Washington - Whatcom County - Historic Districts
Whatcom County Washington (Historic Districts) has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant, Eldridge Avenue Historic District, Fairhaven Historic District, Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plants and Hovander Homestead.

Several famous people are associated with these Whatcom County historic places including Holan O. Hovander, James Delmage Ross and Charles Cissna.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Whatcom County places including Holan O. Hovander, Constant Angle Arch Dam Co., Seattle Engineering Dept., Lars Jorgenson, Winston Brothers, R.C. & Co. Storie, Marion C. Latta, Kirtland Cutter and T.F. Doan. Prominent architectural styles found in Whatcom Country are Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman and Classical Revival.

Broadway Park Historic District (added 2012 - - #11001014)
Roughly bounded by Illinois, W. North, Summer & Ellis Sts., Bellingham
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Cissna Cottages Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001219)
Area roughly bounded by H., Halleck, G., and Girard Sts. , Bellingham
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Latta, Marion C.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Cissna, Charles
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant (added 1989 - - #89000498)
Off WA 20 at W end of Diablo Lake , Newhalem
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Winston Brothers, Constant Angle Arch Dam Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Downtown Bellingham Historic District (added 2014 - - #14001110)
Bellingham, Bellingham
Balsamic Fan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Eldridge Avenue Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002566)
Also known as See Also:George H. Bacon House
Eldridge Ave. and environs , Bellingham
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Shingle Style, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
Fairhaven Historic District (added 1977 - - #77001363)
Also known as See Also:Carnegie Libraries of Washington TR
Roughly bounded by 10th and 13th Sts., Columbia and Larrabee Aves. , Bellingham
Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
Current Sub-function:
Library, Specialty Store
Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plants (added 1989 - - #89000499)
Off WA 20 at W end of Gorge Lake , Newhalem
Artix Kreiger 2, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Storie,R.C. & Co.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Hovander Homestead (added 1974 - - #74001990)
Also known as River Lea Farm
5299 Neilson Rd. , Ferndale
Tayloralexandra, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hovander,Holan O.
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Historic Person:
Hovander,Holan O.
Significant Year:
1901
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant (added 1988 - - #88002735)
Rt. 542 on Nooksack River , Glacier
Martin H., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility
Sehome Hill Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000063)
Portions of Jersey, Key, Liberty, Mason, Newell, E. Myrtle, E. Laurel, and E. Maple Sts. , Sehome
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Industry, European, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects (added 1996 - - #96000416)
At Newhalem on the Skagit River and at Ross Dam , Newhalem
Jarekt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jorgenson, Lars, Seattle Engineering Dept.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival, Other
Historic Person:
Ross, James Delmage
Significant Year:
1917
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Public Works
Current Function:
Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Public Works
South Hill Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001296)
Bounded by Knox, 11th, State, Cedar, 17th, and HIghland , Bellingham
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Cutter, Kirtland
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
York Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001297)
Bounded roughly by Ellis St., Meador Ave., 1-5, and Lakeway Dr. , Bellingham
Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Doan, T.F.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling
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