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Kirkman House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“The Kirkman House is a historic house in Walla Walla, Washington. The Kirkman house is one of the Northwest's most outstanding Victorian structures.”

Wikipedia article Kirkman House (Walla Walla, Washington), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 32 National Register listings published here for Walla Walla County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 214 N. Colville St., Walla Walla, 99362
  • When was it listed? December 1974
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Walla Walla-College Place
  • National Register reference number. 74001986 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kirkman House: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Walla Walla PitClayPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dell Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones-Scott CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mill Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walla Walla County

Storms near this property

19 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walla Walla, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001LightningWalla Walla$25,000no account filed
December 2010Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$20,000A severe thunderstorm with winds gusting to 58 mph knocked down trees and caused power outages to over 3500 customers in Walla Walla. One large tree fell onto an unoccupied car and caused major damage.
May 2005Flash FloodWalla Walla$20,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$5,000no account filed
May 2000Heavy RainWalla Walla$3,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$2,000Winds from a dissipating thunderstorm broke tree limbs 8 to 10 inches in diameter, damaged the roof of a camper, and broke a window. Very little rain fell from this storm.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla$1,000Power lines down due to strong wind gust at Pioneer Park in Walla Walla. Damage amount estimated.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Walla Walla.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Roof damage reported in the city of Walla Walla.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-A 60 mph wind gust estimated by the public.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Awnings were ripped off travel trailers and tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were snapped.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-Large tree limbs and power lines blown down.
February 2003Funnel CloudWalla Walla-A funnel cloud was cited west of Walla Walla, which had sporadic movement. The base of the funnel cloud was at about 1,000 feet, with the length of the funnel around 500 to 600 feet.
March 1999Funnel CloudWalla Walla-A funnel cloud was seen southeast of Walla Walla for a few minutes during the early afternoon. A newspaper's photographer was able to capture the funnel cloud on film.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWalla Walla-no account filed
April 2012HailWalla Walla-no account filed
May 2005Funnel CloudWalla Walla-no account filed
May 2004Funnel CloudWalla Walla-no account filed
May 2000HailWalla Walla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walla Walla 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
Marcus Whitman Hotelunder 500 feet1999
Norman Francis Butler Houseunder 500 feet1992
Northern Pacific Railway Passenger Depot0.1 miles1990
US Post Office-Walla Walla Main0.1 miles1991
Walla Walla Downtown Historic District0.2 miles2021
Liberty Theater0.2 miles1993

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001986 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Walla Walla CountyAll 32 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.
  • 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.