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One of 154 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John W. Merritt House and Store
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Merritt, John W., House and Store - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 117 E. Pine St., Central Point, 97502
- When was it listed? March 1992
- Category. building
- Census division. Medford
- National Register reference number. 92000129 - 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
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of John W. Merritt House and Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Other causes | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SOUTH STAGE 4760 |
| 9 September 2004 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Medford Unit | RR MP 449.5 |
| 8 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medford Unit | TOUVILLE PARK |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford Unit | WILLOW SPRINGS |
| 6 September 1996 | Other causes | under an acre | Medford Unit | LIVINGSTON RD |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | OLD STAGE RD 4609 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford Unit | S. STAGE |
| 5 September 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Medford Unit | I5 MP 36 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 139 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 139 workings within 5 miles of John W. Merritt House and Store: 89 past producers, 43 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 43 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Dunromin | Gold, Silver, Lead | Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Dunromin Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Granite Quarry | Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bailey Property | Manganese | Occurrence | Psilomelane, Rhodonite | |
| Bailey Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1942 | |
| Eagle | Gold, Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Eagle Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Forest Lane | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky King | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mathias Welch House | 0.1 miles | 1998 |
 | Edward Charles Faber House | 0.2 miles | 1997 |
 | Central Point Public School | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Victor and Bertha Bursell House | 1.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Robert Vinton Beall House | 1.5 miles | 1979 |
 | Madden-McCaskey House | 1.8 miles | 1994 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 92000129 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 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.