers Guard Station)
Unity
2 Baker Historic District
Baker Historic District
December 14, 1978
(#78002277)
Roughly along Main Street from Madison Street to Estes Street
44°46′29″N 117°49′53″W / 44.77482°N 117.8314°W / 44.77482; -117.8314 (Baker Historic District)
Baker City
3 Baker Municipal Natatorium
Baker Municipal Natatorium
October 17, 1977
(#77001097)
2470 Grove Street
44°46′53″N 117°49′33″W / 44.78133°N 117.8259°W / 44.78133; -117.8259 (Baker Municipal Natatorium)
Baker City
4 Churchill School
Churchill School
March 5, 2008
(#08000182)
3451 Broadway Street
44°46′39″N 117°50′57″W / 44.7776°N 117.8493°W / 44.7776; -117.8493 (Churchill School)
Baker City
5 Robert F. and Elizabeth Clark House
Robert F. and Elizabeth Clark House
October 30, 1989
(#89001857)
1522 Washington Avenue
44°46′38″N 117°49′25″W / 44.77711°N 117.8237°W / 44.77711; -117.8237 (Robert F. and Elizabeth Clark House)
Baker City
6 Cornucopia Jailhouse
Cornucopia Jailhouse
November 24, 2014
(#14000959)
2nd Street
45°00′25″N 117°11′49″W / 45.006996°N 117.196815°W / 45.006996; -117.196815 (Cornucopia Jailhouse)
Cornucopia
7 James O. Maxwell Farmstead
James O. Maxwell Farmstead
November 6, 1986
(#86003086)
15177 Muddy Creek Lane
44°56′17″N 117°59′37″W / 44.938102°N 117.993691°W / 44.938102; -117.993691 (James O. Maxwell Farmstead)
Haines
8 Oregon Commercial Company Building
Oregon Commercial Company Building
June 4, 1992
(#92000666)
40-50 E. Washington Street
44°21′04″N 117°16′03″W / 44.3512°N 117.2676°W / 44.3512; -117.2676 (Oregon Commercial Company Building)
Huntington
9 Ed Rand House
Ed Rand House
December 9, 1981
(#81000709)
1700 4th Street
44°46′29″N 117°50′03″W / 44.774673°N 117.834108°W / 44.774673; -117.834108 (Ed Rand House)
Baker City
10 St. Elizabeth Hospital (Old)
St. Elizabeth Hospital (Old)
February 21, 1989
(#89000047)
2365 4th Street
44°46′50″N 117°50′04″W / 44.7805°N 117.8344°W / 44.7805; -117.8344 (St. Elizabeth Hospital (Old))
Baker City
11 Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge
Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge
October 26, 1971
(#71000676)
Southwest of Sumpter near Cracker Creek
44°44′30″N 118°12′14″W / 44.74155°N 118.2038°W / 44.74155; -118.2038 (Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge)
Sumpter Gold dredge used in placer mining along the Powder River beginning in the 1930s, representing a late, highly-mechanized phase of gold mining in Eastern Oregon.[7]
12 Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District
Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District
August 3, 1987
(#87001065)
Roughly between Baker and Prairie City starting near the McEwen station site and west to the Dixie Pass area (See also Grant County.)
44°37′13″N 118°20′07″W / 44.62038°N 118.3352°W / 44.62038; -118.3352 (Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District)
Baker City to Prairie City
13 Superintendent's House
Superintendent's House
August 20, 2004
(#04000879)
271 S. Mill Street
44°44′39″N 118°12′08″W / 44.744060°N 118.202143°W / 44.744060; -118.202143 (Superintendent's House)
Sumpter
14 Unity Ranger Station
Unity Ranger Station
April 11, 1986
(#86000823)
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
44°26′12″N 118°11′17″W / 44.43678°N 118.188°W / 44.43678; -118.188 (Unity Ranger Station)
Unity

See also

References

  1. Andrus, Patrick W.; Shrimpton, Rebecca H.; et al. (2002), How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Register Bulletin (15), National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 39493977, archived from the original on April 6, 2014, retrieved June 20, 2014.
  2. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Program: Research, archived from the original on February 1, 2015, retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. "Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area". Retrieved 2008-10-12.


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