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

Josephine County Oregon (Historic Districts) has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Oregon Caves Historic District, Golden Historic District and Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, Grants Pass G Street Historic District.

The famous person William Ruble is associated with one of more of the Josephine County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Josephine County places including Gust Lium and Francis Lange. Prominent architectural styles found in Josephine Country are Chicago, Italianate and Queen Anne.

Golden Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000825)

Also known as Golden Ghost Town, Goldenville

3482 Coyote Creek Rd. , Wolf Creek

Tedder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Ruble, William

Significant Year:

1920, 1890, 1884

Area of Significance:

Industry, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation

Grants Pass G Street Historic District (added 1993 - - #93001030)

Also known as See Also:Kienlen-Harbeck Building

Bounded by SW. G and H Sts. and 4th and 6th Sts. , Grants Pass

Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Chicago

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store

Oregon Caves Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000058)

Also known as See Also:Oregon Caves Chateau

Caves Hwy., Oregon Caves NM, Siskiyou NF , Cave Junction

Werewombat, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lange,Francis, Lium,Gust

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Secondary Structure

Siskiyou Smokejumper Base (added 2006 - - #06001035)

Also known as Siskiyou Aerial Project; Gobi Desert, Cave Junction; CJ

Smokejumper Way, 4 mi. SE of Cave Junction off OR 199 , Cave Junction

Tedder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Conservation, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Air-Related