This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in American Samoa. There are currently 31 listed sites spread across the three districts of American Samoa. There are no sites listed on the unorganized atoll of Swains Island.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 17, 2025.
Numbers of listings
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in American Samoa on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are not official. Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which modify the area covered by an existing property or district and which carry a separate National Register reference number.
| District | # of Sites | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern | 15 |
| 2 | Manu'a | 2 |
| 3 | Rose Atoll | 1 |
| 4 | Swains Island | 0 |
| 5 | Western | 13 |
| Total: | 31 | |
Eastern
Manu'a
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Village | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faga Village Site |  |
November 23, 2003 (#99001228) |
Address restricted | Fitiuta | |
| 2 | Tui Manu'a Graves Monument | Upload image | November 19, 2015 (#15000812) |
Northwest of the junction of Ta'u Village and Ta'u Island Roads 14°13′41″S 169°30′58″W / 14.228000°S 169.516100°W / -14.228000; -169.516100 (Tui Manu'a Graves Monument) | Ta'u |
Rose Atoll
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Village | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rose Island Concrete Monument |  |
December 18, 2013 (#13000920) |
Approximately 160 feet (49 m) east of atoll lagoon 14°32′50″S 168°08′43″W / 14.547210°S 168.145194°W / -14.547210; -168.145194 (Rose Island Concrete Monument) | Rose Atoll | Concrete marker placed in 1920 during visit to atoll by Governor Terhune. |
Western
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | Village | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A'a Village (AS-34-33) | |
November 19, 1987 (#87001956) |
Address restricted | Tapua'ina | |
| 2 | Aasu |  |
April 13, 1972 (#72001444) |
Adjacent to Massacre Bay 14°17′33″S 170°45′37″W / 14.292523°S 170.760301°W / -14.292523; -170.760301 (Aasu) | Aasu | An armed confrontation between Samoans and French explorers from Lapérouse's expedition on this site in 1787 led to the deaths of 12 Frenchmen. News of the incident gave Samoans a reputation for ferocity among Europeans and deterred foreign intervention in Samoa for about a century. The French government placed a memorial at the site in 1883. |
| 3 | Afao Beach Site | Upload image | November 14, 2012 (#12000916) |
Afao Beach 14°19′56″S 170°48′01″W / 14.332195°S 170.800226°W / -14.332195; -170.800226 (Afao Beach Site) | Afao | |
| 4 | Atauloma Girls School |  |
March 16, 1972 (#72001445) |
West edge of Afao 14°19′48″S 170°48′06″W / 14.33°S 170.801667°W / -14.33; -170.801667 (Atauloma Girls School) | Afao | The London Missionary Society opened this parochial school in 1900 as the second secondary school on Tutuila, and the first to admit girls. It prepared girls primarily to be pastors' wives, and after 1913 provided graduates to the nursing school at the naval station at Pago Pago. |
| 5 | Fagalele Boys School |  |
March 16, 1972 (#72001446) |
South of Leone 14°20′31″S 170°47′10″W / 14.341944°S 170.786111°W / -14.341944; -170.786111 (Fagalele Boys School) | Leone | This 19th-century residential parochial school was built by the London Missionary Society for the primary purpose of educating future pastors, possibly as early as 1850. It was the first secondary school in what is now American Samoa, and it may be the oldest surviving building on Tutuila. |
| 6 | Fagatele Bay Site | |
June 2, 1997 (#87001958) |
Address restricted | Futiga | |
| 7 | Malaeola Olo | |
January 5, 2016 (#15000949) |
Address restricted | Malaeola Itu'au | |
| 8 | Maloata Village | |
June 12, 1997 (#87001955) |
Address restricted | Tapua'ina | |
| 9 | Poloa Defensive Fortifications | Upload image | November 14, 2012 (#12000917) |
Poloa Beach 14°18′59″S 170°50′03″W / 14.316406°S 170.834151°W / -14.316406; -170.834151 (Poloa Defensive Fortifications) | Poloa | Consisting of three pillboxes along the beach, these fortifications were built by American Marines as part of a system of defenses against a feared Japanese amphibious invasion of Samoa during the early part of World War II. |
| 10 | Site AS-31-72 | |
June 2, 1997 (#97000431) |
Address restricted | Faleniu | |
| 11 | Tataga-Matau Fortified Quarry Complex (AS-34-10) | |
November 19, 1987 (#87001957) |
Address restricted | Leone | |
| 12 | Tupapa Site | |
October 30, 2009 (#09000852) |
Address restricted | A'asufou | |
| 13 | Turtle and Shark | Upload image | November 19, 2014 (#14000925) |
2506 Turtle and Shark Road 14°21′26″S 170°44′08″W / 14.357222°S 170.735555°W / -14.357222; -170.735555 (Turtle and Shark) | Vaitogi | Site associated with an important event recounted in Samoan oral history. |
See also
- List of United States National Historic Landmarks in United States commonwealths and territories, associated states, and foreign states
- List of National Natural Landmarks in American Samoa
References
- National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved January 17, 2025.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
- ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
- Apple, Russell A. (May 25, 1971), National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Aasu (PDF), retrieved November 27, 2014.
- Apple, Russell A. (July 9, 1971), National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Atauloma Girls School (PDF), retrieved December 3, 2014.
- Apple, Russell A. (July 8, 1971), National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Fagalele Boys School (PDF), retrieved September 1, 2014.
- Klenck, Joel D. (September 18, 2012), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Poloa (PDF), retrieved August 30, 2014.
External links
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- [REDACTED] Media related to National Register of Historic Places in American Samoa at Wikimedia Commons
- American Samoa Historic Preservation Office
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places site
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