California - Shasta County
Shasta County California has 34 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 12 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dersch-Taylor Petroglyphs, French Gulch Historic District, Gladstone Houses, Lake Britton Archeological District and Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Wintu, Spanish, Mexican, Yana, Achomawi, Early American, Atsugewi, Northeastern Madiu, Yahi Yana, Native American, American,Rural and Shasta Complex dating back to 4499 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Shasta County historic places including I. O. Jillson, Edward Frisbie, Pierson Barton Reading and Tiburico Vasquez.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Shasta County places including Benjamin Loomis, Frank C. Hewitt, Gustav Stickley, Phillips Brothers, National Park Service, Civilian Conservation Corps, William Stephens, J. Lloyd Conrich, Salih Brothers and M.W. Herran. Prominent architectural styles found in Shasta Country are Renaissance, Art Deco and Beaux Arts.

Bandit Rock (added 1975 - - #75000431)
Also known as Robbers Roost
SW of Inyokern near jct. of CA 14 and 178 , Inyokern
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Vasquez,Tiburico
Significant Year:
1874
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Outdoor Recreation
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Benton Tract Site (added 1971 - - #71000197)
Also known as 4-Sha-47;Shasta 47
Address Restricted , Redding
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Wintu, Spanish, Mexican
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Buffalo Pitts Separator (added 1978 - - #78003498)
Shasta College Museum , Redding
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Owner:
Private
Cascade Theatre (added 2002 - - #01001459)
1731 Market St. , Redding
Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Salih Brothers, Conrich, J. Lloyd
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Restaurant, Theater
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Communications Facility
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Cottonwood Historic District (added 1973 - - #73000456)
Off US 99 , Cottonwood
RalphDailey, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Education, Government, Religion, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office, Rail-Related, Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
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Cow Creek Petroglyphs (added 1971 - - #71000195)
Address Restricted , Millville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Yana
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Dersch-Taylor Petroglyphs (added 1971 - - #71000196)
Also known as 4-Sha-217
Address Restricted , Millville
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Art, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Wintu, Yana
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
French Gulch Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000257)
Also known as French Gulch
Along both sides of French Gulch Rd. , French Gulch
NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Hotel, Specialty Store, Theater
More Information:
Frisbie, Edward, House (added 1990 - - #90000550)
1246 East St. , Redding
NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Frisbie,Edward
Significant Year:
1887
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Business
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Gladstone Houses (added 1995 - - #95001374)
12962--12964 Cline Gulch Rd. , French Gulch
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stickley, Gustav
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Historic Person:
Jillson, I. O.
Significant Year:
1914, 1909
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Horseshoe Lake Ranger Station (added 1978 - - #78000292)
Also known as Building No. 56;Quarters No. 56;Patrol Cabin;Fireguard Build
N of Chester in Lassen Volcanic National Park , Chester
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
National Park Service, Civilian Conservation Corp
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Irrigation System (165 and 166) (added 1974 - - #74002359)
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area , Whiskeytown
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Owner:
Federal
Lake Britton Archeological District (added 1975 - - #75000485)
Address Restricted , Burney
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Achomawi, Early American, Atsugewi
Period of Significance:
3000-3499 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1800-1824, 1749-1500 AD, 1700-1749, 1600-1649, 1500-1599
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Outdoor Recreation
Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000527)
Also known as NPS Route 1; Lassen Loop Highway; Lassen Peak Highway, State Route 89
NPS Route 1, CA 89 , Mineral
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Hewitt, Frank C.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Road-Related
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Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43 (added 1975 - - #75000177)
Also known as Mac Loomis Memorial Musuem;Manzanita Lake Vistor Center;Manz
Lassen Volcanic National Park , Manzanita Lake
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Education
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Museum
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Lorenz Hotel (added 2012 - - #12000129)
1509 Yuba St., Redding
User-duck, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
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Lower Clear Creek Archeological District (added 1979 - - #79003812)
Address Restricted , Whiskeytown
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Owner:
Federal
Manzanita Lake Campground Comfort Station at Camp Store (added 2006 - - #06000528)
Also known as HS-46
39489 CA 44 , Shingletown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Civilian Conservation Corps, National Park Service
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Manzanita Lake Campground Comfort Station, Loop C (added 2006 - - #06000529)
Also known as Comfort Station Loop A (modern), HS 47
39489 CA 44 , Shingletown
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Civilian Conservation Corps, National Park Service
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation
Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000525)
39489 CA 44 , Shingletown
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Loomis, Benjamin, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Other, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Science, Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Museum, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Research Facility
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
Nobles Emigrant Trail (added 1975 - - #75000222)
Also known as Fort Kearney;South Pass;Honey Lake Wagon Road
E of Shingletown in Lassen Volcanic National Park , Shingletown
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Commerce, Communications
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Pedestrian Related
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Old City Hall Building (added 1978 - - #78000790)
Also known as Redding Police Department & Council Chambers Building
1313 Market St. , Redding
NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Stephens,William, Herran,M.W.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Government Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Government Office
More Information:
Olsen Petroglyphs (added 1971 - - #71000198)
Also known as 4-SHa-39;UCB
Address Restricted , Redding
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Wintu
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Phillips Brothers Mill (added 2002 - - #02001406)
Approx. 30 mi. NE of Redding , Oak Run
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
Pine Street School (added 1978 - - #78000791)
Also known as Old Pine Street School
1135 Pine St. , Redding
Cristiano Tom\u00e1s, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Department Store
More Information:
Prospect Peak Fire Lookout (added 1978 - - #78000295)
NE of Mineral , Mineral
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Education, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station, Research Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Reading Adobe Site (added 1971 - - #71000194)
Also known as Rancho Bueica Ventiua
Adobe Lane, 5 mi. E of the center of Cottonwood , Cottonwood
C jinnett, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person
Historic Person:
Reading,Pierson Barton
Significant Year:
1868, 1847
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
European
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Diplomatic Building
Current Function:
Government, Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Shasta State Historic Park (added 1971 - - #71000199)
Also known as Shasta
U.S. 299 , Shasta
Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Museum, Park
More Information:
Squaw Creek Archeological Site (added 1981 - - #81000179)
Also known as CA-SHA-475
Address Restricted , Redding
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Science, Education, Prehistoric, Social History
Cultural Affiliation:
Wintu
Period of Significance:
1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Education, Government
Sulphur Creek Archeological District (added 1980 - - #80000370)
Also known as Teh-583 thru Teh-590;Teh-596;Sha-786
Address Restricted , Mill Creek
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Native American, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Atsugewi, Northeastern Madiu, Yahi Yana
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Manufacturing Facility, Processing
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Park
Summit Lake Ranger Station (added 1978 - - #78000296)
Also known as Patrol Cabin;Ranger Residence
NE of Mineral in Lassen Volcanic National Park , Mineral
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Swasey Discontiguous Archeological District (added 2003 - - #03000115)
Address Restricted , Redding
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 4000-4499 BC, 3500-3999 BC, 3000-3499 BC, 2500-2999 BC, 2000-2499 BC, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Processing, Processing Site, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation
Tower House District (added 1973 - - #73000257)
Whiskeyton National Recreation Area , Whiskeytown
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
More Information:
Tower House--Soo-Yeh-Choo-Pus (added 1985 - - #85003483)
Also known as Tower House Archeological District
Address Restricted , French Gulch
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Rural, Shasta Complex
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
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