Downtown Pomeroy Historic District
National Register of Historic Places

Downtown Pomeroy Historic District

Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington
Listed
August 20, 2003
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
03000811

About this property

The Downtown Pomeroy Historic District is a 13.7-acre (5.5 ha) historic district in Pomeroy, Washington, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The district is roughly bounded by Main, Tenth, Ninth, Columbia, and Sixth streets. The Garfield County Courthouse, which was designed by Charles Burggraf and is separately NRHP-listed, is one of its 42 contributing buildings. It includes Italianate and Gothic Revival architecture. It was deemed significant "as an intact concentration of building reflecting the early development of Pomeroy as the leading business, governmental, trading, and shipping center of Garfield County." Pomeroy grew in the 1870s when dryland wheat farming took off and further in 1886 when a railroad arrived and the town became the Garfield County seat. It is notable for its "excellent collection of primarily commercial buildings" dating from the 1880s to the 1950s. The district was listed on the NFHP August 21, 2003. National Register of Historic Places listings in Garfield County, Washington Media related to Downtown Pomeroy Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington
46.47439, -117.60042

Categories

COMMERCEPOLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Downtown Pomeroy Historic District listed on the National Register?

Downtown Pomeroy Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2003.

What type of historic resource is Downtown Pomeroy Historic District?

Downtown Pomeroy Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Downtown Pomeroy Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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