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National Register of Historic Places listings in Guam

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ1148084 ↗
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This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Guam. There are currently 134 listed sites spread across 17 of the 19 villages of Guam. The villages of Agana Heights and Mongmong-Toto-Maite do not have any listings.

Listed historic sites include Spanish colonial ruins, a few surviving pre-World War II ifil houses, Japanese fortifications, two massacre sites, and a historic district. Two other locations that were previously listed have been removed from the Register.

Numbers of listings

Agana Heights

There are no properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Agana Heights.

Asan-Maina

Barrigada

Chalan Pago-Ordot

Dededo

Hågat

Hagåtña

Former listings

Humåtak

Inalåhan

Malesso

Mangilao

Mongmong-Toto-Maite

There are no properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mongmong-Toto-Maite.

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