Allen-Sommer-Gage House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Butte County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. Allen--Sommer--Gage House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 410 Normal St., Chico, 95928
When was it listed? April 1977
Category. building
Census division. Chico
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 77000288 - 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.

Fires near this property

559 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 559 fires within 5 miles of Allen-Sommer-Gage House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,110 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined	216
Equipment and vehicle use	156
Debris and open burning	90
Arson/incendiarism	33
Misuse of fire by a minor	27
Smoking	21
Recreation and ceremony	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Natural	3

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Butte Unit	32
9 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Butte Unit	SKYWAY
9 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Butte Unit	HEGAN
8 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Butte Unit	W EAST AVE WEST_CHICO
8 September 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Butte Unit	SOUTH
8 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Butte Unit	SACRAMENTO
8 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Butte Unit	MIDWAY1
8 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Butte Unit	MIDWAY2

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Allen-Sommer-Gage House: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum, PGE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Butte Creek	Gold, Platinum	Producer	1848, 1949
Butte Creek	Gold, PGE	Unknown
Chico Pit and Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Butte Creek Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Chico Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
L L Ultican	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Butte Creek District	Gold	Past Producer	1849
Unnamed Location	Gold	Unknown

Every working recorded in Butte County

Storms near this property

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chico, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2000	Wildfire	Chico	$1,900,000	no account filed
November 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Chico	$1,000,000	A collapsing thunderstorm resulted in a downburst which brought strong straight line winds which snapped 6 power poles along east Eaton Rd. and Godman Ave in Chico. There were 10000 PG&E customers without power.
April 2017	Lightning	Chico	$45,000	Lightning struck a very large oak tree near Bidwell Mansion in Chico. Large tree limbs came down, damaging 9 cars. Report time based on radar.
April 2019	Flood	Chico	$5,000	Two feet of standing water was observed on Pillsbury Road between Cohasset Rd. and East Ave. Much of Cohasset Road from Highway 99 to Chico Airport was underwater as well. Time was estimated.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Chico	$1,000	California Highway Patrol reported a large pine tree down across both lanes of SR 99 just north of East 1st Ave.
April 1993	Tornado (F0)	Chico	$500	A tornado touched down in the center of Chico near Fourth Street and Chico State University. The brief touchdown resulted in damage to a number of trees, and was observed by local authorities.
March 2023	Hail	Chico	-	There was 0.75 inch hail reported in Chico, reported via Facebook.
April 2019	Flash Flood	Chico	-	Flooding was reported across all 3 lanes southbound on Highway 99.
January 2017	Flood	Chico	-	Big Chico Creek overran its banks in Bidwell Park.
October 2016	Hail	Chico	-	Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported.
April 2015	Heavy Rain	Chico	-	The 24 hour total rain was 0.86 inches.
February 2001	Hail	Chico	-	no account filed
January 1997	Flash Flood	Chico	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1891 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Chico quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
1912 USGS Durham quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Chico quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
1949 USGS Chico quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
1950 USGS Chico quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Chico quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Stansbury House	under 500 feet	1975
South of Campus Neighborhood	under 500 feet	1991
A. H. Chapman House	0.1 miles	1982
Silberstein Park Building	0.1 miles	1983
US Post Office-Chico Midtown Station	0.1 miles	1985
St. John's Episcopal Church	0.1 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 77000288 in Record Group 79.
Butte County	All 24 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.