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Photograph of Charles and Theresa Roper House
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles and Theresa Roper House

Built in 1912 (Castellated Gothic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

From the record

“The Charles and Theresa Roper House, also known as Hilan Castle, is a historic residence located in Newport, Oregon, United States. Built in 1912-1913 to evoke a castle in the Scottish Highlands, it features such Medieval-inspired elements as a crenellated parapet, mullioned windows, a rounded corner tower, and a cantilevered turret.”

Wikipedia article Charles and Theresa Roper House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 1981 · category: Building · built in 1912, Castellated Gothic.

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. Roper, Charles and Theresa, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 620 SW Alder St., Newport, 97365
  • When was it listed? December 1981
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Newport
  • When was it built? 1912
  • Architectural style. Castellated Gothic
  • National Register reference number. 81000500 - 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Charles and Theresa Roper House between 1992 and 2018, burning about 10 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
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle 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
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitDAVIS SLOUGH
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersBIG CREEK FIRE
10 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSTATION FIRE
7 August 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSURF FIRE
7 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersFRISBEE FIRE
22 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreToledo UnitNORTH THIEL
21 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreToledo UnitAGATE BEACH FIRE
18 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHIDDEN VALLEY FIRE

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Charles and Theresa Roper House: 12 past producers, 10 producers, 2 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium. 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
Big Creek IlmeniteIron, Zirconium, Titanium, ChromiumOccurrence
Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport PlacerIron, Titanium, Metal, ChromiumOccurrenceChromite, Ilmenite
Agate BeachStonePast Producer
Agate Beach QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Blattner Creek PitStonePast Producer
Blattner Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Iron Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Iron Mountain QuarryStonePast Producer
Iron Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newport, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 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
January 1996Thunderstorm WindNewport-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

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
New Cliff House0.4 miles1986
Old Yaquina Bay Lighthouse0.7 miles1974
Yaquina Bay Bridge No. 018200.7 miles2005
Yaquina Head Lighthouse3.2 miles1993
Pacific Spruce Saw Mill Tenant Houses6.0 miles1999
St. John's Episcopal Church6.1 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 81000500 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln CountyAll 19 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.