BlockFrom the record
One of 43 National Register listings published here for Clallam County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Port Angeles Carnegie Library
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 205, 215, 217 & 319 S. Lincoln St., Port Angeles, 98362
- When was it listed? May 2011
- Category. building
- Census division. Port Angeles
- National Register reference number. 11000259 - 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
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Port Angeles Carnegie Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 451 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 ceremony | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Olympic National Park | PARKWAY |
| 19 September 1992 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FREDRICKSON |
| 1 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POWERLINE FIRE |
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | NOT SO PLEASANT ACRES |
| 5 August 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Port Angeles Carnegie Library: 25 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Norma | Manganese | Unknown | 1956 | |
| Port Angeles Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Shore Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Morse Creek Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Port Angeles | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Port Angeles | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Rains Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Old Horseman Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Aldwell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baublits Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clallam County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1987 |
 | Naval Lodge Elks Building | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | St. Andrew's Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Joseph Paris House | 0.2 miles | 1987 |
 | U.S. Post Office | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Masonic Temple | 0.3 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000259 in Record Group 79. |
| Clallam County | All 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.