National Register of Historic Places - Washington (WA), Clark County

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

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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

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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

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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

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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