National Register of Historic Places listings in Tillamook County, Oregon
This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Tillamook 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.[1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide,[2]Oregon is home to over 2,000,[3] and 30 of those are found in Tillamook County.
This archeological site, occupied probably between 1600 and 1800 CE, is characterized by a quantity of burned rock, indicating a possible village site. Shards of Asian ceramicware link the site to the Nehalem Beeswax shipwreck and early contact with Europeans. Studies suggest that occupation ended abruptly, likely due to earthquake-related subsidence.[8]
This archaeological site likely represents a precontact/postcontact Nehalem Tillamook campsite used for subsistence activities, including fishing, hunting, food processing, tool manufacture, and related tasks. Radiocarbon dating based on a single sample suggests it may have been occupied as early as 1490 CE.[9]
The contents of this shell midden, including mussels, barnacles, and chiton, have been dated to around 1660 CE. The supposed wreck of a European ship nearby in the same period suggests the site may preserve information from both before and after contact between local people and Europeans.[10]
Artist Harry F. Wentz and architect A. E. Doyle designed this 1916 bungalow, which came to be regarded as a prototype of the Northwest Regional style. Some characteristic features include: colors and materials associated with the Northwest; low massing with simple wall surfaces; porches with slender wooden supports; and siting to harmonize with the surrounding landscape.[11]
^Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved August 6, 2015. Note that a simple count of National Register records in this database returns a slightly higher total than actual listings, due to duplicate records. A close reading of detailed query results is necessary to arrive at the precise count.
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.