page_title: The Dalles Commercial Historic District
hierarchical_section_title: The Dalles Commercial Historic District
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing the boundaries of The Dalles Commercial Historic District in The Dalles, Oregon, United States. The historic district is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places. Boundary data is derived from the historic district's National Register nomination form (1997 revision). Black boundary/yellow area: The Dalles Commercial Historic District boundaries. Brown boundary/tan area: Boundaries of the adjacent Trevitt's Addition Historic District. White numbers: Represent the locations of contributing resources in the historic district that are also listed individually on the National Register: U.S. Post Office (former) The Dalles Carnegie Library (former) The Dalles Civic Auditorium Maroon shading: Buildings listed as contributing resources in the historic district. Maroon asterisks: Contributing resources in the historic district that are not buildings. Maroon double-daggers: Mark the former locations of resources that were identified as contributing features in the historic district at the time of listing on the National Register, but which had been either demolished or relocated by July 18, 2010 (date of Google Earth satellite imagery). Purple shading: Victor Trevitt House at its current location as of July 18, 2010 (date of Google Earth satellite imagery). The house was listed as a contributing resource in The Dalles Commercial Historic District (see maroon double-dagger in City Park), but was subsequently relocated outside the district.
context_page_description: The Dalles Commercial Historic District comprises a primarily commercial and civic portion of downtown The Dalles, Oregon, United States. Strategically located at the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge and near Celilo Falls, The Dalles became the preeminent transportation and trading hub of the interior Northwest in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 46 historic buildings and other features of the district, built between 1860 and 1938, reflect the city's status and evolution as the gateway to the Columbia Plateau and the commercial, governmental, and cultural center of Eastern Oregon.
  The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
context_section_description: The Dalles Commercial Historic District comprises a primarily commercial and civic portion of downtown The Dalles, Oregon, United States. Strategically located at the eastern end of the Columbia River Gorge and near Celilo Falls, The Dalles became the preeminent transportation and trading hub of the interior Northwest in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 46 historic buildings and other features of the district, built between 1860 and 1938, reflect the city's status and evolution as the gateway to the Columbia Plateau and the commercial, governmental, and cultural center of Eastern Oregon.
  The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
caption: The Dalles Commercial Historic District boundaries in downtown The Dalles
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