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

Location of Lake 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 Lake 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 19 of those are found in Lake 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	Abert Lake Petroglyphs		November 20, 1974 (#74002292)	Address restricted	Lakeview vicinity	Peoples of the Great Basin cultural tradition pecked these petroglyphs onto two basaltic boulders near major game migration routes, in connection with rituals related to hunting activities. They were made within the last 10,000 years, but cannot be dated more precisely.
2	Bailey and Massingill General Store		October 25, 1984 (#84000133)	4 N. E St. 42°11′23″N 120°20′41″W	Lakeview	Lakeview's first commercial establishment opened on this site in 1876, and was destroyed by fire in 1900. The owners immediately rebuilt their business, incorporating a unique set of fire preventive features into the new building, including metal-sheathed walls and a fire awning.
3	Cabin Lake Guard Station		April 11, 1986 (#86000827)	Deschutes National Forest 43°29′27″N 121°03′22″W	Bend
4	East Lake Abert Archeological District		November 29, 1978 (#78002295)	Address restricted	Valley Falls vicinity
5	Ed Eskelin Ranch Complex		February 25, 1991 (#91000062)	County Road 5-10 43°15′02″N 120°54′42″W	Silver Lake vicinity	Built in the 1930s with both new construction and salvaged materials and buildings, this ranch compound reflects the perseverance of small-scale stock farmers through two phases of settlement in the Fort Rock Basin: failed attempts at dryland farming around 1910, then more successful irrigated ventures in the 1930s.
6	Fort Rock Cave		October 15, 1966 (#66000641)	Address restricted	Fort Rock vicinity	This cave yielded to archeologists the "Fort Rock sandals", the oldest manufactured articles found in the Americas, which demonstrated the early development of weaving among Native Americans. Occupation of the site has been dated to 11,000 BCE.
7	Greaser Petroglyph Site		November 20, 1974 (#74002293)	Address restricted	Adel vicinity
8	Heryford Brothers Building		April 30, 1980 (#80003330)	524 Center St. 42°11′23″N 120°20′44″W	Lakeview
9	William P. Heryford House		May 22, 1980 (#80003331)	108 S. F St. 42°11′18″N 120°20′47″W	Lakeview
10	Lake County Round Sale Barn		November 21, 2003 (#03001180)	3531 N. 6th St. 42°11′43″N 120°21′40″W	Lakeview
11	Mitchell Recreation Area		February 20, 2003 (#03000050)	Forest Service Rd. 34, Fremont National Forest 42°25′52″N 120°51′27″W	Bly	It is the only location in the continental U.S. where Americans were killed during World War II as a direct result of enemy action.
12	Nevada–California–Oregon Railway Passenger Station		August 22, 1983 (#83002157)	1400 Center St. 42°11′22″N 120°21′21″W	Lakeview
13	Paisley Five Mile Point Caves		September 24, 2014 (#14000708)	Address restricted	Paisley vicinity
14	Picture Rock Pass Petroglyphs Site		August 28, 1975 (#75001585)	Address restricted	Silver Lake vicinity
15	Post and King Saloon		March 17, 1977 (#77001104)	N. 2nd and E Sts. 42°11′27″N 120°20′43″W	Lakeview
16	David L. Shirk Ranch		November 4, 2009 (#09000891)	Guano Valley 42°14′19″N 119°31′12″W	Adel vicinity
17	Stone Bridge and the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road		November 8, 1974 (#74001689)	The Narrows S of Plush 42°21′05″N 119°50′26″W	Plush vicinity
18	John N. and Cornelia Watson House		February 21, 1989 (#89000051)	5 N. H St. 42°11′23″N 120°20′55″W	Lakeview

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon
• Listings in neighboring counties: Deschutes, Harney, Klamath, Modoc, Washoe
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Oregon
• 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