BlockFrom the record
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Whatcom County · listed in 2011 · category: Building · built in 1914.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lynden Department Store
Built in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 444 Front St., Lynden, 98264
- When was it listed? July 2011
- Category. building
- Census division. Lynden
- When was it built? 1914
- National Register reference number. 11000476 - 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
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Lynden Department Store between 1993 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BADGER ROAD |
| 7 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PEAT BOG |
| 14 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WISER LAKE |
| 21 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SMOKING POLE |
| 16 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TIMON |
| 21 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RIVERSIDE PARK |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lynden Department Store: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sturman and Herringa Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite | |
| Sturman and Herringa Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Devries Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Erickson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Everson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gansler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loomis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lynden Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pole Road Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynden, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2009: 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2009 | Flood | Lynden | $5,600,000 | Some homes and businesses in Ferndale, Marietta and Lynden were flooded, most of them from the Nooksack River. Most schools in the area were closed or limited hours for 3 days. Sections of several major roads were closed. In the end more than two dozen roads had sections that had been washed away. |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Lynden | - | Thunderstorms were reported in the Lynden and Blaine areas throughout the day, one thunderstorm reportedly contained a funnel cloud. |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | US Post Office-Lyden Main | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Berthusen Barn and Privy | 2.8 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 11000476 in Record Group 79. |
| Whatcom County | All 74 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.