BlockFrom the record
One of 211 National Register listings published here for Travis County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Rogers-Bell House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Rogers--Bell House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 1001 E. Eighth St., East Austin, 78702
- When was it listed? June 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. East Austin MRA
- Census division. Austin
- Architectural style. Stick style
- National Register reference number. 88000703 - 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
120 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Rogers-Bell House between 2005 and 2016, burning about 136 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 73 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rogers-Bell House: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Colorado River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Naumann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Texas Ind Inc Colorado River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | George A. Peterson House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | C. E. Johnson House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | French Legation | under 500 feet | 1969 |
 | Newton House | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | Robert Irvin House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House | 0.1 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88000703 in Record Group 79. |
| Travis County | All 211 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.