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Photograph of Walter J. Domes House
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Walter J. Domes House

Built in 1919 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

One of 33 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1919, American Craftsman.

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 4 objectss, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Domes, Walter J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 8240 Pacific Hwy. W., Rickreall, 97371
  • When was it listed? March 1990
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Dallas
  • When was it built? 1919
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 90000373 - 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

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Walter J. Domes House between 2013 and 2016, burning under an acre in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
18 August 2013Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHWY 30 MP58#1
6 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMUDDY VALLEY BRUSH FIRE

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Walter J. Domes House: 6 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Anderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Finley PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Freeman & Sons QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Anderson QuarryStonePast Producer
Basalt QuarryStonePast Producer
Finley PitStonePast Producer
Freeman & Sons QuarryStonePast Producer
Noble Mountain Tree Farm QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this property

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rickreall, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 2 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Funnel CloudRickreall-Video of a funnel cloud over Rickreall, Oregon was shared over Social Media.
May 2015Funnel CloudRickreall-A member of the public supplied a video and photo of a funnel cloud to a local news station.
September 1997Tornado (F0)Rickreall-A weak tornado briefly touched down in rural Polk County. Some farms sustained minor crop damage.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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

4 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
John Phillips House4.3 miles1976
John Phillips House4.4 miles1976
Spring Valley Presbyterian Church4.7 miles1974
Spring Valley School5.3 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000373 in Record Group 79.
Polk CountyAll 33 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.