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Photograph of Lars Peter Larson House
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Lars Peter Larson House

Built in 1908 (Shingle style architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Lars Peter Larson House is a historic house in Cleveland, Utah. It was built in 1908 for Lars Peter Larson, the son of Danish immigrants who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

Wikipedia article Lars Peter Larson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Emery County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1908, Shingle style architecture.

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. Larson, Lars Peter, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off UT 155, Cleveland, 84518
  • When was it listed? February 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Castle Dale-Huntington
  • When was it built? 1908
  • Architectural style. Shingle style architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80003902 - 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

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Lars Peter Larson House between 2007 and 2018, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle 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
20 August 2017Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands900 WEST
15 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGARDNER
19 July 2015Naturalunder an acreMoab Field OfficeELMO
17 July 2007Natural1.3 acresMoab Field OfficeDESERT LAKE
22 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMoab Field OfficeTIMOTHY WASH
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.3 acresMoab Field Office800 E
10 April 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsELMO
20 March 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDESERT LAKE

Every fire recorded in Emery County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lars Peter Larson House: 7 producers, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. 7 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerLimestone, Sandstone
Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit 08003Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerLimestone
Huntington Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Huntington Creek Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huntington Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Huntington Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potter Wash Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Potter Wash Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Emery County

Storms near this property

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2011LightningCleveland1 killedA 56-year-old man was with his family near the Wedge Overlook in the San Rafael Desert when he was struck by lightning. CPR was performed by family members and emergency personnel who responded to the scene, but he was unable to be revived and died at the scene.
August 2025Flash FloodCleveland$35,000Buckhorn Draw Road was washed out, with a car on road washed a quarter mile down the road. Four people were rescued due to flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Emery 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
Huntington Tithing Granary6.4 miles1985
Leander Lemmon House6.5 miles2002
Huntington Roller Mill and Miller's House7.0 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003902 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Emery CountyAll 16 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.