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Photograph of Clermont Woman's Club
Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Clermont Woman's Club

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.

From the record

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 655 Broome St., Clermont, 34711
  • When was it listed? January 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Clermont
  • National Register reference number. 92001747 - 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Clermont Woman's Club between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,266 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 13 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
Railroad operations and maintenance38
Equipment and vehicle use31
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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
20 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Debris and open burning42 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 July 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Clermont Woman's Club: 6 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clermont MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clermont West MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont MineSandProducer
E.R. Jahna Industries - Clermont West MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Tulley MineSandProducer
Florida Crushed Stone Co. - Pine Needle MineSandProducer
Tarmac Amercia, Inc. - Center Sand MineSandUnknown
Tarmac-Florida Silver Sand MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Lake County

Storms near this property

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clermont, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009LightningSouth Clermont2 hurtA lightning strike hit two men at a drop-off site for waste and recyclables in Clermont. Both men were injured, but one who was standing in the bed of a pickup truck dropping off debris was seriously injured. He sustained a direct lightning strike and was unconscious when paramedics arrived. Both men were taken to a local hospital.
January 1998Flash FloodClermont$85,000Heavy rains in December and January continued to produce flooding of low lying areas in the Clermont area of Lake County. Four mobile homes were flooded in a mobile home park.
April 2013Debris FlowClermont$75,000Rainfall of 3 to 4 inches in a short period of time, associated with a strong thunderstorm, caused a steep 30 foot section of ground adjacent to State Road 50 in Clermont to slide into a home. The mudslide destroyed a home on Sunnyside Drive. Mud several feet high entered the home. The drainage system in the area was designed several decades ago and could not handle the excessive rain rate.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindClermont$65,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Clermont$50,000An F0 tornado touched down briefly in Clermont blowing down trees and slightly damaging four homes.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindClermont$30,000Winds from a severe thunderstorm blew down two large oak trees destroying a pool screen and damaging the roof of a house.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindClermont$10,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees and damaged covered boat docks at a marina near Clermont.
August 2001LightningClermont$3,000Lightning struck a house in Clermont putting a three foot hole in the roof.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindClermont$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a sign that struck a vehicle in southern Lake County. Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Clermont.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindClermont$1,000Emergency manager reports a tree down near Linden St and Chestnut St.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindClermont$500Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew outdoor furniture into a swimming pool.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Clermont-A citizen photographed a brief (landspout) tornado in an open construction field in Clermont. The report and photo was relayed by local media. No damage occurred.
May 2013HailSouth Clermont-A weather spotter observed nickel sized hail falling near Lake Louisa.
March 2013HailSouth Clermont-Quarter size hail fell for 10 minutes within Lake Louisia State Park near Clermont.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Clermont-Large shed destroyed by wind. Several pool screen enclosures damaged, fences damaged.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindClermont-A tree blew down across Highway SR 33.
February 1998Tornado (F3)Clermont-The second tornado of the outbreak touched down in Lake County just east of Lake Louisa along Highway 27. It moved northeast at 45 mph through a rural area blowing down trees but otherwise causing little property damage. At 11:41 pm the tornado moved into Orange County.
July 2006HailClermont-no account filed
August 2006HailClermont-no account filed
June 2004HailClermont-no account filed
June 2004HailClermont-no account filed
July 2003HailClermont-no account filed
March 2001HailClermont-no account filed
June 2001HailClermont-no account filed
May 1999HailClermont-no account filed
August 1999HailClermont-no account filed
May 1998HailClermont-no account filed
May 1998HailClermont-no account filed
May 1997Funnel CloudClermont-no account filed
October 1996Tornado (F0)Clermont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lake County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United 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.

Listed places nearby

3 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
William Alfred Suggs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 52770.3 miles2021
Edge House6.4 miles2006
Harper House6.8 miles2004

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001747 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lake CountyAll 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.