W. C. Harris House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Logan County · listed in 1984 · 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. Harris, W. C., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 102 Taylor St., Sterling, 80751
When was it listed? May 1984
Category. building
Census division. Sterling
National Register reference number. 84000864 - 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

154 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of W. C. Harris House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,171 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined	105
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Debris and open burning	12
Natural	9
Smoking	5
Fireworks	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
9 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
9 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
7 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	N/A
3 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN
28 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	N/A
25 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	N/A
23 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sterling Fire Rescue	UNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of W. C. Harris House: 6 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Northeastern	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Pre-Ten	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Sterling Ready Mix	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sand
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Gravel

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this property

60 of 146 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sterling, the town this property stands in, in 146 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 93 hail, 38 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2004	Tornado (F1)	Sterling	2 hurt, $1,900,000	A tornado touched down in downtown Sterling, causing extensive damage. At least two commercial buildings, including a car dealership, and one college dormitory lost roofs. Several trees were uprooted; one caused major damage to a home when it fell on it. A semi-truck was also knocked on its side. Downed power lines caused scattered electrical outages which affected about 6,000 customers. A total of 150 buildings received some degree of damage. Four families were left homeless and two residents received minor injuries. Some of the damage to property and structures included: $550,000 for damaged vehicles, $500,000 to the county fairgrounds including the stadium and arena, $200,000 to Sterling High School, $70,000 to Northeastern Junior College, and $20,000 to city property. The total economic impact to Sterling which also involved cleanup and repair was estimated to be between $5 million and $7 million.
July 2000	Lightning	Sterling	1 hurt	A man received minor injuries when lightning struck a nearby fence, shocking him. He was opening a gate attached to the fence when the bolt hit. Lightning also sparked two small grassfires in the area, but the heavy rain that accompanied the storm quickly extinguished them.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Sterling	$25,000	The small levee breached at the inlet ditch for North Sterling Reservoir.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Sterling	$10,000	Reports of flooded roads with water 2 to 3 feet deep in some areas. Hail clogged the city's storm drains. The basements of the Logan County Courthouse and the courthouse annex flooded.
July 1998	Hail	Sterling	$2,500	no account filed
August 2025	Hail	Sterling	-	Delayed report via CoCoRaHS observer.
June 2025	Hail	Sterling	-	Report from mping.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Mesonet station (CDOT) on I-76 Sterling.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	The report was received from mesonet station CO035 I-76 near Sterling. The peak gust of 58 knots was reported at 1904, but the first reported gust of 50 knots was at 1854.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	The mesonet station CO035 I-76 Sterling.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	From CDOT station on I-76 near Sterling.
June 2024	Hail	Sterling	-	Also estimated 55 to 60 mph winds.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Mesonet weather station CO035 at I-76 Sterling.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Weather station CO035 I-76 Sterling.
May 2021	Tornado (EF1)	Sterling	-	A tornado touched down and knocked power poles down along State Highway 61.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Intense thunderstorm winds knocked down several power poles.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Intense thunderstorm winds downed a powerline north of Sterling.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Intense thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree along with nearby power lines. Broken tree limbs damages a car as well.
July 2020	Hail	Sterling	-	The combination of large hail and heavy rain downed tree limbs.
September 2019	Hail	Sterling	-	In addition to large hail, wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were observed.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Intense thunderstorm winds ripped apart a livestock shed.
July 2018	Hail	Sterling	-	Extensive crop damage was observed in the area between Sterling and Iliff.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	A wet microburst caused tree damage and downed power lines in and around Sterling.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Several trees were blown down.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Damaging winds were reported at the Logan County Fairgrounds.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Thunderstorm winds blew over a row of trailers and recreational vehicles at the Logan County Fairgrounds.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Intense thunderstorm winds downed several power lines. At least 1,200 homes were without power in parts of Sterling and Atwood. The wind also wreaked havoc at the fairgrounds where tents and awnings covering booths were blown off.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Microburst winds downed a light pole in Sterling, along with several trees. A roof was also torn off an apartment building.
July 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Sterling	-	A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Outflow winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked downed a tree and downed power lines.
June 2006	Tornado (F0)	Sterling	-	A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Sterling	-	A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
May 2005	Tornado (F0)	Sterling	-	A small tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2003	Tornado (F0)	Sterling	-	A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Strong winds snapped tree limbs, 10 inches in diameter.
July 2001	Heavy Rain	Sterling	-	A wet microburst caused the roof of a service garage at a Cadillac dealership to collapse. Four cadillacs being serviced at the time were damaged.
May 2000	Tornado (F1)	Sterling	-	A tornado touched down and destroyed a barn.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	Thunderstorm winds gusting to 82 mph (71 kts) downed large tree limbs in Sterling.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Sterling	-	Thunderstorms with torrential rain and hail flooded the Sterling area during the late afternoon. Two to three inches of rain fell in a 30 minute period. The town was left immobilized as the water was several feet deep in places. Snowplows had to be called to remove hail from Interstate 76.
June 2025	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2024	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2024	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2024	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
August 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	no account filed
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	no account filed
October 2021	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Sterling	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Sterling	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan County

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 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
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church	0.1 miles	1982
Sterling Public Library	0.3 miles	2001
Logan County Courthouse	0.3 miles	1979
First United Presbyterian Church	0.3 miles	1982
I and M Building	0.3 miles	1982
US Post Office, Federal Building, and Federal Courthouse-Sterling Main	0.4 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84000864 in Record Group 79.
Logan County	All 11 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.