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

Whatcom County Washington (Historic Districts) has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant, Eldridge Avenue Historic District, Fairhaven Historic District, Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plants and Hovander Homestead.

Several famous people are associated with these Whatcom County historic places including Holan O. Hovander, James Delmage Ross and Charles Cissna.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Whatcom County places including Holan O. Hovander, Constant Angle Arch Dam Co., Seattle Engineering Dept., Lars Jorgenson, Winston Brothers, R.C. & Co. Storie, Marion C. Latta, Kirtland Cutter and T.F. Doan. Prominent architectural styles found in Whatcom Country are Queen Anne, Bungalow/Craftsman and Classical Revival.

Broadway Park Historic District (added 2012 - - #11001014)

Roughly bounded by Illinois, W. North, Summer & Ellis Sts., Bellingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Cissna Cottages Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001219)

Area roughly bounded by H., Halleck, G., and Girard Sts. , Bellingham

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Latta, Marion C.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Cissna, Charles

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant (added 1989 - - #89000498)

Off WA 20 at W end of Diablo Lake , Newhalem

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Winston Brothers, Constant Angle Arch Dam Co.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Downtown Bellingham Historic District (added 2014 - - #14001110)

Bellingham, Bellingham

Balsamic Fan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Eldridge Avenue Historic District (added 1979 - - #79002566)

Also known as See Also:George H. Bacon House

Eldridge Ave. and environs , Bellingham

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style, Queen Anne, Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Fairhaven Historic District (added 1977 - - #77001363)

Also known as See Also:Carnegie Libraries of Washington TR

Roughly bounded by 10th and 13th Sts., Columbia and Larrabee Aves. , Bellingham

Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Politics/Government, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Library, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education

Current Sub-function:

Library, Specialty Store

Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plants (added 1989 - - #89000499)

Off WA 20 at W end of Gorge Lake , Newhalem

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Storie,R.C. & Co.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Hovander Homestead (added 1974 - - #74001990)

Also known as River Lea Farm

5299 Neilson Rd. , Ferndale

Tayloralexandra, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hovander,Holan O.

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake

Historic Person:

Hovander,Holan O.

Significant Year:

1901

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant (added 1988 - - #88002735)

Rt. 542 on Nooksack River , Glacier

Martin H., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility

Sehome Hill Historic District (added 2001 - - #01000063)

Portions of Jersey, Key, Liberty, Mason, Newell, E. Myrtle, E. Laurel, and E. Maple Sts. , Sehome

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Industry, European, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Skagit River and Newhalem Creek Hydroelectric Projects (added 1996 - - #96000416)

At Newhalem on the Skagit River and at Ross Dam , Newhalem

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jorgenson, Lars, Seattle Engineering Dept.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival, Other

Historic Person:

Ross, James Delmage

Significant Year:

1917

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Public Works

Current Function:

Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Public Works

South Hill Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001296)

Bounded by Knox, 11th, State, Cedar, 17th, and HIghland , Bellingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Cutter, Kirtland

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

York Historic District (added 2010 - - #09001297)

Bounded roughly by Ellis St., Meador Ave., 1-5, and Lakeway Dr. , Bellingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et al., Doan, T.F.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling