Bonneville Dam Historic District
Added to the National Register in 1986, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | Columbia River between Bradford and Cascade Islands off I-80 in Multnomah County, Oregon to WA 14 in Skamania County, WA, Bonneville, OR |
| County | Multnomah County |
| Listed | Apr 9, 1986 |
| Listed for | Industry, Landscape architecture, Engineering, Transportation, Politics and government, Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Powerhouse, Navigation Lock and Administrative Site; See Also |
| Reference number | 86000727 |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Columbia River between Bradford and Cascade Islands off I-80 in Multnomah County, Oregon to WA 14 in Skamania County, WA, Bonneville, OR |
| Coordinates | 45.6414° N, 121.9446° W · Directions ↗ |
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Nearby in Multnomah County
Public land around it
| Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness ↗Wilderness, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary65,435 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Multnomah County
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- Murder & Scandal in Prohibition PortlandJD Chandler and Theresa Griffin Kennedy, 2016Find at Bookshop.org
Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Oregon
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.
Reference
Questions people ask
When was Bonneville Dam Historic District listed on the National Register?
Apr 9, 1986. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Bonneville Dam Historic District?
Columbia River between Bradford and Cascade Islands off I-80 in Multnomah County, Oregon to WA 14 in Skamania County, WA, Bonneville, Multnomah County, Oregon.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Bonneville Dam Historic District?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Bonneville Dam Historic District right now?
4 active incidents within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Top Of The World Rx, 27 miles away.
Source: Map
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 86000727. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.