Built in the 1950s
Truman served until 1953 and Dwight Eisenhower followed. The Korean War ran from 1950 to 1953 and the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 began the largest public works program in the country's history. Suburbs grew faster than the cities they surrounded.
339 places on the National Register have a construction year in the 1950s on record. They stand in 54 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 1950s | Dated examples, all decades | Years in use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Revival | 2 | 1334 | 1660 to 2010 |
| Neoclassical | 3 | 1199 | 1680 to 2016 |
| Gothic Revival | 3 | 807 | 1698 to 2017 |
| Colonial Revival | 3 | 911 | 1690 to 1998 |
| Modern | 79 | 232 | 1801 to 1996 |
| Art Deco | 6 | 360 | 1850 to 2006 |
| Pueblo Revival Style | 3 | 120 | 1823 to 1963 |
| Moderne | 6 | 85 | 1879 to 2006 |
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 319 listings from this decade are on the state pages above and on their county pages.