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Photograph of Stephen and Mary Bunnell House
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Stephen and Mary Bunnell House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“The Stephen and Mary Bunnell House was at 970 S. 800 West, on the Utah Valley University campus, Orem, Utah was built in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, and was delisted in 2023.”

Wikipedia article Stephen and Mary Bunnell House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 183 National Register listings published here for Utah County · listed in 1996 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Bunnell, Stephen and Mary, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 970 South 800 West, Utah Valley State College, Orem, 84058
  • When was it listed? October 1996
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Provo-Orem
  • Architectural style. Victorian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 96001171 - 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Stephen and Mary Bunnell House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,211 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 were 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
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
8 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCASCADE FIRE
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use16 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestDRY CANYON 2
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBMT
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHARVEY'S
5 September 1996Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST LAWN
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOREM PEAT BOG 4
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsDRY CYN. LINDON
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Stephen and Mary Bunnell House: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Stubbs PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Provo Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducer
Stubb's PitClayOccurrence
Stubbs Clay PitClayPast ProducerSurface
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25027Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25028Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25029Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25030Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ut Dept of Hwys No 25031Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Utah County

Storms near this property

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orem, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 1998Heavy RainOrem$260,000no account filed
June 1998LightningOrem$50,000no account filed
September 1997LightningOrem$10,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindOrem$5,000no account filed
May 2000LightningOrem$1,500Lightning struck a church in Orem, causing about $1,500 damage.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindOrem-A carport partially collapsed at an apartment complex.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOrem-Powerlines down in downtown in Orem. Wind report from AWS
July 2002Thunderstorm WindOrem-Spotters in Orem estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 50-60 mph (43-52 kts). Some minor tree damage was reported.
April 2000HailOrem-A severe thunderstorm dropped 3/4 inch hail in West Orem.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindOrem-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust of 69mph (60kts) in West Orem.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindOrem-Thunderstorms developed over the eastern portions of the Salt Lake and Provo valleys. One inch hail was reported at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindOrem-no account filed
May 1995HailOrem-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Utah 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 96001171 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Utah CountyAll 183 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.