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Photograph of The Coram Hotel
Photograph by Kowboy Kaziglu Bey, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Coram Hotel, The

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“The Coram Hotel, located on California Ave. in Libby in Lincoln County, Montana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.”

Wikipedia article The Coram Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2012 · 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.
  • Address. 302 California Ave., Libby, 59923
  • When was it listed? September 2012
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Libby
  • National Register reference number. 12000593 - 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

356 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Coram Hotel, The between 1992 and 2020, burning about 280 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 17 were 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
Recreation and ceremony182
Natural76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking9
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestRACETRACK #9,
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresKootenai National ForestREMPS
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National Forestnot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National ForestLIBBY SUPERFUND 6
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestOBSIDIAN FLAT
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestEAST HEMP HILL
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestGOLF COURSE
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestWEST SWEDE

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Coram Hotel, The: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Lead. 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
Copper MountainCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Copper-Silver-Iron OccurrenceCopper, Gold, Iron, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Denver No. 1 & 2Lead, Tungsten, SilverUnknown
Fisher River QuarryGold, SilverPast Producer
Heintz R A ConstructionStone, DimensionPast Producer
Herbert GroupGold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Iron OccurrenceIron, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Granite Concrete Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Libby Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Libby, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 3 hail, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 1997Thunderstorm WindLibby2 hurt, $1,500,000no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLibby1 hurt, $30,000Straight line winds blew numerous large trees down onto power lines, buildings, vehicles and roads in and around Yaak. Power was out to the entire community. Several large trees were blown down onto power lines in Libby from straight line winds. From Eureka to Port of Roosville, straight line winds blew numerous large trees and limbs down onto power lines and vehicles. One carport was blown into a field, and roof damage was reported.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLibby1 hurtNumerous large trees and large limbs were blown down in and around Libby and Troy. In addition, a large tree was blown down on a hiker on the Cedar Creek trail 4 miles southwest of Libby. The rescue team reported that numerous trees were blown down over the trail.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindLibby1 hurtno account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLibby$35,000Estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph produced substantial structural damage to the drive-in theater and the town ball park. Numerous large trees were also blown down.
March 2017Heavy RainLibby$20,000At least four trailer homes in Troy were directly impacted by water that had flowed over US-2 from an unauthorized channel that had overflowed. In Libby, a home cellar was flooded, the Libby Elementary School saw minor issues and Education Way was closed due to flooding caused by a clogged drainage. Silver Butte Creek south of Libby filled with debris causing it to re-route and surround a house with water during the early morning hours of the 19th. Several culverts had to be replaced due to washouts.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLibby$4,000The emergency manager from Lincoln County reported that numerous trees and power lines were down with roads blocked in the Libby area. The Zonolite RAWS located at 4,200 feet MSL reported a 51 mph wind gust at the 21:06 MST observation time.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLibby$2,000Ten inch diameter trees were blown over along Montana Highway 37. Hail 0.5 to 0.75 inches in diameter was also reported.
June 2022FloodLibby-The Yaak River near Troy reached minor flood stage with limited impact noted. More significant impacts occurred along Hwy 508 between US Highway 2 and Yaak, as debris and water across the road resulted in a closure for much of June 14.
June 2021HailLibby-Reports of dime to quarter sized hail in Libby. Some trees lost leaves but no other damage was noted.
March 2014Heavy RainLibby-Several days of moderate to heavy rainfall contributed to rock slides across northwest Montana. One in particular blocked a lane on Montana 37 north of the Libby Dam for a few hours.
July 2011Heavy RainLibby-A trained spotter reported one inch of rain in 30 minutes.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLibby-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLibby-no account filed
April 2002FloodLibby-no account filed
May 1998HailLibby-no account filed
July 1997Funnel CloudLibby-no account filed
September 1997HailLibby-no account filed
May 1996FloodLibby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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

2 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
Libby High School0.2 miles2008
Heritage Museum, The1.5 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000593 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln CountyAll 9 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.