BlockFrom the record
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Whatcom County · listed in 1974 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hovander Homestead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- Address. 5299 Neilson Rd., Ferndale, 98248
- When was it listed? October 1974
- Category. district
- Census division. Ferndale
- National Register reference number. 74001990 - 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
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Hovander Homestead between 1994 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EXIT 266 |
| 3 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 26 August 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 August 2010 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | RED RIVER |
| 21 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARINE TRACKS |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hovander Homestead: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Diatomite, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brennan Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Ferndale Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Laurel Bog Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Clarkson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Polinder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferndale, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2000: 1 lightning, 1 storm surge/tide. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2000 | Storm Surge/Tide | Ferndale | 1 hurt, $650,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Lightning | Ferndale | $3,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Eldridge Homesite and Mansion | 5.9 miles | 1983 |
 | Eldridge Avenue Historic District | 6.3 miles | 1979 |
 | George H. Bacon House | 6.5 miles | 1974 |
| Broadway Park Historic District | 6.7 miles | 2012 | |
 | Aftermath Clubhouse | 6.7 miles | 1978 |
 | Victor A. Roeder House | 6.7 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001990 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.