National Register of Historic Places - North Dakota (ND), Billings County

Billings County North Dakota has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chateau de Mores, Custer Military Trail Historic Archeological District, De Mores Packing Plant Ruins, Myers School Timbered Lodge (32BI401) and Roosevelt's, Theodore, Elkhorn Ranch and Greater Elkhorn Ranchlands.

Several famous people are associated with these Billings County historic places including Marquis de Mores, Theodore Roosevelt and George Armstrong Custer.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Billings County places including Peter Book, John Tester, Benjamin F. Lamb, George Burgess, Civilian Conservation Corps, Weldon Gratton and Einar et al. Olson. Prominent architectural styles found in Billings Country are Late Victorian.

Billings County Courthouse (added 1977 - - #77001016)

4th St. and 4th Ave. , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Tester,John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Chateau de Mores (added 1975 - - #75001299)

SW of Medora on W bank of Little Missouri River , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

de Mores,Marquis

Significant Year:

1883

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Custer Military Trail Historic Archeological District (added 2009 - - #08001293)

Also known as Sites 32BI840/32GV197; 32BI885; 32BI403; 32BI853; 32GV202

Address Restricted , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

State, Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Camp, Monument/Marker, Rail-Related, Road-Related

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Extractive Facility, Monument/Marker

De Mores Memorial Park (added 2019 - - #100003204)

Also known as 32BI1050

SE corner of Main St. & 3rd Ave., Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Gratton, Weldon, Civilian Conservation Corps, Olson, Einar et al., Multiple

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Art, Social History

Period of Significance:

1921-1940 AD

De Mores Packing Plant Ruins (added 1975 - - #75001300)

NW of Medora boundary , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

de Mores,Marquis

Significant Year:

1883

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Processing

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

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Initial Rock (added 1976 - - #76002271)

Also known as Name Rock

SE of Medora in Custer National Forest , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

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Myers School Timbered Lodge (32BI401) (added 1980 - - #80002906)

Also known as 32BI401

Address Restricted , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Historic - Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Peaceful Valley Ranch (added 1994 - - #94000731)

Also known as Lamb Ranch;32BI67

N of Medora near Little Missouri R., Theodore Roosevelt National Park , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burgess, George, Lamb, Benjamin F.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Entertainment/Recreation, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government, Other

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Government Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Outdoor Recreation

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Roosevelt's, Theodore, Elkhorn Ranch and Greater Elkhorn Ranchlands (added 2012 - - #12000252)

Also known as 32-BI-0008

Address Restricted, Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Information Potential

Historic Person:

Roosevelt, Theodore

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

St. Mary's Catholic Church (added 1977 - - #77001017)

4th St. and 3rd Ave. , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Book,Peter

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park (added 1982 - - #66000598)

Address Unknown , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Roosevelt,Theodore

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Unknown

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Von Hoffman House (added 1977 - - #77001018)

Also known as Medora Doll House

Broadway and 5th St. , Medora

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Book,Peter

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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