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John T. Chyphers House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“Cyphers House is a historic house in Lakeland, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1858 using an early form of concrete poured around undressed rock.”

Wikipedia article John T. Cyphers House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1971 · 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. Chyphers, John T., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 661 Quinnell Ave., N., Lakeland, 55043
  • When was it listed? September 1971
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Washington County MRA (AD); Washington County MRA
  • City. Lakeland city
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 71000442 - 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of John T. Chyphers House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
2 June 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900181
8 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources105
7 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900149
6 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020157
2 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1900126
2 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources77
19 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use17 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of John T. Chyphers House: 11 past producers, 10 producers, 6 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
A F Partridge Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Barton 769 Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bryan Smith Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Frances Marson Dolomite Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Francis Marson Dolomite Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Francis Marson Dolomite Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mayer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
R & N Fulton Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Red Brick Road Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

2 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeland, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLakeland-Trees and power lines downed.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLakeland-Numerous trees and power lines down. Some boat docks in Lakeland Shores were damaged.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Capt. John Oliver House1.0 miles1977
Mitchell Jackson Farmhouse1.5 miles1982
Newington Gilbert House2.9 miles1982
Erastus Bolles House2.9 miles1982
Cushing Hotel4.0 miles1985
State Prison Historic District4.8 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000442 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 42 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.