Built in the 1880s
James Garfield was assassinated in 1881 and Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison followed in turn. Immigration from southern and eastern Europe rose sharply and the railroads adopted standard time zones in 1883. The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883 and Chicago put up the first tall building framed in metal in 1885.
1,775 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1880s on record. They stand in 51 states and territories. Of those, 48 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 November 02, 2026.
By state
Longest-lived styles of the decade
| Style | In the 1880s | Dated examples, all decades | Years in use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanesque | 3 | 23 | 1101 to 1932 |
| Greek Revival | 17 | 1334 | 1660 to 2010 |
| Neoclassical | 32 | 1199 | 1680 to 2016 |
| Spanish Colonial Revival | 2 | 162 | 1680 to 2014 |
| Vernacular | 25 | 191 | 1662 to 1984 |
| Federal | 2 | 751 | 1674 to 1996 |
| Renaissance Revival | 48 | 558 | 1695 to 2015 |
| Gothic Revival | 97 | 807 | 1698 to 2017 |
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 November 02, 2026.
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Places with full records
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The other 1,727 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.