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Photograph of Helmer and Selma Steen House
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Helmer and Selma Steen House

Built in 1911 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Helmer and Selma Steen House is a private home in Vashon, Washington. Built in 1911, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.”

Wikipedia article Helmer and Selma Steen House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 324 National Register listings published here for King County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1911, American Craftsman.

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

The listing

  • Listed as. Steen, Helmer and Selma, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 10924 SW Cove Rd., Vashon, 98070
  • When was it listed? August 2000
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Vashon Island
  • When was it built? 1911
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 00000976 - 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

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Helmer and Selma Steen House between 2004 and 2005, burning about 3 acres in total. None 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
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 July 2005Fireworks1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHERWOOD
22 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHOSKINS HILL

Every fire recorded in King County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Helmer and Selma Steen House: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
HarperDiatomiteOccurrence
Ellisport Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tjomsland Pit-Div 10Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in King 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
Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant0.9 miles1994
Vashon Hardware Store0.9 miles2000
Colvos Store1.0 miles2000
Shawnee House5.1 miles2000
Dockton Hotel6.0 miles1983
Tracy House6.0 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000976 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
King CountyAll 324 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.