Built in 1905. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
“The Old First National Bank of Prineville is a historic commercial building in Prineville, Oregon, United States.”
Wikipedia article Old First National Bank of Prineville, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Crook County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1905.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Old First National Bank of Prineville, and Foster and Hyde Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | MGRATH RD |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | BARNES BT |
| 16 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | KEYSTONE |
| 7 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Prineville District | 0418 TUFFTIN |
| 4 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OCHOCO VIEWPOINT 0354 |
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crook County Fire & Rescue | 0343 RS |
| 4 July 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | PRINEVILLE FIREWORKS |
| 4 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | VIEWPOINT FIREWORKS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Old First National Bank of Prineville, and Foster and Hyde Store: 25 past producers, 14 producers, 1 unknown. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Pumice. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Emerald Tuff Quarry | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Barnes Butte | Mercury | Past Producer | 1940 | |
| Barnes Butte Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | 1940, 1941 | |
| Crook County Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Grassy Butte Cinder Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Prineville Bentonite | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Prineville Bentonite | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Crook County Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oregon Emerald Tuff Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prineville, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 30 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 3 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | $20,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Prineville | $15,000 | House flooded with 4 feet of water in basement. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prineville | $2,000 | Six to eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down across power lines causing power outage to southwest part of Prineville. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prineville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prineville | $100 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prineville | - | Thirty foot tall tree blown down. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Prineville | - | Hail covering the ground with standing water on some flood prone roadways. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Prineville | - | Hail accompanied by wind gust to 40 mph. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Prineville | - | Water covering the road at the entrance to Prineville due to heavy rainfall. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Prineville | - | Hail 3/4 inch to 1 inch fell for 15 minutes. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prineville | - | Two inch diameter tree limbs blown down. Tree limb 1 foot in diameter also blown down. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Prineville | - | Hail size between dime and quarter size. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | Quarter sized hail producing dents in car. |
| August 1999 | Hail | Prineville | - | Wind gusts up to 27 mph and frequent lightning accompanied this storm |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prineville | - | Thunderstorms moved through Crook County with strong wind, hail, and heavy rain. In the town of Post, 0.70 inches of rain fell in 50 minutes with 1/3 inch hail and wind gusts to 30 mph. In Prineville, 1/4 to 1 inch hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch in places, up to 1.15 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes, and the wind gusted to 60 mph. The road from Post to Prineville had rock and mud slides on it. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Prineville | - | A thunderstorm produced up to 1 inch hail, heavy rain, and wind gusts to between 50 and 60 mph. 1/2 inch hail covered the ground to a depth of one inch. 1.13 inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Highway 26 east of Prineville had mud slides on it. |
| May 1998 | Heavy Rain | Prineville | - | Two inches of rain fell in 24 hours. |
| April 1998 | Lightning | Prineville | - | A thunderstorm moved through Deschutes, Crook, and Wheeler counties. Lightning caused a power pole to catch fire 3 miles northeast of Prineville. One quarter to one half inch hail covered the ground in eight miles north of Bend. Five eighths inch hail and 30 mph wind were reported in the town of Post. Heavy rain, strong wind, and pea-sized hail were reported in the town of Fossil. The storm moved through the town of Spray with heavy rain and strong wind gusting to 40-50 mph. |
| May 1998 | Heavy Rain | Prineville | - | A spotter reported 0.75 inches of rain in twenty minutes. Another spotter reported wind gusts to 45 mph with this thunderstorm. |
| June 1998 | Heavy Rain | Prineville | - | Spotters in Prineville reported up to two inches of rain in 20 minutes, hail up to 1/2 inch, and wind gusts to 30 mph. |
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | Prineville | - | Close to one inch of rain fell in half an hour causing local flooding. Highway 126 had water over it. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Prineville | - | A spotter 15 miles north of Prineville reported 3/4 inch hail and a heavy downpour that lasted 45 minutes. Allen Creek over flowed its banks. Some roads were washed out. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Prineville | - | A weather spotter at Prineville Resevoir State Park reported dime sized hail and up to an inch of rain in 30 minutes. Another spotter three miles north of Prineville Resevoir reported marble sized hail. |
| July 1997 | Lightning | Prineville | - | A lightning strike touched off a one and a half acre fire on a residential hillside in Prineville. Homeowners were able to fight the fire with garden hoses. No homes were damaged. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Prineville | - | Weather spotters reported hail between .5 and .75 of an inch...covering the ground in places. One spotter reported 0.70 of an inch of rain in twenty minutes. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Prineville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Prineville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas M. Baldwin House | 0.1 miles | 1987 |
 | Marion Reed Elliott House | 0.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Crook County Bank Building | 0.6 miles | 1991 |
 | Lamonta Compound-Prineville Supervisor's Warehouse | 0.7 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85003035 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Crook County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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