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Photograph of Walter Bowne House
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Walter Bowne House

Built in 1917 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1917, Colonial Revival architecture, 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 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Bowne, Walter, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1845 Old Stage Rd., Jacksonville, 97502
  • When was it listed? February 1990
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Medford
  • When was it built? 1917
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. Frank Chamberlain Clark
  • National Register reference number. 90000279 - 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Walter Bowne House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 30 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 use45
Debris and open burning30
Natural30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism25
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks9
Other causes8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSOUTH STAGE 4760
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitRESERVOIR PEAK FIRE
7 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMedford UnitWILLOW SPRINGS
6 September 1996Other causesunder an acreMedford UnitLIVINGSTON RD
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersKANE CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersOLD STAGE RD 4609
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMedford UnitS. STAGE
5 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMedford UnitI5 MP 36

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 154 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 154 workings within 5 miles of Walter Bowne House: 90 past producers, 39 producers, 12 occurrences, 11 prospects. 39 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
DunrominGold, Silver, LeadProducerGalena, Gold, Pyrite
Dunromin MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Granite QuarryStone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
OppGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, TelluriumProducerVein
Opp MineGold, Tellurium, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Town MineGold, Silver, CopperProducerGold, Pyrite
Jacksonville Brick & TileClayPast ProducerClay
Jacksonville Brick & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Norling MineGold, SilverProducerVein
Revenue PocketGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this property

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2006Flash FloodJacksonville-Flooding was reported above Highway 238 near Jacksonville.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindJacksonville-Spotter reported numerous trees blown over.

Every storm 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

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
Carpenter, A.S.V., and Helen Bundy House0.4 miles2005
William McCredie House1.0 miles1980
Michael Hanley Farmstead1.1 miles1983
Frank E. Bybee House1.3 miles1981
Madden-McCaskey House1.5 miles1994
William Bybee House1.6 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000279 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.
  • 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.