National Register of Historic Places listings in Platte County, Wyoming
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Platte County, Wyoming.
Location of Platte County in Wyoming
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
There are 14 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, three of which are National Historic Landmarks. One previous listing has been removed from the Register.
Wyoming's oldest operating soda shop, Chugwater's oldest operating business, and an important local social hub established in 1927 in a commercial building dating to 1914.[4]
Ranch established in 1878 by architect George D. Rainsford; noted for its substantial stone buildings, contributions to fine horse breeding, and later use as a guest ranch.[5]
8,000-acre (3,200ha) ranch established in 1874 whose 23 contributing properties illustrate the typical spatial organization and land use patterns of southeast Wyoming ranches.[8]
Mid-sized ranch established in 1891, with a typical mix of vernacular buildings constructed on site and repurposed buildings from other ranches, comprising 12 contributing properties that also include a rare surviving plunge dip.[9]
Wheel ruts and roadcuts incised across a series of sandstone outcrops 1841–1869, leaving the best preserved ruts of the Emigrant Trail.[11] Preserved as a state historic site.[12]
Prominent 1917 courthouse significant for its exemplary Neoclassical architecture and association with Platte County's early-20th-century political development.[15]
North America's only known prehistoric hematite quarry, containing one of the continent's largest assemblages of Paleoindian artifacts, comprising stone, bone, and antler tools used 13,000–11,000 years ago.[16]
Landmark cliff along the Emigrant Trail in Wyoming on which pioneers carved their names in the 1840s and '50s.[17] A state historic site since 1932.[18]
Unusually intact mine complex and company town with 35 contributing properties built 1898–1955, attracting European and Asian workers and sustaining the area's economy.[19]
Row of four buildings constructed 1876–1918, comprising the headquarters of one of the largest ranching operations in the U.S., founded by Scottish investors in 1883.[20]
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