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Photograph of Henry Van Hoevenberg Jr. House
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Henry Van Hoevenberg Jr. House

Built in 1919. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

From the record

One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1919, by Frank Chamberlain Clark.

Sources: 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. Van Hoevenberg, Henry, Jr., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 9130 Ramsey Canyon Rd., Gold Hill, 97525
  • When was it listed? December 1981
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Sams Valley
  • When was it built? 1919
  • Architect. Frank Chamberlain Clark
  • National Register reference number. 81000491 - 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

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Henry Van Hoevenberg Jr. House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 25 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
Equipment and vehicle use59
Natural56
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Other causes14
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1998Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMedford UnitPP#12182
6 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresMedford UnitPP B10190
6 September 1993Smokingunder an acreMedford UnitGOLD HILL
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford DistrictLYMANMT
5 September 2003Natural3.0 acresMedford District7THPARA
5 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMedford Unit8TH PARALLEL #1
5 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMedford District8THPARA2
5 September 2003Natural20 acresMedford District8THPARA4

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Henry Van Hoevenberg Jr. House: 42 past producers, 20 occurrences, 17 producers, 10 prospects. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Blue EagleGold, TinOccurrence
Gold Hill MineGold, Platinum, MolybdenumPast Producer1857
Gold Hill PocketGold, Molybdenum, PGEPast Producer
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, ClayPast ProducerClay
Gold Ray GraniteGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HeathSilver, GoldOccurrencePyrite
Heath PropertyGold, Silver, ChromiumProspect
Holcomb Mineral SpringGeothermalProducer
Ideal Cement Co.Limestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Ideal Cement Co.Limestone, General, ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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

5 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
Chavner Family House5.5 miles1996
Gold Hill High School5.8 miles1991
Thomas N. Anderson House5.9 miles1990
Rock Point Hotel7.0 miles1980
White John B., House7.0 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 81000491 in Record Group 79.
Jackson CountyAll 154 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.