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Photograph of American Women's League Chapter House
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

American Women's League Chapter House

Built in 1909 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The American Women's League Chapter House in Peck, Idaho was built in 1909. It was designed with Prairie School style elements by St.”

Wikipedia article American Women's League Chapter House (Peck, Idaho), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Nez Perce County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1909, Prairie School architecture, by Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 217 N. Main St., Peck, 83545
  • When was it listed? September 1986
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Nez Perce
  • When was it built? 1909
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • Architect. Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson
  • National Register reference number. 86002158 - 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of American Women's League Chapter House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,479 acres in total. 26 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/undetermined27
Natural26
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,631 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCLOVER
7 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresNez Perce TribeSOUTH ROAD
6 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor310 acresCottonwood Field OfficeHARPERSBND
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEND OF RAINBOW
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWIXSON HEIGHTS SUB
4 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCottonwood Field OfficeHIGHWAY 12
30 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresIdaho Department of LandsCAVENDISH NO PERMIT
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.6 acresNez Perce TribeMOON DANCE

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of American Women's League Chapter House: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
DeweyGold, SilverPast Producer
Peck PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 1StonePast Producer
Sylvanite Gold-Copper PropertyGold, CopperOccurrence
Cavendish QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce County

Storms near this property

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peck, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2017Debris FlowPeck$500Heavy rain and snow melt saturated the ground and caused a Debris Flow near Peck. The mudslide was reported to be 3 to 4 feet deep and about 30 feet wide across Sunnyside Bench Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPeck-A member of the public reported trees damaged and metal roof damage in Peck, Idaho.

Every storm recorded in Nez Perce 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86002158 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Nez Perce CountyAll 28 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.