Built in 1908 (American Foursquare). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
One of 324 National Register listings published here for King County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1908, American Foursquare.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jovita Land Company Model Home-Corbett House in 2012, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hanford Reach National Monument | HANFORD TOWN SITE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Jovita Land Company Model Home-Corbett House: 25 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tacoma Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1943 | |
| American Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Auburn Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bremmeyer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carl G. Olson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| County Line Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Firwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Federal Way, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2015: 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 15 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Federal Way | 15 hurt | More than two dozen vehicles collided on Interstate 5 during a brief, but heavy, rain shower. Traffic was backed up for about 7 miles. |
| April 2015 | Lightning | Federal Way | $3,000 | A lightning strike drove a couple out of their home in the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way.||The lightning late Wednesday afternoon hit a tree in the elderly couples front yard and traveled through the root system to the home. The lightning blew out drywall in the house, damaged the gutters and caused a gas line to rupture. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Auburn Post Office | 3.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Auburn Public Library | 3.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Masonic Temple-Auburn | 3.3 miles | 2015 |
 | Oscar Blomeen House | 3.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Aaron Neely Sr. Mansion | 4.9 miles | 1974 |
 | Erick Gustave Sanders Mansion | 5.5 miles | 1986 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000158 in Record Group 79. |
| King County | All 324 listed properties in this county. |
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