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Photograph of Sandpoint Historic District
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Sandpoint Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

From the record

“The Sandpoint Historic District in Sandpoint, Idaho is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and enlarged in 2018. When first listed, it consisted of 13 buildings on the block bound by 1st and 2nd Avenues, Main St., and Cedar St., plus two other buildings across from the block.”

Wikipedia article Sandpoint Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Bonner County · listed in 2018 · category: District.

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 12 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Roughly 1st and 2nd Aves., Main and Cedar Sts., Sandpoint, 83864
  • When was it listed? June 2018
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Sandpoint
  • National Register reference number. 84001100 - 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Sandpoint Historic District 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/undetermined22
Natural22
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCHWEITZER MTN
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresPend Oreille Area OfficeEAGLE CREST
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONE PINE
2 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGREENHORN
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeLIGNITE
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURIED CEDAR
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestECHO RIDGE
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeGOLD ONE

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Sandpoint Historic District: 22 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Hill MineGold, Silver, Copper, BismuthPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Boyer MinesZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, GoldProspect
Hayes MineSilver, LeadOccurrence
Hayes ProspectLead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Iron Deposit ProspectIron, Copper, GoldOccurrence
Iron Deposit ProspectGold, CopperOccurrence
Iron OccurrenceIron, SilverOccurrence
Kootenai ProspectZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence1928
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big HillGold, SilverPast 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSandpoint1 killed, $10,000Tree 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 2007Thunderstorm WindSandpoint1 hurt, $220,000no account filed
May 1998Flash FloodSandpoint$100,000significant street flooding
May 1997Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$90,000numerous reports of damage from high winds
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$25,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$18,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$5,000The Sandpoint Police Department reported 9 roads blocked by downed trees in and around Sandpoint from thunderstorm wind gusts. Time estimated from radar data.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$2,000no account filed
July 2015HailSandpoint-A trained spotter reported 0.88 inch size hail 4 miles south southwest of Sandpoint, Idaho.
July 2015HailSandpoint-A member of the public reported 1.00 inch size hail 5 miles south of Sandpoint, Idaho.
December 2015FloodSandpoint-A member of the broadcast media reported that Oliver road was washed out from heavy rain in 5 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho.
June 1998HailSandpoint-3/4 inch diameter hail
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSandpoint-no account filed
June 2003HailSandpoint-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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
W. A. Bernd Buildingunder 500 feet1983
Sandpoint Federal Building0.1 miles2001
Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railway Station0.1 miles1973
Charles A. and Mary Olson House0.2 miles2001
Amanda Nesbitt House0.2 miles1982
Sandpoint Community Hall0.3 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84001100 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bonner CountyAll 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.