BlockFrom the record
One of 58 National Register listings published here for Latah County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Three-Room House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 940 Cedar St., Potlatch, 83855
- When was it listed? September 1986
- Category. building
- Also known as. Potlatch MRA
- Census division. Potlatch
- National Register reference number. 86002210 - 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 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Three-Room House between 1996 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 89 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CHANEY |
| 26 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | GOLD HILL |
| 23 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | DUTCH LANE |
| 2 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WEST GROUSE CREEK |
| 15 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | EAST ROCK CREEK |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GOLD CREEK GRASS |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WEST GOLD |
| 29 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FLANNIGAN CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Three-Room House: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onaway Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Potlatch Clay Deposit | Brick Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Potlatch Corporation Pit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Potlatch Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brickner Mine | Clay | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Potlatch South Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay |
Storms near this property
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Potlatch, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2009 | Flood | Potlatch | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potlatch | $20,000 | many power lines and trees down. possible funnel cloud. |
| March 2022 | Flood | Potlatch | $5,000 | The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported that the rising Palouse River, near Potlatch, led to several parks and a softball field flooded. The Palouse River reached action stage from mid-day March 3rd until March 4th. The flooding was initiated by heavy rainfall and snow melt. There were no injuries or fatalities. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Potlatch | $500 | Social Media reported large Ponderosa tree snapped near root from storm. A sensor at Potlatch recorded a gust of 41 MPH. |
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Potlatch | - | Funnel cloud reported with no damage. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Potlatch | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Four-Room House | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | Boarding House | 0.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Joseph A. Terteling House | 0.1 miles | 1986 |
| Workers' Neighborhood Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1986 | |
 | Commercial Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
| Nob Hill Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002210 in Record Group 79. |
| Latah County | All 58 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.