Built in the 1890s
Grover Cleveland returned in 1893 and William McKinley took office in 1897. The Panic of 1893 brought a severe depression, and the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago the same year made the classical civic style the national fashion. The war with Spain in 1898 left the country with overseas territory.
2,136 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1890s on record. They stand in 52 states and territories. Of those, 53 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 1890s | Dated examples, all decades | Years in use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romanesque | 9 | 23 | 1101 to 1932 |
| Greek Revival | 18 | 1334 | 1660 to 2010 |
| Neoclassical | 72 | 1199 | 1680 to 2016 |
| Spanish Colonial Revival | 4 | 162 | 1680 to 2014 |
| Vernacular | 25 | 191 | 1662 to 1984 |
| Federal | 4 | 751 | 1674 to 1996 |
| Renaissance Revival | 64 | 558 | 1695 to 2015 |
| Gothic Revival | 87 | 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 2,083 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.