National Register of Historic Places listings in Curry County, Oregon

This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Curry 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 46 of those are found in Curry County.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2024.^[4]

Current listings

^[5]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[6]	Location	City or town	Description
1	35-CU-215–High Point Shell Midden	Upload image	March 6, 2001 (#01000135)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville vicinity	This shell midden is located on a strategic high point overlooking the Pacific coast, and is visible in the eroding cliff face. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the site was occupied c. 1070 CE and again c. 1385 CE, but additional dating may extend this chronology.^[8]
2	Arch Rock	Arch Rock	September 10, 1997 (#97001058)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
3	Archeological Site 35CU1	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001043)	Address restricted^[7]	Sixes
4	Archeological Site 35CU13	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001045)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
5	Archeological Site 35CU14	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001046)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
6	Archeological Site 35CU142	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001050)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
7	Archeological Site 35CU153	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001049)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
8	Archeological Site 35CU16	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001048)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
9	Archeological Site 35CU31	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001055)	Address restricted^[7]	Pistol River
10	Archeological Site 35CU69	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001066)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
11	Archeological Site 35CU79	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001070)	Address restricted^[7]	Brookings
12	Archeological Site 35CU80	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001069)	Address restricted^[7]	Brookings
13	Archeological Site 35CU83	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001042)	Address restricted^[7]	Sixes
14	Blacklock Point Lithic Site	Upload image	August 5, 1994 (#94000805)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
15	Blacklock Point Shell Midden	Upload image	August 5, 1994 (#94000804)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
16	Cape Blanco Lighthouse	Cape Blanco Lighthouse	April 21, 1993 (#73002339)	Westernmost part of Cape Blanco, W of Sixes 42°50′14″N 124°33′44″W / 42.837222°N 124.562222°W / 42.837222; -124.562222 (Cape Blanco Lighthouse)	Sixes
17	Cape Blanco Lithic Site	Upload image	June 4, 1992 (#92000667)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
18	Central Building	Central Building	April 1, 1980 (#80003309)	703 Chetco Ave. 42°03′06″N 124°16′55″W / 42.051667°N 124.281944°W / 42.051667; -124.281944 (Central Building)	Brookings	Built in 1915 by the C&O Lumber Company, the Central Building served as administration building for the Brookings Land & Townsite Co. in the mill town of Brookings.
19	Eagle Rock	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001054)	Address restricted^[7]	Pistol River
20	Gold Beach Ranger Station	Gold Beach Ranger Station	April 8, 1986 (#86000818)	29279 Ellensburg Avenue 42°24′07″N 124°25′08″W / 42.401944°N 124.418889°W / 42.401944; -124.418889 (Gold Beach Ranger Station)	Gold Beach	The Cascadian Rustic buildings of the Gold Beach Ranger Station were built in 1936 by a Civilian Conservation Corps crew from Gasquet, California.
21	Zane Grey Cabin^[a]	Zane Grey Cabin	June 28, 2016 (#16000413)	North bank of the Rogue River 42°42′07″N 123°48′17″W / 42.701871°N 123.804688°W / 42.701871; -123.804688 (Zane Grey Cabin)	Galice vicinity	Zane Grey (1872–1939), the master author of the American West, built this cabin on the lower Rogue River in 1926 and used it as a frequent retreat until 1935. He both wrote here and used the surrounding landscapes as inspiration for works such as Tales of Freshwater Fishing, Rogue River Feud, and the article "Shooting the Rogue".^[11]
22	Harris Park Mound	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001068)	Address restricted^[7]	Brookings
23	Patrick Hughes House	Patrick Hughes House	November 28, 1980 (#80003310)	Cape Blanco State Park 42°50′33″N 124°32′13″W / 42.8425°N 124.536944°W / 42.8425; -124.536944 (Patrick Hughes House)	Sixes	The Hughes House, which combines elements of the Queen Anne and Stick-Eastlake architectural styles, was designed by P.J. Lindberg and built in 1898.
24	Mary D. Hume	Mary D. Hume	August 1, 1979 (#79002052)	Port of Gold Beach 42°25′18″N 124°25′06″W / 42.421667°N 124.418333°W / 42.421667; -124.418333 (Mary D. Hume)	Gold Beach	Steamer built in 1880 in Gold Beach, wrecked at Gold Beach
25	Indian Sands	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001061)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
26	Indian Sands	Upload image	June 4, 1992 (#92000668)	Address restricted^[7]	Brookings
27	Khustenete-Hustenate-Xusteneten	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001057)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
28	Peter John Lindberg House	Peter John Lindberg House	January 7, 2015 (#14001131)	906 N. Washington Street 42°44′46″N 124°29′44″W / 42.746038°N 124.495638°W / 42.746038; -124.495638 (Peter John Lindberg House)	Port Orford
29	Little Ridge-Cape Sebastian (35CU77)	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001051)	Address restricted^[7]	Pistol River
30	Little Ridge-Cape Sebastian (35CU78)	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001052)	Address restricted^[7]	Pistol River
31	Lone Ranch Creek Mound	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001067)	Address restricted^[7]	Brookings
32	Miller Creek	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001059)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville	Also known as the Miller Shell Midden.
33	Newburgh Lithic Site (35CU209)	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001041)	Address restricted^[7]	Sixes
34	Pistol River Site-Chetlessentan-Chetleshin-Chet-less-chun-dunn	Pistol River Site-Chetlessentan-Chetleshin-Chet-less-chun-dunn	September 10, 1997 (#97001053)	Atop bluffs immediately north of the mouth of the Pistol River^[12]^: 322 42°16′52″N 124°24′05″W / 42.281111°N 124.401389°W / 42.281111; -124.401389 (Pistol River Site-Chetlessentan-Chetleshin-Chet-less-chun-dunn)	Pistol River
35	Port Orford Coast Guard Station	Port Orford Coast Guard Station	May 29, 1998 (#98000606)	92331 Coast Guard Hill Rd. 42°44′23″N 124°30′33″W / 42.739722°N 124.509167°W / 42.739722; -124.509167 (Port Orford Coast Guard Station)	Port Orford
36	Port Orford Site	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001044)	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford
37	Rogue River Bridge No. 01172	Rogue River Bridge No. 01172	August 5, 2005 (#05000814)	OR Coast 9, US 101, MP 327.70 42°25′39″N 124°24′44″W / 42.4275°N 124.412222°W / 42.4275; -124.412222 (Rogue River Bridge No. 01172)	Gold Beach	Also known as the Isaac Lee Patterson Bridge.
38	Rogue River Ranch	Rogue River Ranch	December 29, 1975 (#75001581)	E of Agness near confluence of Mule Creek and Rogue River 42°43′06″N 123°52′53″W / 42.718333°N 123.881389°W / 42.718333; -123.881389 (Rogue River Ranch)	Agness
39	Sheep Trail Shell Midden (35CU32)	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001056)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
40	Sixes Hotel	Sixes Hotel	October 22, 1992 (#92001325)	93316 Sixes River Rd. 42°49′04″N 124°28′50″W / 42.817724°N 124.480421°W / 42.817724; -124.480421 (Sixes Hotel)	Sixes
41	Thunder Rock	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001060)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
42	Whale Head	Whale Head	September 10, 1997 (#97001062)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
43	Whaleshead Lithic Site (35CU207)	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001064)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
44	Whaleshead South Midden (35CU208)	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001063)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
45	Whaleshead Trail Viewpoint (35CU36)	Whaleshead Trail Viewpoint (35CU36)	September 10, 1997 (#97001065)	Address restricted^[7]	Carpenterville
46	Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site	Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site	July 6, 2006 (#06000589)	Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest 42°04′42″N 124°06′40″W / 42.078333°N 124.111111°W / 42.078333; -124.111111 (Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing Site)	Brookings	Site of only deliberate bombing in the contiguous United States by foreign airplane

Former listings

^[5]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Archeological Site 35CU156	Upload image	September 10, 1997 (#97001047)	April 29, 2010	Address restricted^[7]	Port Orford

Notes

^ The National Register announcement of listing for the Zane Grey Cabin^[9] incorrectly states that it is located in Josephine County. The cabin is in fact in Curry County.^[10]

References

^ 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.
^ National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Program: Research, archived from the original on February 1, 2015, retrieved January 28, 2015.
^ 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.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ a b 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.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
^ Erlandson, Jon (August 9, 1999), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 35-CU-215, High Point Shell Midden (redacted PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2021, retrieved May 16, 2021.
^ National Park Service (July 8, 2016), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/16 through 7/01/16, archived from the original on July 9, 2016, retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ Potter, Elisabeth (February 15, 1984), Oregon State Historic Preservation Office Telephone Report (Call to Eric Schoblom, BLM) (PDF), retrieved July 8, 2016.
^ Ericson, Duane (November 1, 2012), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Grey, Zane, Cabin (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on May 18, 2021, retrieved May 18, 2021.
^ Moss, Madonna L., and George B. Wasson, Jr. "Intimate Relations with the past: The Story of an Athapaskan Village on the Southern Northwest Coast of North America". World Archaeology 29.3 (1998): 317-332.

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[11] The National Register announcement of listing for the Zane Grey Cabin^[9] incorrectly states that it is located in Josephine County. The cabin is in fact in Curry County.^[10]

[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 Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 5, 2024.

[NRHP_colors-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.

[refnums-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.

[ARCombinedNote-7] ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.

[8] Erlandson, Jon (August 9, 1999), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: 35-CU-215, High Point Shell Midden (redacted PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on May 16, 2021, retrieved May 16, 2021.

[9] National Park Service (July 8, 2016), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/28/16 through 7/01/16, archived from the original on July 9, 2016, retrieved July 8, 2016.

[10] Potter, Elisabeth (February 15, 1984), Oregon State Historic Preservation Office Telephone Report (Call to Eric Schoblom, BLM) (PDF), retrieved July 8, 2016.

[12] Ericson, Duane (November 1, 2012), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Grey, Zane, Cabin (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on May 18, 2021, retrieved May 18, 2021.

[13] Moss, Madonna L., and George B. Wasson, Jr. "Intimate Relations with the past: The Story of an Athapaskan Village on the Southern Northwest Coast of North America". World Archaeology 29.3 (1998): 317-332.

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