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One of 7 National Register listings published here for Cassia County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Swanger Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Albion State Normal School campus, Albion, 83311
- When was it listed? September 1978
- Category. building
- Census division. Albion
- National Register reference number. 78001058 - 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
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Swanger Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,315 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Idaho Falls District | RURAL ASSIST 11 |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 580 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY77MP20 |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 4.6 acres | Idaho Falls District | SOUTH HOT WELL |
| 5 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ALBION |
| 4 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | PINE KNOB |
| 2 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | HITCHRACK |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | DAYLEY CANYON |
| 7 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Idaho Falls District | PINE KNOB |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Swanger Hall: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Lead | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Old Dominion Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Old Dominion Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2005 | Flash Flood | Albion | $6,500 | Marsh Creek in Albion flooded. A culvert was washed and one home was flooded. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A 59 mph wind gust recorded at Connor Summit on Idaho 77. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured off of 950 S. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A private weather station measured a 65 mph wind gust near Highway 77. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albion | - | A large tree was uprooted by thunderstorm winds in Albion. |
| September 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Albion | - | A weak tonado was confirmed with photographs about 4 to 5 miles east northeast of Albion. It was in open land and did no damage. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Albion | - | One inch hail was reported at the Albion post office by a weather spotter. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Albion | - | Dime-size hail reported by two storm spotters in Albion. Hail accumulated to one inch. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Albion | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Albion | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Albion Normal School Campus | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Albion Methodist Church | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78001058 in Record Group 79. |
| Cassia County | All 7 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.