National Historic Landmark- Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum

National Historic Landmark- Kam Wah Chung Company Building

The Kam Wah Chung Company Building is the best known example of a Chinese mercantile and herb store in the United States representing the Chinese role in the post-Civil War expansion period of ...

National Historic Landmark- Jacksonville Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Jacksonville Historic District

Founded as a mining town in 1852, Jacksonville is a mid-19th century inland commercial town significant for its magnificent group of surviving unaltered commercial and residential buildings.

The town was the principal financial center ...

National Historic Landmark-Fort Rock, Oregon

National Historic Landmark-Fort Rock, Oregon

The earliest occupation of the site dates to 11,000 BC; -the Fort Rock sandals-, oldest manufactured articles found in the Western Hemisphere, were discovered here.

They demonstrate an early knowledge by American Indians of weaving.

Courtesy ...

National Historic Landmark- Fort Astoria Site

National Historic Landmark- Fort Astoria Site

Erected in 1811 by fur trader John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) in an effort to break the British monopoly in the Pacific Northwest, its establishment represented an important American claim to the Oregon Territory.

In 1813, ...

National Historic Landmark-Deady and Villard Halls, U of Oregon

National Historic Landmark-Deady and Villard Halls, University of Oregon

Completed in 1876 and 1886, respectively, Deady and Villard Halls are the first and second buildings of the University of Oregon.

Deady Hall is simplified Italianate in design with mansarded main roof ...

National Historic Landmark-Crater Lake Superintendent Residence

National Historic Landmark-Crater Lake Superintendent's Residence

Built in the 1930s, this is the only building of the Munson Valley group, originally one of the best-designed rustic developments in a National Park that retains near-original condition.

Its unusual method of construction ...

National Historic Landmark- Columbia River Highway

National Historic Landmark- Columbia River Highway

Constructed between 1913 and 1922, the Columbia River Highway was created to take visitors to the Columbia River Gorge's most breath-taking and beautiful natural wonders and scenic vistas.

The highway is an outstanding example ...

National Historic Landmark-Bonneville Dam Historic District

National Historic Landmark-Bonneville Dam Historic District

Built in the 1930s by the Federal government to raise and divert the Columbia River to generate hydroelectric power, the dam represented a unique engineering challenge for a diversion/overflow dam; it was the first ...

National Historic Landmark- N.C. Wyeth House and Studio

National Historic Landmark- N.C. Wyeth House and Studio

Newell Convers Wyeth's illustrations have excited the imagination of generations of readers.

In a career that spanned the first half of the twentieth century, Wyeth illustrated some ninety books and countless stories ...

National Historic Landmark-Wyck

National Historic Landmark-Wyck

Begun in 1690, Wyck is a rare example of a colonial type of structure that has been completely documented by nine generations of the same Quaker family.

The house, outbuildings, and gardens, as well as the interior ...