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Photograph of William J. Paugh House
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William J. Paugh House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

“Paugh House, also known as Rosewall, is a very pure example of a Carpenter Gothic - Gothic Revival house, one of a very few in Northern California. It is located in Jackson, California, in Amador County.”

Wikipedia article William J. Paugh House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Amador County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Paugh, William J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 406 Pitt St., Jackson, 95642
  • When was it listed? June 2007
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Jackson
  • Architectural style. Carpenter Gothic
  • National Register reference number. 07000507 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering William J. Paugh House, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering William J. Paugh House, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

290 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of William J. Paugh House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,124 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined94
Equipment and vehicle use87
Debris and open burning55
Arson/incendiarism26
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined70,868 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitPINE
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitCLINTON
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitBUTTE
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitRIDGE
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTuolumne-Calaveras UnitCEMETARY

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 328 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 328 workings within 5 miles of William J. Paugh House: 141 occurrences, 76 past producers, 73 prospects, 22 unknowns. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Allen RanchGold, PGE, SilverPast Producer
AnitaGold, Copper, IronPast ProducerGold, Iron
Ayers, CharlersStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel
Central EurekaGold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, CopperProducer1855
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
DigitalliManganeseUnknown
EllisChromiumProducerChromite
Ellis PropertyChromium, IronProspect
G. J. AlexanderStone, DimensionOccurrence
Johnson RanchCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnderground

Every working recorded in Amador County

Storms near this property

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jackson, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 2 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2022FloodJackson$50,000OES said the roadway flooded with cars getting stuck & 15 people needed help.
January 2017FloodJackson-Flooding reported on Highway 49, along South Ave. in Jackson for backs of houses near creek, possible flooded basements. Jackson Creek and Sutter Creek rose over banks. Three bridges shut down in the area.
February 1999Flash FloodJackson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Amador County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07000507 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Amador CountyAll 22 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.