Decade built · 1980s

Built in the 1980s

Ronald Reagan served through the decade. A sharp recession in 1981 and 1982 was followed by a long recovery, and the federal rehabilitation tax credit written into the 1981 tax act was scaled back in 1986. Personal computers reached ordinary offices and homes for the first time.

61 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1980s on record. They stand in 34 states and territories. 5 are National Historic Landmarks.

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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.

Listings

States

National Historic Landmarks

Historic districts

By state

Florida 4Georgia 4Michigan 4Pennsylvania 4Alabama 3New York 3Ohio 3Texas 3Arizona 2Maryland 2Missouri 2New Hampshire 2Oklahoma 2Tennessee 2Virginia 2Arkansas 1California 1Connecticut 1District of Columbia 1Hawaii 1Illinois 1Indiana 1Massachusetts 1Maine 1Minnesota 1Mississippi 1North Carolina 1Oregon 1Puerto Rico 1South Carolina 1Utah 1Vermont 1Washington 1Wisconsin 1

Longest-lived styles of the decade

Style	In the 1980s	Dated examples, all decades	Years in use
Neoclassical	2	1023	1680 to 2016
Greek Revival	5	1093	1660 to 1987
Gothic Revival	2	753	1702 to 2017
Colonial Revival	4	797	1701 to 1998
Queen Anne style	3	1039	1753 to 1989
Romanesque Revival	3	525	1830 to 1994
Modern	2	192	1869 to 1983

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.