Built in 1929 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
From the record
“Shaffer House in Loveland, Colorado, United States, is an English-Norman cottage which was built in 1928-1929. It was designated a City of Loveland Historic Landmark in 2006 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.”
Wikipedia article Henry K. and Mary E. Shaffer House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 110 National Register listings published here for Larimer County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1929, Tudor Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.06001219- 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
347 since 2011
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Henry K. and Mary E. Shaffer House
between 2011 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
297
Smoking
14
Equipment and vehicle use
9
Recreation and ceremony
8
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Fireworks
4
Railroad operations and maintenance
3
Arson/incendiarism
2
Debris and open burning
2
Natural
1
Other causes
1
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
32 workings within 5 miles of Henry K. and Mary E. Shaffer House: 12 producers, 10 past producers, 9 occurrences, 1 plant.
13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Loveland, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 55 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 lightning, 3 flash flood.
The reports record 4 deaths and 20 injuries. 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.
Strong thunderstorm winds occurred at Boyd Lake. Two women drowned when the boat they were in capsized. Four others that were in the boat had to be hospitalized, one was in intensive care.
Thunderstorm winds gusting to 60 mph (52 knots) buffeted portions of Southeast Larimer County. Winds toppled a tent at an outdoor music concert in Loveland (12 miles south southeast of Fort Collins), injuring eight people and causing damage to musical instruments. A truck driver was injured on Interstate 25, five miles east of Loveland when his semi truck was overturned by gusty winds.
Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain, produced flash flooding in west Loveland. One to two feet of standing water was observed over major intersections. Wilson Ave and 43rd St was closed, as well as Cascade Ave and US 34.
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Loveland. The Fountain of Loveland, a local wedding and event venue had its outdoor marriage area flooded due to heavy rain. The business owner observed the area fill up to 5 ft of water in less than 15 minutes. Minor flooding occurred at the Sam's Club along Eisenhower Blvd.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in the vicinity of Loveland. Flooding was reported at the Exit 11/2 along Interstate 25. Floodwaters also inundated parts of State Highways 60 and 287.
Heavy rain and flooding problems in parts of Loveland. Several storm drains became inundated which caused street flooding of some low lying intersections. One intersection had accumulated up to 3 feet of standing water, stranding a family in a minivan. The Colorado State Patrol managed to tow the vehicle to higher ground.
Strong thunderstorm winds caused minor damage to several homes under construction in the Emerald Glen subdivision in northwest Loveland. Two power lines were also downed, knocking out service to 900 residents for a short time.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
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.
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.
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