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One of 39 National Register listings published here for Whitman County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
R. C. McCroskey House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. McCroskey, R. C., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 4th and Manring Sts., Garfield, 99130
- When was it listed? November 1974
- Category. building
- Census division. Garfield-Oakesdale
- National Register reference number. 74001992 - 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
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of R. C. McCroskey House: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladow Butte | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Garfield | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Garfield | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Garfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garfield, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garfield | $40,000 | A school roof and apartment roof damaged, 3 storage buildings destored |
| February 2025 | Flood | Garfield | $2,000 | Flooding occurred in town of Garfield with water up to homes. |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masonic Hall | 7.0 miles | 1987 | |
 | Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | 7.5 miles | 2005 |
| Palouse Main Street Historic District | 7.8 miles | 1986 | |
| F Street Bridge | 7.9 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001992 in Record Group 79. |
| Whitman County | All 39 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.