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One of 120 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Witten, T.M., and Emma, Drug Store-House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Witten, T.M., and Emma, Drug Store--House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 104 N. Main St., Jefferson, 97352
- When was it listed? August 1999
- Category. building
- Census division. Jefferson
- National Register reference number. 99001002 - 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
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Witten, T.M., and Emma, Drug Store-House in 2012, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 October 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | RIVERHAVEN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Witten, T.M., and Emma, Drug Store-House: 18 past producers, 13 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany B Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | ||
| Smith-Butler | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Smith-Butler | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Cox | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Davidson Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Davidson Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Forslund Rock Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Forslund Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 7 flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Jefferson | $200 | There was damage to multiple small shrubby trees just north of the railroad track along Libby Ln. There was also a sign knocked over at the NW corner of Libby Ln and Jefferson-Marion Rd, but whether or not it was caused by a tornado could not be determined. The tornado was likely on the ground for one minute or less. |
| December 2020 | Flood | Jefferson | - | The gage on the Santiam River at Jefferson (JFFO3) crested at 15.3 feet. Flood stage is 15.0 feet. No damage was reported. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Jefferson | - | Lots of precipitation. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Jefferson | - | The Santiam River at Jefferson crested at 15.8 feet around 11 PM on April 8th, which is 0.8 foot above flood stage. |
| September 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Jefferson | - | A Funnel Cloud was spotted by a driver driving on I-5 around noon. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Jefferson | - | Heavy rain combined with snowmelt runoff to produce flooding on the Santiam River. The Santiam River at Jefferson crested at 15.4 feet on January 17th at 04:27 PST. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Jefferson | - | Heavy rain caused the Santiam River near Jefferson to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. |
| December 2007 | Heavy Rain | Jefferson | - | Storm total precipitation was 4.58 inches. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Jefferson | - | The Santiam River near Jefferson crested at 15.2 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 15.0 feet. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | Thunderstorms produced pea-sized hail in the Central Willamette Valley from mid-day until evening. Hail piled up along Interstate 5 from Jefferson to Corvallis, which caused slippery roads. Several accidents were reported, but no serious injuries were reported. |
| January 2006 | Flood | Jefferson | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Flood | Jefferson | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jacob Conser House | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
 | Jefferson Methodist Church | 0.2 miles | 1980 |
| Hamilton Campbell House | 3.1 miles | 1979 | |
 | James Mechlin Anderson House | 4.4 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99001002 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 120 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.