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

Location of Washington 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 Washington 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 50 of those are found in Washington 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	Aloha Farmhouse		September 30, 2014 (#14000812)	1080 SW 197th Avenue 45°30′43″N 122°52′45″W	Beaverton
2	Beaverton Downtown Historic District		January 7, 1986 (#86000037)	Roughly bounded by SW Canyon Road and SW East, Washington, 2nd, and Watson Streets 45°29′15″N 122°48′20″W	Beaverton	Beaverton's downtown commercial core remains largely intact as a pedestrian-oriented business district constructed along the street pattern from the city's earliest plats. Significant buildings include a handful from the city's first decades (1868–1920) and a larger number from the period of profound transformation between the world wars (1920–1940).
3	Silas Jacob N. Beeks House		June 14, 1984 (#84003100)	Martin Road 45°32′53″N 123°04′28″W	Forest Grove vicinity
4	Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House		July 14, 1988 (#88001035)	2117 A Street 45°31′17″N 123°06′50″W	Forest Grove
5	M. E. Blanton House		March 2, 1989 (#89000123)	3980 SW 170th Avenue 45°29′27″N 122°51′06″W	Aloha
6	Clark Historic District		June 1, 2002 (#02000617)	Roughly bounded by 18th and 16th Avenues, A and Elm Streets 45°30′57″N 123°06′33″W	Forest Grove
7	Benjamin Cornelius Jr. House		July 14, 1988 (#88001034)	2314 19th Avenue 45°31′06″N 123°06′22″W	Forest Grove
8	Harry A. Crosley House		September 9, 1993 (#93000919)	2125 A Street 45°31′17″N 123°06′50″W	Forest Grove
9	Doriot–Rider Log House		June 25, 2008 (#08000554)	14850 SW 132nd Terrace 45°24′46″N 122°48′44″W	Tigard
10	Dundee Lodge		June 6, 1985 (#85001186)	South Road 45°27′34″N 123°11′57″W	Gaston vicinity
11	Augustus Fanno Farmhouse		April 5, 1984 (#84003103)	8405 SW Creekside Place 45°27′32″N 122°47′35″W	Beaverton	After emigrating across the Oregon Trail in 1846, Augustus Fanno settled this land claim — the twelfth claim filed at the Oregon City Land Office and the first in what is now Washington County. Fanno built the New England-style farmhouse with neoclassical details in 1859. The farm continued in productive operation until the 1940s, and the family occupied the house until the 1970s.
12	Adam and Johanna Feldman House		February 11, 1993 (#93000013)	8808 SW Rambler Lane 45°28′03″N 122°46′03″W	Portland
13	First Church of Christ Scientist		January 21, 1994 (#93001505)	1904 Pacific Avenue 45°31′11″N 123°06′49″W	Forest Grove
14	Imbrie Farm		February 15, 1977 (#77001117)	21860 NW Imbrie Drive 45°32′57″N 122°54′02″W	Hillsboro
15	Belle Ainsworth Jenkins Estate		November 28, 1978 (#78002327)	8005 SW Grabhorn Road 45°27′37″N 122°53′29″W	Beaverton	Ralph and Belle Jenkins began construction on this 68-acre (28 ha) estate in 1912 as an escape from the city. They included fine equestrian facilities, as well as gardens, a greenhouse, an ornamental pool, a tea house, a carriage house, and a water tower. After the Jenkinses died the property changed hands several times, and was finally acquired as a public park in 1976.
16	Zula Linklater House		August 1, 1984 (#84003108)	230 NE 2nd Avenue 45°31′28″N 122°59′16″W	Hillsboro
17	Isaac Macrum House		August 28, 1998 (#98001120)	2225 12th Avenue 45°30′39″N 123°06′29″W	Forest Grove
18	Manning–Kamna Farm		October 10, 2007 (#07001077)	29375 Evergreen Road 45°33′02″N 122°58′45″W	Hillsboro
19	Andrew Jackson and Sarah Jane Masters House		September 17, 2015 (#15000615)	20650 SW Kinnaman Road 45°29′20″N 122°53′23″W	Aloha
20	Malcolm McDonald House		January 14, 2015 (#14001160)	22180 NW Birch Street 45°31′39″N 122°54′17″W	Hillsboro
21	C. W. Mertz Rental House #2		August 10, 2005 (#05000852)	1933 16th Avenue 45°30′52″N 123°06′48″W	Forest Grove
22	Thomas Michos House		October 17, 1991 (#91001552)	4400 SW Scholls Ferry Road 45°29′19″N 122°44′46″W	Portland
23	Oak Hills Historic District		July 10, 2013 (#13000482)	Roughly bounded by NW. West Union & Cornell Rds., NW 143rd Ave., Bethany Blvd. 45°32′20″N 122°49′57″W	Beaverton
24	Old Scotch Church		November 5, 1974 (#74001723)	Scotch Church Road 45°34′22″N 122°59′40″W	Hillsboro
25	Ole and Polly Oleson Farmhouse		February 22, 1991 (#91000140)	5430 SW Ames Way 45°28′51″N 122°44′49″W	Portland vicinity
26	Painter's Woods Historic District		May 28, 2009 (#09000360)	Centered on 15th Avenue and Birch Street, including portions of 12th, 13th, and 14th Avenues, and Cedar and Douglas Streets 45°30′47″N 123°06′31″W	Forest Grove	This residential area was the earliest modern subdivision addition to Forest Grove, and represents the town's transition from an agrarian community to a small-urban center. The district includes well-preserved examples of a broad range of architectural styles in currency between 1880 and 1948.
27	John and Elsie Parsons House		August 10, 2005 (#05000853)	1825 Mountain View Lane 45°31′04″N 123°04′33″W	Forest Grove
28	Harold Wass Ray House		January 21, 1994 (#93001504)	5611 NE Elam Young Parkway 45°31′51″N 122°55′20″W	Hillsboro
29	Richard and Helen Rice House		November 29, 2006 (#06001096)	26385 NW Groveland Drive 45°34′29″N 122°56′54″W	Hillsboro
30	Rice–Gates House		September 8, 1980 (#80003391)	308 SE Walnut Street 45°31′03″N 122°59′10″W	Hillsboro
31	James D. Robb House		July 14, 1988 (#88001033)	2606 17th Avenue 45°30′57″N 123°06′03″W	Forest Grove
32	Schanen–Zolling House		December 10, 1985 (#85003340)	6750 SW Oleson Road 45°28′17″N 122°44′58″W	Portland
33	Edward Schulmerich House		February 28, 1991 (#91000050)	614 E Main Street 45°31′21″N 122°58′49″W	Hillsboro
34	Shaver–Bilyeu House		February 11, 1993 (#93000014)	16445 SW 92nd Avenue 45°24′04″N 122°46′17″W	Tigard
35	Albert S. Sholes House		September 2, 1982 (#82003755)	1599 S Alpine Street 45°31′09″N 123°03′08″W	Cornelius
36	Charles Shorey House		June 16, 1989 (#89000518)	905 E Main Street 45°31′20″N 122°58′31″W	Hillsboro
37	Alvin T. Smith House		November 8, 1974 (#74001721)	S Elm Street 45°30′16″N 123°06′15″W	Forest Grove vicinity
38	John Sweek House		November 8, 1974 (#74001724)	18815 SW Boones Ferry Road 45°23′03″N 122°45′54″W	Tualatin
39	Dr. W. R. and Eunice Taylor House		August 10, 2005 (#05000851)	2212 A Street 45°31′21″N 123°06′50″W	Forest Grove
40	John W. Tigard House		July 20, 1979 (#79003739)	10310 SW Canterbury Lane 45°24′53″N 122°47′00″W	Tigard
41	Tualatin Academy		February 12, 1974 (#74001722)	2043 College Way 45°31′13″N 123°06′39″W	Forest Grove	Today named Old College Hall, this 1850 building was the earliest home of what grew into Pacific University. Tracing its earliest roots to an orphanage operated by Tabitha Brown and Harvey L. Clark, Tualatin Academy received its official charter in 1849 as the first act of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, and awarded Oregon's first bachelor's degree in 1863. Old College Hall remains the oldest educational building in the West.
42	J. S. and Melinda Waggener Farmstead		July 25, 2003 (#03000693)	34680 SW Firdale Road 45°26′37″N 123°02′29″W	Cornelius
43	Walker Naylor Historic District		March 3, 2011 (#11000155)	Gayles Way, Covey Run Dr., A St., and 21st Ave. 45°31′23″N 123°06′56″W	Forest Grove
44	J. F. Watkins House		May 27, 1993 (#93000448)	5419 SW Scholls Ferry Road 45°28′51″N 122°45′36″W	Portland
45	West Union Baptist Church		July 10, 1974 (#74001725)	West Union Road 45°34′25″N 122°54′24″W	West Union	Built in 1853, this is the oldest Baptist church building in Oregon, and one of the earliest surviving pioneer churches in the state. The West Union congregation, organized in 1844, was the first Baptist church west of the Rocky Mountains.
46	Woods and Caples General Store		December 2, 1985 (#85003028)	2020 Main Street 45°31′12″N 123°06′44″W	Forest Grove
47	John Quincy Adams and Elizabeth Young House		December 31, 2008 (#08001264)	12050 NW Cornell Road 45°31′36″N 122°48′03″W	Portland vicinity	The Young family settled in this saltbox house in the 1860s when they acquired an interest in a nearby lumber mill, which became central to the local Cedar Mill community. In 1874, John Young opened Cedar Mill's first general store and post office in the house, which lasted until 1881. The house is the oldest remaining structure in Cedar Mill.

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Washington County Jail		July 31, 1986 (#86002090)	December 24, 2008	872 NE 28th Avenue (former) 45°31′36″N 122°48′03″W	Hillsboro	Part or all of the jail building was moved to the Washington County Museum.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Oregon
• Listings in neighboring counties: Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, Yamhill
• 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