Home    Travel    NHLs

Oregon National Historic Landmarks

Bonneville Dam Historic District - 5/28/1995 (Photo 9/20/2024)
The district includes the dam which the first major structure built with a "hydraulic drop" capable of developing more than 500,000 KW of electric power

Columbia River Highway - 9/20/2013 (photo 9/20/2024)
This 75-mile highway was built through the Columbia River Gorge between 1913 and 1922 as the first planned scenic roadway in the U.S.

Deady and Villard Halls - 9/21/2013
These late 19th century buildings are the two oldest on the campus of the University of Oregon

Fort Astoria Site (Astoria) - 9/18/2024
John Jacob Astor attempted to break the British monopoly on the Pacific Northwest fur trade starting with construction of this fortified trading post in 1811

Lightship WAL-604 Columbia (Astoria) - 9/18/2024
Retired in 1979 as the last lightship to be stationed at the Columbia River Bar, the ship retains the best historic integrity of the last generation of U.S. Coast Guard lightships after 1939

Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge - 5/13/2009
The first waterfowl refuge in the U.S. located in the Klamath Basin shallow freshwater marshes, open water, grassy uplands, and croplands

Oregon Caves Chateau - 5/20/1998
An historic hotel that opened in 1934, the chateau is six stories high and is built across a steep ravine, allowing all floor levels except the top two to have ground level entrances

Pioneer Courthouse (Portland) - 9/20/2024
Built in 1875, this was one of the first monumental buildings in the Pacific Northwest, serving as a U.S. courthouse, a customhouse, and a post office

Skidmore/Old Town Historic District (Portland) - 9/20/2024
One of the most impressive historic commercial districts on the West Coast, with a variety of High Victorian architectural styles, this is where Portland began and first flourished

Sunken Village Archeological Site - 9/22/2013
The site consists of a well-preserved Chinookan village, dating back more than 700 years

Timberline Lodge - 9/19/2024
Built in 1936 by the Federal Government’s WPA, the lodge was constructed at the base of the Palmer Glacier at about the 6000 foot level and was formally dedicated by FDR in September 1937