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Photograph by Nils Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Thomas Kirby House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“The Thomas Kirby House in Kendrick, Idaho was built in 1889 and modified in 1910 and otherwise. It was built for Thomas Kirby, a man highly responsible for the railroads that started in Kendrick and went to Troy, Idaho.”

Wikipedia article Thomas Kirby House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 58 National Register listings published here for Latah County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Kirby, Thomas, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 102 N. 9th St., Kendrick, 83537
  • When was it listed? April 1999
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 99000414 - 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Kirby House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,371 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHAY TRUCK
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPERRY PINE
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMIDDLE POTLATCH II
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsREBAR
23 September 2018Debris and open burning6.8 acresIdaho Department of LandsPARKS
23 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSPERRY GRADE
15 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use40 acresIdaho Department of LandsAMERICAN RIDGE
14 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsAMERICAN RIDGE

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Kirby House: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Wild Rose LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Latah 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
Kendrick Downtown Historic District0.3 miles2018
Kendrick Fraternal Temple0.3 miles2013
Sperry Bridge0.6 miles2024
Cox Barn3.3 miles2010
Bethany Memorial Chapel3.6 miles1979
Bank of Juliaetta3.8 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99000414 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Latah CountyAll 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.