Washington - Clark County - Historic Districts
Clark County Washington (Historic Districts) has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Officers Row, Fort Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver National Historic Reserve Historic District, Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District and Washington School for the Blind and Columbia City to Cascade City Road.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Calaooia and Et.Al. dating back to 499 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Clark County historic places including Ulysses S. Grant and Silas Maxon.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Clark County places including Hudson's Bay Co., Julius Zittel, Washington Clarke County and William J. Paeth. Prominent architectural styles found in Clark Country are Classical Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Late Victorian.

Basalt Cobblestone Quarries District (added 1981 - - #81000587)
Also known as 45-CL-113
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge , Ridgefield
Ipoellet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Columbia City to Cascade City Road (added 2005 - - #05001231)
Also known as Silas Maxon Home and steamboat landing
Located near 144th Ct. and SE Evergreen Hwy , Vancouver
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Information Potential
Historic Person:
Maxon, Silas
Significant Year:
1852, 1850, 1853
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
Lewisville Park (added 1986 - - #86001202)
26411 N.E. Lewisville Hwy. , Battle Ground
Vanmom, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Paeth,William J.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Officers Row, Fort Vancouver Barracks (added 1974 - - #74001948)
Also known as Veterans Admistration Hospital Quarters
611-1616 E. Evergreen Blvd. , Vancouver
Khirad~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Grant,Ulysses S.
Significant Year:
1904, 1849
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Museum, Organizational, Single Dwelling
Vancouver National Historic Reserve Historic District (added 2007 - - #06001216)
Also known as Vancouver National Historic Reserve, Vancouver Barracks; Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Roughly bounded by an alley N of Officers' Row, East Reserve St., Columbia River, and I-5 , Vancouver
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Hudson's Bay Co.
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Military, Industry, Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Architecture, Agriculture, Education
Cultural Affiliation:
Calaooia, Et.Al.
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Local, Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Air-Related, Business, Fortification, Manufacturing Facility, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Air-Related, Business, Government Office, Military Facility, Museum, Professional, Single Dwelling
Washington School for the Blind (added 1993 - - #93000370)
Also known as Washington School for Defective Youth
2214 E. 13th St. , Vancouver
Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Zittel, Julius
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Education, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, Energy Facility, School
Current Function:
Education, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
School
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