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Photograph of Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum
Photograph by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1889.

From the record

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Amador County · listed in 1982 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. DePue, Grace Blair, House and Indian Museum - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 215 Court St., Jackson, 95642
  • When was it listed? May 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Jackson
  • National Register reference number. 82002169 - 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 Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum, surveyed 1889

Fires near this property

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72,018 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined95
Equipment and vehicle use83
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism22
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking7
Natural5
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 331 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 331 workings within 5 miles of Grace Blair DePue House and Indian Museum: 142 occurrences, 79 past producers, 73 prospects, 21 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
DepositsLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
DigitalliCobalt, Copper, ManganeseOccurrenceVein
DigitalliManganeseUnknown
EllisChromiumProducerChromite
Ellis PropertyChromium, IronProspect
G. J. AlexanderStone, DimensionOccurrence

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Jackson Downtown Historic District0.1 miles2000
William J. Paugh House0.1 miles2007
John A. Butterfield House0.2 miles1986
Amador County Hospital Building0.3 miles1972
Amador County Hospital Building0.3 miles1972
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church0.5 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002169 in Record Group 79.
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.