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Photograph of Lostine Pharmacy
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lostine Pharmacy

Built in 1900. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

From the record

“Lostine Pharmacy, also known as Lostine Tavern, is an historic building in Lostine, Oregon. It was constructed in 1900 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Lostine Pharmacy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Wallowa County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1900.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 125 OR 82, Lostine, 97857
  • When was it listed? November 2014
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Wallowa
  • When was it built? 1900
  • National Register reference number. 14000961 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Lostine Pharmacy between 1994 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 26 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
Natural26
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersGWYNN
22 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWallowa UnitBOAT TRAILER
13 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use249 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersTHATCH
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestLITTLE BEAR
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreWallowa UnitALLEN CANYON
3 August 1994Naturalunder an acreWallowa UnitVALLEY VIEW
29 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use62 acresOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSCHOOL FLAT
28 August 1994Natural303 acresWallowa UnitGREEN BASIN

Every fire recorded in Wallowa 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 Lostine Pharmacy: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Limestone, General, 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
Limestone OccurranceLimestone, GeneralProducer
Mp 55.4 Wallowa-LakeStonePast Producer
Mp 55.4 Wallowa-LakeStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wallowa County

Storms near this property

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lostine, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindLostine-Public reported several downed trees and power outages. Wind speed estimated from damage.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Lostine-COOP observer sent in pictures and a brief video of the short lived tornado.
August 2009Heavy RainLostine-Rainfall of 1.1 inches was measured in 20 minutes.
August 2006LightningLostine-Lightning started a barn fire which was quickly extinguished by neighbors and the Lostine Volunteer Fire Department.
July 1998Flash FloodLostine-Water overflowed banks of Hurricane Creek. Mudslides in Lostine Canyon covered a few places along the road.
July 2016HailLostine-no account filed
June 2010HailLostine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wallowa 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

3 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
Hunter-Morelock House7.2 miles1985
Wallowa Ranger Station7.5 miles2009
Flora School7.9 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 14000961 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wallowa CountyAll 22 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.