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Wendel Property

Built in 1935 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

One of 43 National Register listings published here for Clallam County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1935, American Craftsman.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 5 mi. N on East Shore Rd., Port Angeles, 98363
  • When was it listed? July 2007
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Olympic National Park MPS
  • Census division. Crescent
  • When was it built? 1935
  • Architectural style. American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 07000739 - 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Wendel Property between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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
Recreation and ceremony29
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOlympic National Park8TH SWITCHBACK
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOlympic National ParkL.C.101LOG
30 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFISHER COVE FIRE
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLYRE RIVER CAMPGROUND
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOlympic National ParkAARRGH

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Wendel Property: 12 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Tin, Manganese, Antimony. 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
Bright AngelTin, Manganese, AntimonyPast Producer1941
Handy ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Christopher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fielding Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hillstead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lyre PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Piedmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clallam 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

5 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
Pyramid Peak Aircraft Warning Service Lookout1.5 miles2007
Singer's Lake Crescent Tavern2.2 miles2007
Rosemary Inn2.4 miles1979
Storm King Ranger Station2.6 miles2007
North Fork Sol Duc Shelter6.9 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07000739 in Record Group 79.
Clallam CountyAll 43 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.