Pershing County Nevada has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Applegate--Lassen Trail, Applegate-Lassen Trail, Leonard Rock Shelter, Rye Patch Archeological Sites and Central Pacific Railroad Depot.
Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Lahontan Period, American Expansion, Holocene, Great Basin, Desert Archaic and Late Archaic dating back to 6999 BC.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Pershing County places including Louis A. Simon, Frederic J. DeLongchamps, Central Pacific Rairlroad, National Youth Administration, Russell Mills, Inc. Lundberg-Richter, Howard S. Williams and Arthur Brown. Prominent architectural styles found in Pershing Country are Moderne, Classical Revival and Italianate.
