Built in the 1950s
Truman served until 1953 and Dwight Eisenhower followed. The Korean War ran from 1950 to 1953 and the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 began the largest public works program in the country's history. Suburbs grew faster than the cities they surrounded.
252 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1950s on record. They stand in 50 states and territories. 10 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 September 19, 2026.
By state
Longest-lived styles of the decade
| Style | In the 1950s | Dated examples, all decades | Years in use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoclassical | 4 | 1023 | 1680 to 2016 |
| Gothic Revival | 2 | 753 | 1702 to 2017 |
| Colonial Revival | 3 | 797 | 1701 to 1998 |
| Art Deco | 6 | 318 | 1874 to 2006 |
| Moderne | 5 | 75 | 1879 to 2006 |
| Modern | 66 | 192 | 1869 to 1983 |
| International Style | 29 | 82 | 1896 to 1974 |
| Northwest Regional style | 3 | 4 | 1915 to 1954 |
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 September 19, 2026.
Places with full records
The other 242 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.