National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Washington
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Washington that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are at least three listings in each of Washington's 39 counties.
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. Out of approximately 84,000 NRHP sites nationwide, more than 1400 are in Washington.
The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a Google map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
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- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 7, 2012.
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