This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Wyoming. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.[1]
There are 28 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, 1 of which is a National Historic Landmark.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 5, 2024.[2]
| Albany - Big Horn - Campbell - Carbon - Converse - Crook - Fremont - Goshen - Hot Springs - Johnson - Laramie - Lincoln - Natrona - Niobrara - Park - Platte - Sheridan - Sublette - Sweetwater - Teton - Uinta - Washakie - Weston |
Listings county-wide
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AJX Bridge over South Fork and Powder River |  |
February 22, 1985 (#85000426) |
Interstate 25 W. Service Rd. (old U.S. Route 87) 43°37′13″N 106°34′37″W / 43.620224°N 106.576968°W | Kaycee | Wyoming’s only large cantilever bridge, a three-span Pratt deck truss built 1931–32.[5] |
| 2 | Beaver Creek Ranch Headquarters | January 8, 2014 (#13001064) |
2333 Beaver Creek Rd. 44°05′56″N 106°03′00″W / 44.098889°N 106.05°W | Buffalo vicinity | A rare and well-preserved example of a 20th-century sheep ranch employing Spanish and French Basque practices, with nine contributing properties built 1916–1950s.[6] | |
| 3 | Blue Gables Motel |  |
November 1, 2011 (#11000772) |
662 N. Main St. 44°21′19″N 106°41′57″W / 44.355198°N 106.69927°W | Buffalo | Western-themed motor court with free-standing log cabins, whose modernizations 1941–1967 reflect the heyday of post-World War II automobile tourism in Wyoming.[7] |
| 4 | Cantonment Reno |  |
July 29, 1977 (#77001382) |
5 miles north of Sussex at the Powder River 43°47′06″N 106°15′13″W / 43.785°N 106.253611°W | Sussex | Site of an Army supply post 1876–1878 during U.S. military campaigns against the High Plains Indians, a vestige of the bitter intercultural conflict over the resources and lifestyle of the region.[8] |
| 5 | Carnegie Public Library |  |
November 7, 1976 (#76001949) |
90 N. Main 44°20′53″N 106°42′00″W / 44.347997°N 106.699951°W | Buffalo | 1909 Carnegie library, exemplifying Neoclassical architecture and the local zeal to provide library services while still less than a decade into Wyoming's statehood.[9] Became the Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum in 1987.[10] |
| 6 | Dull Knife Battlefield |  |
August 15, 1979 (#79002609) |
North of Barnum 43°45′36″N 106°56′55″W / 43.76°N 106.948611°W | Barnum vicinity | Site of the Dull Knife Fight on November 25, 1876—an Army attack on a winter village of Northern Cheyenne, a consequential point in the U.S. campaign to force the Plains Indians onto reservations.[11] |
| 7 | EDL Peloux Bridge |  |
February 22, 1985 (#85000425) |
Off N. Desmet Ave. 44°20′42″N 106°42′16″W / 44.344885°N 106.704423°W | Buffalo | Pratt pony truss bridge built 1912–13; an early and well-preserved example of a once-common configuration.[5] Relocated to Buffalo City Park in 1986. |
| 8 | EDZ Irigary Bridge |  |
February 22, 1985 (#85000427) |
Irigary Rd. over the Powder River 43°56′22″N 106°09′27″W / 43.939528°N 106.157613°W | Sussex | At 200 feet (61 m) Wyoming's longest single span of a county bridge still in use, and one of only two pin-connected Pennsylvania trusses. Built in 1913 and moved to current location in 1963.[5] |
| 9 | Fort McKinney |  |
July 30, 1976 (#76001950) |
700 Veterans Ln. 44°19′58″N 106°44′22″W / 44.3328°N 106.739421°W | Buffalo | Frontier U.S. Army fort with some preserved buildings, active 1878–1894; the key military presence in the Powder River Basin from the American Indian Wars to the Johnson County War, and attractor of agricultural settlement as both a protector and customer. Since 1903 the Veterans' Home of Wyoming.[12] |
| 10 | Fort Phil Kearny and Associated Sites |  |
October 15, 1966 (#66000756) |
528 Wagon Box Rd. 44°31′54″N 106°49′32″W / 44.531752°N 106.82567°W | Story | Sites of a partially reconstructed U.S. Army fort, the Fetterman Fight, and the Wagon Box Fight—storied locations in Red Cloud's War 1866–1868, which resulted in renewed Native control of the region for several years.[13] |
| 11 | Fort Reno |  |
April 28, 1970 (#70000672) |
Lower Sussex Rd. 43°49′39″N 106°14′26″W / 43.8275°N 106.240556°W | Sussex | Site of a U.S. Army fort manned 1865–1868 to protect emigrants on the Bozeman Trail from vigorous Oglala defense of their sacred hunting grounds. Marked with a monument and interpretive signs.[14] |
| 12 | HF Bar Ranch Historic District | November 7, 1984 (#84000392) |
1301 Rock Creek Rd. 44°27′28″N 106°53′57″W / 44.45791°N 106.899057°W | Saddlestring | 1890s cattle ranch diversified into a dude ranch in 1911, a continuously operating example of an important regional enterprise that enriched the American West economically and culturally, and highlighted the need to preserve the west's recreational resources and traditions.[15] | |
| 13 | Holland House |  |
November 4, 1993 (#93001185) |
312 N. Main St. 44°21′03″N 106°41′58″W / 44.350825°N 106.699386°W | Buffalo | One of Buffalo's first brick houses, built in 1883 for rancher and county official William H. Holland (1840–1906) and later the home of his grandson William C. Holland (d. 1993), attorney and politician.[16] |
| 14 | Jameson Site |  |
September 13, 2018 (#100002942) |
Address restricted[17] | Barnum vicinity | Site in a natural passage between the Bighorn Mountains and Powder River basin yielding artifacts from the middle Plains Archaic to the Protohistoric period, including a hearth, bundle of gambling sticks, and rock art.[18] |
| 15 | Johnson County Courthouse |  |
November 7, 1976 (#76001951) |
76 N. Main St. 44°20′52″N 106°41′58″W / 44.347803°N 106.699479°W | Buffalo | Wyoming's oldest intact county courthouse continuously operating under its original use, built in Italianate style in 1884.[19] |
| 16 | Lake Desmet Segment, Bozeman Trail |  |
July 23, 1989 (#89000814) |
Address restricted[17] 44°28′45″N 106°46′56″W / 44.479167°N 106.782222°W | Buffalo | 1.1-mile (1.8 km) stretch of wheel ruts from wagons using the Bozeman Trail.[20] |
| 17 | Main Street Historic District |  |
April 12, 1984 (#84003676) |
Main St. 44°20′46″N 106°41′56″W / 44.346149°N 106.69876°W | Buffalo | One of Wyoming's most distinctive and intact commercial centers representing the prosperity achieved through ranching, agriculture, tourism, and mineral extraction; with 12 contributing properties built 1900–1932.[21] |
| 18 | Methodist Episcopal Church |  |
September 13, 1976 (#76001952) |
132 N. Adams Ave. 44°20′54″N 106°42′03″W / 44.348442°N 106.70082°W | Buffalo | Finely planned and crafted small church built on the Akron Plan in 1899.[22] |
| 19 | Powder River Station-Powder River Crossing (48JO134 and 48JO801) |  |
July 23, 1989 (#89000810) |
Address restricted[17] 43°47′07″N 106°14′41″W / 43.785278°N 106.244722°W | Sussex | Open floodplain with well-preserved wagon ruts from the Bozeman Trail, and the site of a stagecoach station.[23] |
| 20 | St. Luke's Episcopal Church |  |
November 7, 1976 (#76001953) |
178 S. Main 44°20′40″N 106°41′53″W / 44.344433°N 106.698049°W | Buffalo | One of Wyoming's leading examples of Gothic Revival architecture, an 1889 church whose original members were key figures in Buffalo's and Johnson County's early history.[24] |
| 21 | Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch | February 23, 2016 (#16000053) |
Forest Service Rd. 293 44°33′04″N 107°12′38″W / 44.5510252°N 107.2106624°W | Story | One of the longest operating dude ranches in the Bighorn Mountains, established in 1923. Also noted for its rustic architecture, with a unique lodge shaped like the ranch's brand and eight other contributing properties.[25] | |
| 22 | Sussex Post Office and Store |  |
November 12, 1998 (#98001377) |
Sussex Rd. and the Powder River 43°41′51″N 106°17′43″W / 43.697584°N 106.295399°W | Sussex | Long-serving social and civic center of a dispersed ranching community, built in 1914 as a post office, grocery store, and dance hall, and entirely an event venue and polling place since the 1920s.[26] |
| 23 | TA Ranch Historic District |  |
March 26, 1993 (#93000198) |
28623 Old Highway 87 44°09′15″N 106°41′14″W / 44.154234°N 106.687283°W | Buffalo vicinity | One of Johnson County's first cattle ranches, established in 1882, and the best preserved site from the 1889–1893 Johnson County War, with extant breastworks and battle damage from a three-day siege in April 1892.[27] |
| 24 | Trabing Station-Crazy Woman Crossing |  |
July 23, 1989 (#89000815) |
1480 Buffalo Sussex Cutoff Rd. 44°05′03″N 106°31′27″W / 44.084092°N 106.524175°W | Buffalo vicinity | Ford and campsite on the Bozeman Trail, site of one of the trail's most dramatic battles between the U.S. military and Native Americans, on July 20, 1866, and a U.S. staging point during the Great Sioux War of 1876.[28] Marked with interpretive signs. |
| 25 | Union Congregational Church and Parsonage |  |
February 7, 1985 (#85000248) |
110 Bennett St. 44°20′43″N 106°41′46″W / 44.345173°N 106.696221°W | Buffalo | 1886 church altered and enlarged 1911–12, with a 1910 parsonage. One of the first two churches established in northern Wyoming Territory; significant as the only venue for refined or family-friendly activities in a rough pioneer community.[29] |
| 26 | US Post Office-Buffalo Main |  |
May 19, 1987 (#87000785) |
193 S. Main St. 44°20′42″N 106°41′51″W / 44.344898°N 106.69763°W | Buffalo | Well-preserved example of a Neoclassical combined post office and federal building, completed in 1928; a long-sought amenity and validation of Buffalo's importance.[30] |
| 27 | Wold Bison Jump | December 22, 2015 (#15000928) |
Address restricted[17] | Barnum vicinity | Late Prehistoric buffalo jump with a deep bonebed, numerous artifacts, and 67 cairns.[31] | |
| 28 | Wold Rock Art District | September 9, 2021 (#100006877) |
Address restricted[17] | Barnum vicinity |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wyoming
References
- ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ 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 Fraser, Clayton B. (1982-05-24). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Rosenberg, Elizabeth L.; Robert G. Rosenberg (2013-08-20). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Beaver Creek Ranch. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ Bradley, Betsy H. (2011-01-10). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Blue Gables Motel (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ Junge, Mark (1975-02-13). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Cantonment Reno. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ Dillinger, James F. (1975-06-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Carnegie Public Library. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ "Exhibits". Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum. 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Junge, Mark (1979-06-08). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Dull Knife Battlefield, Red Fork Fight site. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Murray, Robert A. (1975-12-12). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Fort McKinney. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
- ^ Lissandrello, Stephen (1976-01-03). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Fort Kearny and Related Sites. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Barnhart, Bill (1969-12-19). National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Fort Reno. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Schroth, Margie (April 1984). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: HF Bar. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Starr, Eileen; Elaine Holland Hough (April 1993). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Holland House. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ "Jameson Site". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ Dillinger, James F. (1975-07-15). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Johnson County Courthouse. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
- ^ "Lake Desmet Segment - Bozeman Trail". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Mooney, Molly; Christy Love (April 1983). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Main Street Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
- ^ Dillinger, James F. (1975-07-29). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Methodist Episcopal Church. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Dry Fork of the Powder River Segment - Bozeman Trail". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ Dillinger, James F. (1975-07-29). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: St. Luke's Episcopal Church. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ Humstone, Mary (2015-04-15). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ Garrett, Harriet (1998-08-19). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sussex Post Office and Store. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ SHPO Staff (November 1992). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: TA Ranch Historic District. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
- ^ "Crazy Woman Crossing and Battlefield (Trabing Station) - Bozeman Trail". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Knepper, Dorothea (December 1981). National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Union Congregational Church and Parsonage. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ Kolva, H. J. "Jim" (April 1986). National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Buffalo Main Post Office. National Park Service. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
- ^ "Wold Bison Jump". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2023-06-05.