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William Austin House

Built in 1890. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The William Austin House, at 247 Ontario Ave. in Park City, Utah was built around 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”

Wikipedia article William Austin House (Park City, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 111 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1890.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Austin, William, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 247 Ontario Ave., Park City, 84060
  • When was it listed? July 1984
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Mining Boom Era Houses TR
  • Census division. Park City
  • When was it built? 1890
  • National Register reference number. 84002226 - 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of William Austin House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural10
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD RANCH
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRICHARDSON FLATE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBONANZA-CLOUD RIM
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDEER VALLEY
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGUARDSMAN PASS
4 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRIGHTON ESTATES
30 September 2000Fireworks25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsABILITY CENTER FIRE

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 214 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 214 workings within 5 miles of William Austin House: 144 past producers, 35 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American Flag ShaftSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, IronPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
American Flag ShaftGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper, IronPast Producer
American Flag Shaft No. 2Silver, Lead, Gold, Iron, Manganese, CopperPast ProducerGalena, Tetrahedrite
American TunnelCopper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Anchor Tunnel ProtalGold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Balmount ShaftZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1907, 1925, 1952
California MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, SulfurPast Producer
Central Wasatch Range GroupPhosphorus-Phosphates, UraniumPast ProducerSurface, Underground
Comstock MineLead, Copper, Iron, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Constellation ShaftGold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit County

Storms near this property

4 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPark 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 2021HailPark City-Penny-sized hail fell in Park City.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPark City-The Mount Baldy sensor at Deer Valley recorded a wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPark City-Dry Microburst

Every storm recorded in Summit 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
John Doyle Houseunder 500 feet1986
George J. Barry Houseunder 500 feet1984
Eugene Streeter Houseunder 500 feet1984
Carl G. Johnson Houseunder 500 feet1984
Levins D. Gray Houseunder 500 feet1984
Bogan Boarding Houseunder 500 feet1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002226 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Summit CountyAll 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.