Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House

Built in 1858 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“Blank House, also known as the Old Stagecoach Stop, is a historic residence located in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. Built in 1858 or 1859, it is one of Forest Grove's distinctive examples of mid-19th century Greek Revival architecture.”
Wikipedia article Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 51 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1858, Greek Revival architecture.

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. Blank, Stephen and Parthena M., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 2117 A St., Forest Grove, 97116
When was it listed? July 1988
Category. building
Census division. Forest Grove-Cornelius
When was it built? 1858
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 88001035 - 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 4 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
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
19 September 2020	Natural	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	NL210 RD POSITIVE STRIKE
7 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	SOUTHFORK CARPENTER CR R
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Forest Grove District	1S4W BURN
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Forest Grove District	TANNER CREEK FIRE
5 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Forest Grove District	GALES PEAK FIRE
11 August 1992	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Forest Grove District	NELSON RD
29 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters	OPPENLANDER LANE FIRE
2 April 2000	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Forest Grove District	HERR ROAD FIRE

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Stephen and Parthena M. Blank House: 14 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Forest Grove Clay Products Co	Clay	Past Producer
Forest Grove Clay Products Co.	Clay	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Carpenter Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hergert Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Otto Rock Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Parkin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Plant #2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unnamed Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Forest Grove, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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
October 2018	Tornado (EF0)	Forest Grove	$100,000	Multiple greenhouse structures were damaged at a farm on Thatcher Road. Witness accounts also confirmed a tornado. The tornado was likely on the ground for about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
December 2007	Heavy Rain	Forest Grove	-	Storm total precipitation was 6.37 inches.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Harry A. Crosley House	under 500 feet	1993
Tualatin Academy	under 500 feet	1974
Dr. W.R. and Eunice Taylor House	under 500 feet	2005
Woods and Caples General Store	0.1 miles	1985
Forest Grove Downtown Historic District	0.1 miles	2020
First Church of Christ Scientist	0.1 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001035 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 51 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.