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Photograph of William and Emily Siddoway House
Photograph by JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

William and Emily Siddoway House

Built in 1898 (Queen Anne style architecture in the United States). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Uintah County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1898, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Siddoway, William and Emily, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1055 N. Vernal Ave., Vernal, 84078
  • When was it listed? April 2006
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Vernal-Maeser, Utah MPS
  • Census division. Vernal
  • When was it built? 1898
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
  • National Register reference number. 06000231 - 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of William and Emily Siddoway House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning36
Fireworks14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBUCKSKIN
23 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsNO PERMIT
22 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands4000 S 5000 E
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsASHLEY CREEK
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWELLS
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVernal Field OfficeDOCS BEACH
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMAILBOX
7 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVernal Field OfficeSTEINAKER 1

Every fire recorded in Uintah County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of William and Emily Siddoway House: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Oil Sands. 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
Asphalt Ridge DepositOil SandsPast Producer1895
Devil and Satan DepositsUraniumOccurrence
Rock Point Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Rock Point Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steinaker Park Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Steinaker Park Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept Highways Pit # 24029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Utah Dept. of Highways Pit No 24029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments

Every working recorded in Uintah County

Storms near this property

27 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernal, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1997Flash FloodVernal$100,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindVernal$30,000no account filed
September 2013HailVernal$20,000Large hail flattened gardens, dented a number of vehicles, and broke some windows.
August 2009Tornado (EF0)Vernal$1,000A tornado tracked through a small section of Vernal, mostly staying between houses. A number of trees had large limbs broken off and some minor damage occurred to sheds. The tornado was seen by many area residents and photographed by at least three persons.
July 1998Flash FloodVernal$1,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindVernal-A peak wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at the Vernal Regional Airport.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindVernal-A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured by the automated weather station at the Vernal Regional Airport.
August 2018HailVernal-Multiple trained spotters and members of the public observed nickel-sized hail in Vernal, mainly in the northwest portion of the city and in the downtown area.
September 2013HailVernal-Hail accumulated up to two inches deep on Highway 191 and minor flooding was reported in the area.
June 2010HailVernal-Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported.
June 2010HailVernal-Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter pummelled the area.
October 1994HailVernal-A thunderstorm dropped 0.75-inch diameter hail at Ashley Creek. Larger hail was observed but not measured.
May 1993Tornado (F0)Vernal-The cold upper low previously mentioned moved over northeast Utah by the early evening hours of the 5th. This produced a cold core funnel cloud. This was one of the rare occasions that a cold core funnel cloud became a tornado. The tornado was spotted by an airplane. Because the tornado only lasted a few minutes, and was in a sparsely populated region of the state, it caused no damage.
September 2013HailVernal-no account filed
September 2013HailVernal-no account filed
September 2013HailVernal-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindVernal-no account filed
September 2006Heavy RainVernal-no account filed
May 2003HailVernal-no account filed
August 2002WildfireVernal-no account filed
July 2002Flash FloodVernal-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindVernal-no account filed
September 1999Funnel CloudVernal-no account filed
August 1999Funnel CloudVernal-no account filed
July 1998Heavy RainVernal-no account filed
August 1997Flash FloodVernal-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindVernal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Uintah 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

6 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
Washington School-Vernal LDS Relief Society Hall0.9 miles2004
Manfred and Ethel Martin House0.9 miles2004
Fenn-Bullock House1.0 miles1999
St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Lodge1.1 miles1985
Bank of Vernal1.1 miles2008
Vernal Tithing Office1.3 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000231 in Record Group 79.
Uintah CountyAll 17 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.