Built in the 1860s
Abraham Lincoln took office in 1861 and Andrew Johnson succeeded him in 1865. The Civil War ran from 1861 to 1865 and ended slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment. The Homestead Act of 1862 opened western land to settlers and the first transcontinental railroad was joined in 1869.
942 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1860s on record. They stand in 50 states and territories. Of those, 42 are National Historic Landmarks.
Construction years come from Wikidata, matched on National Register reference number. Only plain four-digit years are counted, so a place recorded as circa or as a range is left out. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
By state
Longest-lived styles of the decade
| Style | In the 1860s | Dated examples, all decades | Years in use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanesque | 2 | 23 | 1101 to 1932 |
| Greek Revival | 104 | 1334 | 1660 to 2010 |
| Neoclassical | 18 | 1199 | 1680 to 2016 |
| Spanish Colonial Revival | 2 | 162 | 1680 to 2014 |
| Vernacular | 27 | 191 | 1662 to 1984 |
| Federal | 10 | 751 | 1674 to 1996 |
| Renaissance Revival | 40 | 558 | 1695 to 2015 |
| Gothic Revival | 72 | 807 | 1698 to 2017 |
Style labels come from Wikidata. A style is ranked by the span between the earliest and latest dated listing that carries it, across the whole register, and only styles with two or more listings in this decade are shown. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Places with full records
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The other 900 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.