W. A. Bernd Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Bonner County · listed in 1983 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Bernd, W. A., Building - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 307--311 N. 1st. Ave., Sandpoint, 83864
When was it listed? August 1983
Category. building
Census division. Sandpoint
National Register reference number. 83000282 - 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of W. A. Bernd Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Natural	22
Debris and open burning	16
Recreation and ceremony	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	1
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
5 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SCHWEITZER MTN
4 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.6 acres	Pend Oreille Area Office	EAGLE CREST
3 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	LONE PINE
2 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	GREENHORN
16 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Coeur d'Alene Field Office	LIGNITE
15 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	BURIED CEDAR
1 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Panhandle National Forest	ECHO RIDGE
9 August 2008	Natural	under an acre	Coeur d'Alene Field Office	GOLD ONE

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of W. A. Bernd Building: 21 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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
Big Hill Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth	Past Producer	Surface/Underground
Boyer Mines	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	Prospect
Hayes Mine	Silver, Lead	Occurrence
Hayes Prospect	Lead, Silver, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Iron Deposit Prospect	Iron, Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Iron Deposit Prospect	Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Iron Occurrence	Iron, Silver	Occurrence
Kootenai Prospect	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Occurrence	1928
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Big Hill	Gold, Silver	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this property

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandpoint, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	1 killed, $10,000	Tree fell on 17 year old male in backyard of home. Several reports of trees downed and tops snapped in the Sandpoint, Dover areas. There was a report of shingles being blown off roof. The BMX track was damaged by downed trees. Wind gusts estimated to be around 65 MPH.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	1 hurt, $220,000	no account filed
May 1998	Flash Flood	Sandpoint	$100,000	significant street flooding
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	$90,000	numerous reports of damage from high winds
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	$25,000	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	$18,000	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	$5,000	The Sandpoint Police Department reported 9 roads blocked by downed trees in and around Sandpoint from thunderstorm wind gusts. Time estimated from radar data.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	$2,000	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Sandpoint	-	A trained spotter reported 0.88 inch size hail 4 miles south southwest of Sandpoint, Idaho.
July 2015	Hail	Sandpoint	-	A member of the public reported 1.00 inch size hail 5 miles south of Sandpoint, Idaho.
December 2015	Flood	Sandpoint	-	A member of the broadcast media reported that Oliver road was washed out from heavy rain in 5 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho.
June 1998	Hail	Sandpoint	-	3/4 inch diameter hail
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Sandpoint	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Sandpoint	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bonner 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
Sandpoint Historic District	under 500 feet	2018
Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railway Station	0.1 miles	1973
Sandpoint Federal Building	0.1 miles	2001
Charles A. and Mary Olson House	0.2 miles	2001
Sandpoint Community Hall	0.3 miles	1986
Amanda Nesbitt House	0.3 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83000282 in Record Group 79.
Bonner County	All 18 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.