This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the
National Register of Historic Places in
Gilliam 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 3 of those are found in Gilliam County.
Built in 1903 at the center of
downtown Condon, this
Italianategeneral store typifies the mercantile businesses serving ranches and farms throughout
eastern Oregon in the early part of the 20th century. Its early proprietors, Simon Bradbury Barker (owner 1903–1918) and James Dunn Burns (owner 1926–1986), were leading economic and political figures in Gilliam County, and Barker became a prominent businessman statewide.[7]
These 23
downtown structures represent the continuum of Condon's history from its early development as an important agricultural service center, expansion with the coming of the
railroad, transformation as the
automobile age arrived, and decline in the
Great Depression. They show a clear evolution of building type, construction method, and use in parallel with the major phases of the town's development.[8]
This 1884
homesteader cabin is the only
hewn-log house remaining in Gilliam County from the period of American settlement, and one of few left in the
Columbia Plateau. It was built in the same year Condon was
platted and about 2 miles (3.2 km) away. Beginning in 1987, it was relocated to a museum site and comprehensively restored.[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.