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One of 111 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1899.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John Diem House
Built in 1899. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Diem, John, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 401 Park Ave., Park City, 84060
- When was it listed? October 1984
- Category. building
- Also known as. Mining Boom Era Houses TR
- Census division. Park City
- When was it built? 1899
- National Register reference number. 84000155 - 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
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of John Diem House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD RANCH |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RICHARDSON FLATE |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BONANZA-CLOUD RIM |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DEER VALLEY |
| 5 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GUARDSMAN PASS |
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | BRIGHTON ESTATES |
| 30 September 2000 | Fireworks | 25 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ABILITY CENTER FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 215 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 215 workings within 5 miles of John Diem House: 144 past producers, 36 occurrences, 30 producers, 5 prospects. 30 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Flag Shaft | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Flag Shaft | Gold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| American Flag Shaft No. 2 | Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, Copper | Past Producer | Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| American Tunnel | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Anchor Tunnel Protal | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Balmount Shaft | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1907, 1925, 1952 | |
| California Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Central Wasatch Range Group | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium | Past Producer | Surface, Underground | |
| Comstock Mine | Lead, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Constellation Shaft | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park City, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park City | - | The PacifiCorp Aerie mesonet station near Park City measured an initial wind gust of 60 mph at 3:00 pm MST, followed by a peak wind gust of 65 mph at 3:10 pm MST, as a result of strong outflow from nearby convection. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Park City | - | Penny-sized hail fell in Park City. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park City | - | The Mount Baldy sensor at Deer Valley recorded a wind gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Park City | - | Dry Microburst |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Walter and Ann Wilcocks House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | LDS Park City Meetinghouse | under 500 feet | 1978 |
 | House at 463 Park Ave. | under 500 feet | 1999 |
| John Shields House (Additional Documentation) | under 500 feet | ||
 | Reese Williams House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Park City Community Church | under 500 feet | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000155 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 111 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.