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Photograph of Robert Gardner Jr. House
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Robert Jr. Gardner House

Built in 1848 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

From the record

“House, is a historic residence in Millcreek, Utah, United States, is a that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).”

Wikipedia article Robert Gardner Jr. House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 399 National Register listings published here for Salt Lake County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · built in 1848, Queen Anne style.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Gardner, Robert Jr., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 1475 E. Murphy's Ln., Millcreek, 84106
  • When was it listed? January 2018
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Salt Lake City
  • When was it built? 1848
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 100001441 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Robert Jr. Gardner House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeDEVONSHIRE 2
22 September 2020Natural60 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS
11 September 2012Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestTOLCAT
10 September 2009Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFF
10 September 1997Natural15 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestOLYMPUS
8 August 2005Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsMILL
6 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsPOLE CAT
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeMILLVILLE CANYON

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Robert Jr. Gardner House: 36 producers, 24 past producers, 8 occurrences. 36 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
Alta ChampionSilver, Lead, Gold, BismuthProducerVein
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Cottonwood Clay PitsClayProducer
Dry Fork MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Emigration Canyon ProspectsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceCalcite
Midvale Minerals Co.Zinc, Silver, Lead, ArsenicProducer
National Tunnel and Mines Co.Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
New EnglandSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
New York & Great Western Mining, Smelting, and Development CompanyZinc, LeadPast Producer
Onyx RanchGemstoneProducerOnyx

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this property

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millcreek, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. 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
August 1993HailMillcreek$500Tropical moisture surged further north into Utah. This moisture led to the development of severe thunderstorms over the southern portion of Salt Lake County. The rest of the county was hardly touched. The hail accumulated to a 3-inch depth in Herriman. The hail shredded vegetation, and damaged vehicles.

Every storm recorded in Salt Lake 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
Roberta Sugden House0.5 miles2016
Amanda Conk Best House0.6 miles2008
Mountair Acres Subdivision Historic District0.8 miles2025
Hawarden1.2 miles1980
Edward Pugh House1.3 miles1978
Nathaniel Baldwin House1.4 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100001441 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Salt Lake CountyAll 399 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.