National Register of Historic Places

Recently Listed Oregon Properties in the National Register of Historic Places

• Hotel Alma in Portland, Multnomah County listed in May 2024. Hotel Alma was first listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 under the Multiple Property Document "Historic Resources in Downtown Portland, Oregon, 1906-1914". At that time, the Alma was determined to be significant under National Register Criterion A in the areas of Community Planning and Development, and Commerce. The amended nomination adds additional local significance for the property under National Register Criterion A for LGBTQ+ history as the most enduring and most representative building within the district of downtown Portland known sometimes as the gay triangle. Between 1969 and 1985 the building, then known as the Majestic Hotel, was home to a variety of uses by and for the LGBTQ+ community. In addition to continuing to serve as a hotel, the building was also home to a men’s bathhouse, bars and nightclubs, and providers of gay men’s health services. View the full nomination.
  
  
• Normandale Field in Portland, Multnomah County listed in May 2024 - Normandale Field, renamed Erv Lind Field in 1965, is a softball diamond located at the southeast corner of Normandale Park in northeast Portland. The softball field was first constructed in 1948 and served as home field for the national champion women’s softball team, the Erv Lind Florists, from 1948 to 1964. The field is of statewide significance under National Register Criterion A for its association with women’s history as well as entertainment and recreation. Normandale Field has been host to world championship softball tournaments, but it has also served as a municipal field, giving local women and girls the opportunity to play softball on the same field as a national champion. In addition, Normandale Field is locally significant under National Register Criterion A as one of the few known early, important, and long-lasting gathering spaces associated with Portland’s LGBTQ+ community. To people who identify as LGBTQ+ and that lived in Portland between the late 1940s and the mid-1960s, women’s softball games at Normandale Field served as a place to socialize with other queer women from the area. View the full nomination.
  
  
• Malmgren Garage in Talent, Jackson County listed in May 2024 - The Malmgren Garage was constructed in 1924 for Theodore and Frederika Malmgren. Theodore Malmgren was a southern Oregon physician and one of the first doctors in southern Oregon to purchase an automobile so he could provide patient care throughout rural Jackson County. The property is locally significant for its association with the commercial development of Talent and the community’s expanded economy in the years after World War One as the result of the development of the Pacific Highway and increased reliance on private automobiles that replaced train travel. The Malmgren Garage reflects the simple utilitarian garage building designs developed to respond to the shift toward automobile transportation that occurred in the early 20th century. Restored and rehabilitated following damage resulting from the Almeda Fire in 2020, the Malmgren Garage retains the original material and exterior finish of its characteristic concrete walls, its auto-related deep setback from the public right of way, and the false front typical of the modest commercial designs of Talent’s downtown. View the full nomination.
  
  
• Dallas Downtown Historic District in Polk County listed in May 2024 because of its local significance for its association with broad patterns of history and its representation of the economic development of the city of Dallas. Near the center of the historic district is the Polk County Courthouse (completed in 1900), a building that exemplifies an era when agriculture and timber led to Dallas’ unprecedented economic vitality. As a collection, the buildings in the district reflect the evolution of commerce in Dallas’ downtown core from some of the earliest permanent construction in the 19th century through the arrival of modernism in the mid-20th century. The Dallas Downtown Historic District contains 43 total resources: 33 contributing, 8 noncontributing, and 2 previously listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The period of significance for the district is 1870 – 1955. View the full nomination.
  
  
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Albany, Linn County, listed in May 2024 - The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1892 and enlarged in 1917 by and for the congregation of Mt. Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The property is locally significant under National Register Criterion C as an excellent example of a Queen Anne style church. Queen Anne architectural design was not commonly used in churches. Cumberland Presbyterian is extensively decorated with shingles, ornate mouldings, frieze boards, sunbursts, rosettes, and colored glass windows. After a lengthy community effort, in 2021 the church was moved three blocks east of its original location. Before, during and after the move, extreme care was taken to preserve the structure and its character defining architectural features. The building is now operated as the non-profit Cumberland Community Event Center. View the full nomination.
  
  
• Alger Theatre, Lakeview, Lake County, listed in March 2024 - Opened in 1940 and designed by architect James W. DeYoung, the Art Deco theatre was built during the period considered the Golden Age of Film. The theatre has provided a primary form of entertainment for the community since its construction.
  
  When built, Lakeview featured three movie theaters, but today, only the Alger Theatre remains as a testament to that era in the entire county. The Alger Theatre continues to epitomize the classic theater design of the Art Deco era, showcasing unique architectural features such as its blade sign and distinctive tile work.
  

• Camp Namanu, Clackamas County, listed in March 2024 -
  Oregon's first girls' camp founded in 1924 by Camp Fire Girls, spans 552-acres along the Sandy River. It features rustic wooden buildings blending seamlessly with the surrounding meadows, forests, and river. Reflective of Progressive Era summer camps, Camp Namanu was established to provide the types of leadership and outdoor development opportunities to young women that already existed for boys.
  
  The camp's structures are influenced by the back-to-nature movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that romanticized the American landscape. Notably, Camp Namanu features works by Pietro Belluschi, an Italian American architect renowned for his Pacific Northwest-inspired designs. Belluschi is credited with the design of several existing lodges at Camp Namanu and those buildings illustrate the early development of his style.