This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the
National Register of Historic Places in
Sherman 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 5 of those are found in Sherman County.
This extensive series of
pit houses was occupied seasonally in
winter by
Columbia River tribes for about 7,000 years from after 5000
BCE to the early 19th century CE.[8]
This house is an excellent example of the rural expression of the
Italianate style. Built in 1882, around the time of Sherman County's first large-scale settlement, it is one of the oldest houses in the county, and the only Italianate house in the region.[9]
^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.