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Photograph of Max and Ollie Lueddemann House
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Max and Ollie Lueddemann House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“The Max and Ollie Lueddemann House is a historic residence in Madras, Oregon, United States. Completed in 1906, only four years after Madras's first plat, it was the home of newspaper publisher and civic booster Max Lueddemann (1873-1954) until he moved on to Portland in 1909.”

Wikipedia article Max and Ollie Lueddemann House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Lueddemann, Max and Ollie, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 96 SE 9th St., Madras, 97741
  • When was it listed? June 1996
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Madras
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 96000620 - 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

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Max and Ollie Lueddemann House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,780 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresPrineville District0927 ELM
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPrineville District0609
2 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePrineville District0760
13 September 2018Debris and open burning15 acresPrineville District1168
8 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresOchoco National Forest0469 RN
6 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOchoco National Forestnot named
5 August 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresPrineville District0501
5 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePrineville District0357

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Max and Ollie Lueddemann House: 11 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
FriendMercuryOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Willow Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grody QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jefferson County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Madras/Prineville Hwy JctStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Metolius QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schmoker QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this property

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madras, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 wildfire, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2013LightningMadras1 killedKPTV Fox 12 News reported the story. The article was posted online as well.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Madras$1,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadras$500Broken limbs and tree damage in Madras.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadras$100Between 120 pm and 200 pm...1 to 4 inch diameter trees and branches downed. Rainfall of .68 inch in 1/2 hour.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMadras-The Madras airport ASOS measured a wind gust of 67mph at 5:55pm. An NWS employee 1 mile southwest of Madras, OR also witnessed thunderstorm outflow winds that blew down fences, produced low visibilities in blowing dust, and also produced a gustnado in nearby farm fields.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMadras-Report by spotter of downed powerlines along highway 26 between Warm Springs and Madras.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMadras-Multiple reports of trees down in Madras. Alfalfa crop destroyed by hail and strong winds.
May 2020HailMadras-Also 60-70 mph winds.
May 2017HailMadras-Measured 1.75 inch hail occurred at Madras in Jefferson county. Report from public post on NWS Pendleton Facebook page.
May 2017HailMadras-Measured 1.50 inch hail occurred 3 miles W of Madras in Jefferson county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMadras-Trees downed by thunderstorm high winds.
August 1998WildfireMadras-A wild fire burned 500 acres of rangeland about 5 miles west of Madras and prompted the evacuation of about 150 homes. No homes burned, however, one outbuilding and some farm equipment was destroyed by the fire. About 300 firefighters, 24 fire engines, helicopters and three air tankers were called in to help fight the fire. Two firefighters were injured, one suffered heat exhaustion and the other had a back injury.
July 1997Heavy RainMadras-Heavy rain in Madras caused flooding of some streets and businesses.
August 2013HailMadras-no account filed
August 2013HailMadras-no account filed
August 2013HailMadras-no account filed
July 2010Dust DevilMadras-no account filed
May 2001HailMadras-no account filed
July 1998WildfireMadras-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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

3 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
Jefferson County Courthouse0.2 miles2015
Madras Army Air Field North Hanger2.4 miles2015
Oregon Trunk Passenger and Freight Station4.2 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96000620 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Jefferson CountyAll 7 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.