BlockBefore
Photograph of F. W. Andreasen-John Rossen House
Photograph by Ellin Beltz, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1916.

From the record

“The Andreasen-Rossen House includes a two hundred acre historic district located near Ferndale, California.”

Wikipedia article F. W. Andreasen-John Rossen House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1989 · category: District.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Andreasen, F. W.--John Rossen House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Port Kenyon Rd. and Bush St., Ferndale, 95536
  • When was it listed? September 1989
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Ferndale
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 89000855 - 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

1916 to 1987

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet covering Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House, surveyed 1916

Fires near this property

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning14
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLOLETA
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFERNBRIDGE
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCHRIS
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCARROLL RD LOLETA
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBEAR
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCANNIBAL
20 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCLARK
13 September 2010Smokingunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitRAKE

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Andreasen, F. W.-John Rossen House: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
UnknownVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPumiceOccurrence
Fernbridge Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mencer Fraser CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Singley Bar PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in Humboldt County

Maps showing this location

9 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
Alford-Nielson House0.9 miles1986
Ferndale Public Library1.2 miles1990
Shaw House1.2 miles1984
Ferndale Main Street Historic District1.3 miles1994
A. Berding House1.4 miles1983
Rectory, Catholic Church of the Assumption1.4 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000855 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Humboldt CountyAll 52 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.