National Register of Historic Places - Oregon (OR), Lake County

Lake County Oregon has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cabin Lake Guard Station, Fort Rock Cave, Mitchell Recreation Area, Abert Lake Petroglyphs and East Lake Abert Archeological District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Native American, Northern Great Basin, Desert and Archaic dating back to 12999 BC.

The famous person William P. Heryford is associated with one of more of the Lake County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Lake County places including Tom Orr, USDA Forest Svce. Architecture Group, Robert H. Anderson, Civilian Conservation Corps, David L. Shirk, Peter Post, Jonas King, I.A. Underwood, F.S. DeLongchamp and Herbert Reeves Sinnard. Prominent architectural styles found in Lake Country are Colonial Revival, Early Commercial and Italianate.

Abert Lake Petroglyphs (added 1974 - - #74002292)

Also known as See Also:East Lake Abert Archeological District

Address Restricted , Lakeview

Orygun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

7500-7999 BC, 7000-7499 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Bailey and Massingill Store (added 1984 - - #84000133)

4 N. E St. , Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Department Store

More Information:

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Cabin Lake Guard Station (added 1986 - - #86000827)

Deschutes National Forest , Bend

CarolSpears, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Civilian Conservation Corps, USDA Forest Svce. Architecture Group

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Energy Facility, Fire Station, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Energy Facility, Fire Station, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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East Lake Abert Archeological District (added 1978 - - #78002295)

Also known as See Also:Abert Lake Petroglyph Site

Address Restricted , Valley Falls

Ipoellet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Northern Great Basin

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1500-1999 BC, 1499-1000 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Federal, State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related, Village Site

Current Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Road-Related

Eskelin, Ed, Ranch Complex (added 1991 - - #91000062)

HC 61, Fort Rock Valley , Silver Lake

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

European, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Energy Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

More Information:

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Fort Rock Cave (added 1966 - - #66000641)

Also known as Fort Rock Cave National Historic Landmark;(35-LK-1)

Address Restricted , Fort Rock

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Desert, Great Basin, Archaic

Period of Significance:

9000-10999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 11000-12999 BC, 1000-2999 BC

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Greaser Petroglyph Site (added 1974 - - #74002293)

Address Restricted , Adel

Werewombat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Heryford Brothers Building (added 1980 - - #80003330)

Also known as Elks Building

524 Center St. , Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

DeLongchamp,F.S.

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Organizational, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Organizational

More Information:

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Heryford, William P., House (added 1980 - - #80003331)

108 S. F St. , Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Underwood,I.A.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Heryford,William P.

Significant Year:

1911

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional

More Information:

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Lake County Round Sale Barn (added 2003 - - #03001180)

Also known as Sales Ring, Sale Barn

3531 S. 6th St. , Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sinnard, Herbert Reeves

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility

More Information:

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Mitchell Recreation Area (added 2003 - - #03000050)

Also known as Mitchell Monument

Forest Service Rd. 34, Fremont National Forest , Bly

Jayedgerton, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Military

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker

More Information:

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Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Passenger Station (added 1983 - - #83002157)

Also known as Lakeview Depot

1400 Center St. , Lakeview

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

DeLongchamps,Frederick J.

Architectural Style:

Prairie School, Other, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Professional, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs Site (added 1975 - - #75001585)

Address Restricted , Silver Lake

Orygun, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric, Religion

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Post and King Saloon (added 1977 - - #77001104)

N. 2nd and E Sts. , Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

King,Jonas, Post,Peter

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Restaurant

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Shirk, David L., Ranch (added 2009 - - #09000891)

Guano Valley, Sec. 35, Township 38 S., Range 27 E., Willamette Meridian , Adel

Orygun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Shirk, David L.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Snell, Governor Earl W., Aircraft Crash Site (added 2018 - - #100003032)

T40S, R16E, section 25, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1947-1947 AD

Stone Bridge and the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road (added 1974 - - #74001689)

The Narrows S of Plush , Plush

Orygun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Federal, State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Watson, John N. and Cornelia, House (added 1989 - - #89000051)

Also known as Chandler,George,House

5 N. H St. , Lakeview

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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