National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia County, Oregon facts for kids

Location of Columbia County in Oregon

This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Oregon, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them. The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, Oregon is home to over 2,000, and 13 of those are found partially or wholly in Columbia County.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Dr. Charles G. and Lucinda McBride Caples Farmstead		September 21, 2005 (#05001060)	1925 1st Street 45°53′25″N 122°48′28″W	Columbia City
2	Clatskanie IOOF Hall		March 7, 2012 (#12000078)	75 S. Nehalem Street 46°06′13″N 123°12′14″W	Clatskanie
3	Cox–Williams House		November 1, 1982 (#82001501)	280 S 1st Street 45°51′45″N 122°47′51″W	St. Helens
4	Thomas J. Flippin House		March 7, 1979 (#79002048)	620 Tichenor Street 46°06′03″N 123°12′28″W	Clatskanie
5	John and Carolena Heimuller Farmstead		February 28, 2011 (#11000049)	32600 SW J. P. West Road 45°45′18″N 122°53′48″W	Scappoose vicinity
6	Longview Bridge		July 16, 1982 (#82004208)	On Washington Highway 433 spanning the Columbia River 46°05′58″N 122°58′00″W	Rainier
7	George F. Moeck House		April 14, 1978 (#78002283)	713 B Street, W. 46°05′28″N 122°56′42″W	Rainier
8	Oregon–American Lumber Company Mill Office		December 5, 2002 (#02001485)	511 E Bridge Street 45°51′27″N 123°10′52″W	Vernonia
9	Portland and Southwestern Railroad Tunnel		August 17, 1981 (#81000481)	Along the Scappoose–Vernonia Highway; details of the specific location are restricted.	Scappoose vicinity	The Portland and Southwestern Railroad's 1910–1920 construction of this timber-lined tunnel across the Nehalem Divide was an unusual step for a logging railroad, which would typically rely on less permanent infrastructure. The tunnel and rail line were abandoned in 1945 as the timber industry transitioned to log transport by truck.
10	St. Helens Downtown Historic District		October 25, 1984 (#84000137)	Roughly Strand, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Cowlitz, and St. Helens Streets, and Columbia Boulevard 45°51′50″N 122°47′56″W	St. Helens
11	United States Post Office (Scappoose)		January 31, 2017 (#100000618)	52643 Columbia River Highway 45°45′34″N 122°52′43″W	Scappoose	This 1966 post office is an intact example of the facilities built by the Post Office Department in the late 1950s and the 1960s. These buildings, mostly of a modest, Modern style, mark a period in post office design between the PWA-led monumental buildings of the Great Depression and the 1971 postal reorganization.
12	James Grant Watts House		November 28, 1980 (#80003308)	206 SE 1st Street 45°45′22″N 122°52′36″W	Scappoose
13	Woodbine Cemetery – Green Mountain Cemetery		August 9, 2001 (#01000829)	75900 Larson Road 46°05′56″N 122°59′52″W	Rainier vicinity

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon
• Listings in neighboring counties: Clark, Clatsop, Cowlitz, Multnomah, Tillamook, Wahkiakum, Washington
• Historic preservation
• History of Oregon
• Lists of Oregon-related topics

External links

• Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, National Register Program
• National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places site