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One of 56 National Register listings published here for Clatsop County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Charles Preston House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Preston, Charles, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 141 Ave. I, Seaside, 97138
- When was it listed? October 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. Seaside MPS
- Census division. Seaside
- National Register reference number. 91001569 - 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
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Charles Preston House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | HWY 101 N |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Astoria District | RIPPETT RD FIRE |
| 26 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Astoria District | CZ CAMP |
| 23 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Astoria District | THOMPSON CREEK |
| 15 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Astoria District | BLUE BIRD |
| 13 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SLEEPY SURFER |
| 13 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BROWN BAG |
| 11 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OSTER RD PILE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Charles Preston House: 16 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clatsop Peat Soils | Peat | Past Producer | ||
| Mulligan Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Square Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Edith Gallaher Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Edith Gallaher Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| P M West Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| P. M. West Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dimeo | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Halvorson, Carl M. Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Halvorson, Carl M. Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seaside, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 3 flood, 2 tornado, 1 waterspout, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Seaside | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Seaside | $3,000 | A weak tornado did minor damage to the Kinni-Kinnic Lodge and an adjacent home on Beach Street in Seaside. |
| January 2021 | Flood | Seaside | - | Street flooding stranded vehicles along Circle Creek about 1 mile south of Seaside, OR. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Seaside | - | Picture on Twitter from Seaside showed 2 inch hail. A trained spotter also reported 1 inch hail 1 mile north of Seaside. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Seaside | - | With heavy rain and high tides hitting the North Coast Saturday night, Oregon Department of Transportation officials closed Highway 101 two miles south of Seaside from 08:20 PST. The Necanicum River and Beerman Creek overflowed their banks which caused about 15 inches of water on highway 101. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Seaside | - | Heavy rain caused the Necanicum River to overflow its banks and flood highway 101 near mile post 23. Approximately 10 inches of water was flowing across the highway. |
| September 1996 | Waterspout | Seaside | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William and Nellie Fullam House | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Haller-Black House | under 500 feet | 1991 |
| Latourette, Charles, David, House | 2.3 miles | 1984 | |
 | Sea Lyft | 2.4 miles | 2001 |
 | Tillamook Rock Lighthouse | 5.6 miles | 1981 |
 | Goodwin-Wilkinson Farmhouse | 6.8 miles | 1992 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001569 in Record Group 79. |
| Clatsop County | All 56 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.