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One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Edgar L. Ferran House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ferran, Edgar L., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 310 E. Orange Ave., Eustis, 32726
- When was it listed? October 2019
- Category. building
- Census division. Eustis
- National Register reference number. 100004518 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Edgar L. Ferran House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 769 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILLS ST (35) |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAND ISLAND SHORES (35) |
| 4 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | WEDGEWOOD GROVE (35) |
| 21 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/LAKE PINES FIRE/0996 |
| 31 July 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edgar L. Ferran House: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coddings Sand and Sail Inc. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect |
Storms near this property
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eustis, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Lightning | Eustis | 1 hurt, $8,000 | A female student was burned by a piece of power transformer on top of a pole that was struck by lightning. Pieces of the shattered transformer flew through an open window on a school bus and landed on the student's leg. |
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Eustis | $6,200,000 | A tornado touched down in the Town of Eustis at the northern end of West Crooked Lake. The tornado quickly intensified to EF1 strength as it moved north northwest through Eustis. The track was just under two miles long and had a maximum width of 300 yards. The tornado destroyed 7 homes. Twenty seven homes received major damage and 81 homes reported minor damage. There were no serious injuries and property damage was set at $6.2 million. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Eustis | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds ripped off about 30 feet of roofing from a workshop and blew it 100 feet. Nickel-size hail fell. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eustis | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds ripped off about 30 feet of roofing from a workshop and blew it 100 feet. Nickel-size hail fell. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eustis | $30,000 | Severe thunderstorms blew down numerous trees and power lines and severely damaged the roof and a large door at a car dealership in Eustis. Trees also fell on a pickup truck. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eustis | $5,000 | Several trees were topped due to the passage of squalls associated with Hurricane Hermine. Trees and powerlines were reported downed from Tavares to Eustis to Mt. Dora. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eustis | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Washington Avenue in Eustis. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eustis | $2,000 | Local law enforcement reported trees blown down on Washington Avenue in Eustis. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eustis | - | Local broadcast media relayed reports of a large tree that fell on a house on West Crooked Lake Place in Eustis, and other large tree limbs were down on adjacent properties. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Eustis | - | Several reports of dime to quarter sized hail across Eustis and Mount Dora were received via social media. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Eustis | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| October 2006 | Hail | Eustis | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Eustis. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Eustis | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Eustis | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Eustis | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
6 surveysUnited 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Eustis quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Woman's Club of Eustis | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | Eustis Commercial Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Ferran Park and the Alice McClelland Memorial Bandshell | 0.3 miles | 1994 |
 | Clifford House | 0.4 miles | 1975 |
 | Moses J. Taylor House | 0.6 miles | 1997 |
 | William Kimbrough Pendleton House | 0.9 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004518 in Record Group 79. |
| Lake County | All 31 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.