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Photograph of Sinnott Memorial Observation Station
Photograph by M.O. Stevens, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Sinnott Memorial Building No. 67

Built in 1931 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Klamath County · listed in 1988 · category: Structure · built in 1931, rustic architecture, by Merel S. Sager, National Park Service.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Rim Dr., near Rim Village Campground, Fort Klamath
  • When was it listed? December 1988
  • Category. structure
  • Also known as. Crater Lake National Park MRA
  • Census division. Crescent Lake
  • When was it built? 1931
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • Architect. Merel S. Sager, National Park Service
  • National Register reference number. 88002623 - 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Sinnott Memorial Building No. 67 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,347 acres in total. 112 started naturally. 2 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
Natural112
Recreation and ceremony48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkBYBEE
7 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkLOOP
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkPINNACLES
6 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkTSUGA
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkHILLMAN
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkANNIE
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkDUTTON
4 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCrater Lake National ParkRIM

Every fire recorded in Klamath 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
Rim Village Historic Districtunder 500 feet1997
Comfort Station No. 680.2 miles1988
Crater Lake Lodge0.2 miles1981
Comfort Station No. 720.2 miles1988
Watchman Lookout Station No. 680.2 miles1988
Crater Lake Superintendent's Residence0.8 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88002623 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Klamath CountyAll 28 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.