Built in the 1940s
Roosevelt served until his death in 1945 and Harry Truman followed. The country entered the Second World War in December 1941 and war production ended the Depression, while civilian construction was restricted for the duration. The GI Bill of 1944 and the housing shortage that followed the war started the suburban building boom.
501 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1940s on record. They stand in 55 states and territories. Of those, 20 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 1940s | Dated examples, all decades | Years in use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoclassical | 9 | 1199 | 1680 to 2016 |
| Spanish Colonial Revival | 3 | 162 | 1680 to 2014 |
| Renaissance Revival | 2 | 558 | 1695 to 2015 |
| Gothic Revival | 5 | 807 | 1698 to 2017 |
| Colonial Revival | 28 | 911 | 1690 to 1998 |
| Tudor Revival | 2 | 304 | 1734 to 1950 |
| Modern | 29 | 232 | 1801 to 1996 |
| Rustic | 9 | 177 | 1754 to 1946 |
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.
Places with full records
The other 481 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.