National Register of Historic Places listings in Baker County, Oregon

This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Baker 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 14 of those are found partially or wholly in Baker County.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 29, 2021.[4]
Location of Baker County in Oregon

Current listings
[5] Name on the Register Image Date listed[6] Location City or town Description
1 Antlers Guard Station
Antlers Guard Station
 March 6, 1991
(#91000166)		 Wallowa–Whitman National Forest
44°38′01″N 118°16′44″W		 Whitney vicinity This rustic-styled cabin and garage were built for the Forest Service by the Civilian Conservation Corps around 1935. They recall both the CCC's Depression-era relief programs, and the use of architecture to express the Forest Service's identity and mission in the first half of the 20th century.[7]
2 Baker Historic District
Baker Historic District
 December 14, 1978
(#78002277)		 Roughly along Main Street from Madison Street to Estes Street
44°46′29″N 117°49′53″W		 Baker City
3 Baker Municipal Natatorium
Baker Municipal Natatorium
 October 17, 1977
(#77001097)		 2470 Grove Street
44°46′53″N 117°49′31″W		 Baker City
4 Churchill School
Churchill School
 March 5, 2008
(#08000182)		 3451 Broadway Street
44°46′40″N 117°50′57″W		 Baker City
5 Robert F. and Elizabeth Clark House
Robert F. and Elizabeth Clark House
 October 30, 1989
(#89001857)		 1522 Washington Avenue
44°46′38″N 117°49′25″W		 Baker City
6 Cornucopia Jailhouse
Cornucopia Jailhouse
 November 24, 2014
(#14000959)		 2nd Street
45°00′25″N 117°11′49″W		 Cornucopia
7 James O. Maxwell Farmstead
James O. Maxwell Farmstead
 November 6, 1986
(#86003086)		 15177 Muddy Creek Lane
44°56′17″N 117°59′37″W		 Haines
8 Oregon Commercial Company Building
Oregon Commercial Company Building
 June 4, 1992
(#92000666)		 40-50 E. Washington Street
44°21′04″N 117°16′03″W		 Huntington
9 Ed Rand House
Ed Rand House
 December 9, 1981
(#81000709)		 1700 4th Street
44°46′29″N 117°50′03″W		 Baker City
10 St. Elizabeth Hospital (Old)
St. Elizabeth Hospital (Old)
 February 21, 1989
(#89000047)		 2365 4th Street
44°46′50″N 117°50′04″W		 Baker City
11 Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge
Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge
 October 26, 1971
(#71000676)		 Southwest of Sumpter near Cracker Creek
44°44′33″N 118°12′15″W		 Sumpter Gold dredge used in placer mining along the Powder River beginning in the 1930s, representing a late, highly-mechanized phase of gold mining in Eastern Oregon.[8]
12 Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District
Sumpter Valley Railway Historic District
 August 3, 1987
(#87001065)		 Roughly between Baker and Prairie City starting near the McEwen station site and west to the Dixie Pass area (See also Grant County.)
44°37′13″N 118°20′07″W		 Baker City to Prairie City
13 Superintendent's House
Superintendent's House
 August 20, 2004
(#04000879)		 271 S. Mill Street
44°44′39″N 118°12′08″W		 Sumpter
14 Unity Ranger Station
Unity Ranger Station
 April 11, 1986
(#86000823)		 Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
44°26′12″N 118°11′17″W		 Unity

See also

References
  1. Andrus, Patrick W.; Shrimpton, Rebecca H.; et al. (2002), How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 39493977, archived from the original on April 6, 2014, retrieved June 20, 2014.
  2. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Program: Research, archived from the original on February 1, 2015, retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on January 29, 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Throop, E. Gail (January 15, 1986), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Antlers Guard Station (PDF), retrieved January 20, 2017.
  8. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. "Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area". Retrieved October 12, 2008.
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