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Photograph of Kennicott Cabin
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kennicott Cabin

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Kennicott Cabin is a log house located at State Highway 69, north of Westcliffe, Colorado. The cabin was constructed in 1869 by Frank Kennicott, one of the first settlers in the Wet Mountain Valley.”

Wikipedia article Kennicott Cabin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Custer County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.

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 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 63161 CO 69, Westcliffe, 81252
  • When was it listed? February 1997
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Westcliffe
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 97000046 - 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Kennicott Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined17
Natural4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 August 2007Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMILLBALL
26 July 2000Naturalunder an acreRoyal Gorge Field OfficeDORA MTN
25 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
30 June 1992Natural2.0 acresRoyal Gorge Field OfficeTURKEY II
27 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
15 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
11 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWet Mountain Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Kennicott Cabin: 29 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Perlite, Manganese, Silver, Lead. 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
Bull Domingo MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, UraniumPast Producer1879, 1880, 1914
Dakota Maid ProspectSilver, Gold, LeadProspectGalena, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Defender MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1882
Defender MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Geyser MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer1878, 1880, 1911
Herman Passiflora MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Iron, CopperPast Producer1895
Immortal MineSilver, Iron, Lead, CopperPast Producer1882
Jit ProspectZinc, Lead, ManganeseProspectChalcopyrite, Galena
Kate MineSilver, Copper, Lead, IronPast Producer1885
Keystone MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, IronPast Producer1880, 1895, 1964

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this property

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westcliffe, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 34 hail, 6 flash flood, 5 funnel cloud, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
August 2011LightningWestcliffe1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
April 2002WildfireWestcliffe$100,000no account filed
May 2002WildfireWestcliffe$100,000no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodWestcliffe$20,000no account filed
August 1993HailWestcliffe$500Severe thunderstorms rolled through portions of Chaffee and Custer Counties. Hail up to walnut-size damaged windows in Johnson Village (21 miles northwest of Salida) and Westcliffe.
May 2024Funnel CloudWestcliffe-Cold air funnel, documented by video moving over Eureka Mountain and Spread Eagle Peak.
July 2021Flash FloodWestcliffe-Hermit road from Highway 69 to 96 was closed due to flooding in several locations.
July 2021Flash FloodWestcliffe-Flooding of intersection near 3rd and Edwards avenue.
July 2021Heavy RainWestcliffe-Heavy rainfall of 1.92 inches.
July 2019Funnel CloudWestcliffe-Spotter reported a funnel cloud near Lake DeWeese.
July 2019Tornado (EF0)Westcliffe-A tornado touched down near William Avenue in |Westcliffe, CO on the evening of July 22, 2019, traveling in|a southeast to northwest direction. A continuous path of damage |was seen for one-third of a mile before lifting as it crossed |Vista Dr. No further visible damage was seen beyond this point |but witnesses said the tornado touched down again before |nearing Wolf Street and then lifted for a final time. |Much of the damage included canopies, carports, RVs, and gazebos.|No primary residence damage was seen outside of a few missing |shingles, peeled up metal roofing, and a few blown in windows by |flying debris. One carport awning was lifted off the ground nearly|100 feet and then carried nearly 100 yards before it was dropped |onto a nearby roof. No injuries were reported.
July 2019Flash FloodWestcliffe-Heavy rain closed roadway.
May 2012Funnel CloudWestcliffe-A significant funnel cloud occurred south of Westcliffe and extended around 1/2 way to the ground.
July 2011Flash FloodWestcliffe-Deep water and debris was noted over Highway 69.
June 2007Tornado (EF0)Westcliffe-A brief tornado occurred over open country of the Wet Mountain Valley. There was no known damage.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Westcliffe-A tornado briefly occurred in an open field southeast of Westcliffe. There was no known damage.
October 2023Thunderstorm WindWestcliffe-no account filed
May 2021HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2018HailWestcliffe-no account filed
May 2016HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2014HailWestcliffe-no account filed
May 2012HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2008HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 2008HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 2008HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 2008HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 2008HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2007HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2007HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2007HailWestcliffe-no account filed
May 2006HailWestcliffe-no account filed
September 2005HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
October 2004HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2003HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 2003HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2002HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 2001HailWestcliffe-no account filed
May 1999Funnel CloudWestcliffe-no account filed
July 1998HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodWestcliffe-no account filed
July 1998HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 1998HailWestcliffe-no account filed
August 1998HailWestcliffe-no account filed
June 1997Funnel CloudWestcliffe-no account filed
June 1996HailWestcliffe-no account filed
July 1996HailWestcliffe-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Beckwith Ranch0.9 miles1998
Westcliffe Jail3.9 miles1993
National Hotel-Wolff Building4.0 miles1987
Hope Lutheran Church4.2 miles1978
Westcliff School4.2 miles1989
Holdsworth House-Aspenholme-Pines Lodge4.7 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000046 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Custer CountyAll 10 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.