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One of 83 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Samuel and Albina Romano House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Romano, Samuel and Albina, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 16300 S. Golden Rd., Golden, 80401
- When was it listed? September 2016
- Category. building
- Census division. Northeast Jefferson
- National Register reference number. 16000668 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
762 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 762 fires within 5 miles of Samuel and Albina Romano House between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,933 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 21 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 | 604 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | N/A |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pleasant View Fire Department | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | West Metro Fire Rescue | UNKNOWN |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 109 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 109 workings within 5 miles of Samuel and Albina Romano House: 56 producers, 42 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns. 56 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumet Pilot Plant | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Capitol Central | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Centennial Cone | Beryllium | Producer | ||
| Ladwig | Uranium, Copper | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pitchblende | |
| Ladwig Properties | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| North Table Mountain | Zeolites | Producer | ||
| Rio Grande Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1973 | |
| Soda Lakes, Soda Springs | Sodium | Producer | ||
| Tall Timber No 3 Pegmatite | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Silica | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
60 of 70 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 53 hail, 7 flash flood, 6 lightning, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Lightning | Golden | $200,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Coal Creek went over its banks and washed out portions of CO72 at Twin Spruce. The highway was completely washed out between Plainview and Twin Spruce. Additional washouts occurred on side streets within Coal Creek Canyon. Many residents were ordered to remain in their homes (Shelter In Place) until rescue teams could reach them. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Flash flooding and debris was reportedly washed out a sections of CO72 at the base of Coal Creek Canyon. Road closures included: CO72 , from CO93 to Coal Creek Canyon; CO93, between CO72 and CO128; CO72, between CO93 and Indiana St.; U.S. 36, between Wadsworth Blvd and Flatirons; Interstate 70 west, from Floyd Hill to Hidden Valley due to rock slides. Natural Gas Lines in Coal Creek Canyon were also shut off. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Continuous heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. Additional road washouts occurred on side streets within Coal Creek Canyon. CO72 was completely washed out between Plainview and Twin Spruce. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Continuous moderate to heavy rainfall produced flash flooding. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Continuous heavy rainfall produced widespread flash flooding. |
| August 2010 | Lightning | Golden | - | A lightning strike sparked a small grass fire near Quaker Street and Golden Road. It was quickly extinguished by emergency responders. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Heavy rainfall caused flooding and flash flooding problems in north central Jefferson County. Officials were forced to briefly close State Highway 93, north of Golden, which was flooded by runoff and littered with debris. In Golden, flash floods left several backyards and basements full of standing water. At least one car was submerged in a garage. Radar estimated 1 to 1.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area in approximately 30 minutes. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Golden | - | Lightning coupled with strong thunderstorm winds knocked out power to approximately 10,000 Excel Energy customers. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Golden | - | Lightning sparked a grassfire that burned approximately 50 acres at the Rocky Flats Environmental Test Facility. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Golden | - | Lightning sparked three small grassfires near Golden. The fires however, were quickly contained. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Heavy rain caused Lena Gulch to surge 2 feet over its banks. The fire department had to rescue a man when his van stalled in the highwaters. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Golden | - | Weather spotters reported dime-size hail fell at the intersection of Highways 287 and C470 in Jefferson County. Marble-size hail covered the ground near Golden (12 miles west of Denver), to a depth of one inch. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Lightning | Golden | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
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 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Camp George West Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1993 |
 | Colorado Amphitheater | 0.7 miles | 1993 |
 | Ammunition Igloo | 0.7 miles | 1993 |
 | Golden Cemetery | 0.9 miles | 2012 |
 | Herman Coors House | 2.1 miles | 1997 |
 | First Presbyterian Church of Golden-Unger House | 2.4 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000668 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 83 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.