Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
One of 52 National Register listings published here for Snohomish County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Swalwell Cottage between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | KAPOWSIN SWAMP |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 93RD DRIVE |
| 17 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPENCER ISLAND |
| 27 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 July 2014 | Fireworks | 16 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SKIPLEY BOG |
| 28 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MARINE 14 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Swalwell Cottage: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Everett Smelter Slag Dump | Iron, Silica | Plant | ||
| Associated Sand and Gravel Co Inc | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Twitchell Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Clayburn Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Everett Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lowell | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lowell Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| N Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Ne Everett | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Everett Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Everett, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 lightning, 2 funnel cloud, 1 debris flow, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2012 | Debris Flow | Everett | $50,000 | Seven freight cars were knocked off the tracks by a mudslide near Everett. |
| September 2005 | Lightning | Everett | $2,000 | A lightning strike blew a small hole in a house and damaged some electrical outlets. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Everett | - | Heavy rain caused a Flash Flood in Marysville, washing out Heineck Farms. |
| April 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Everett | - | A funnel cloud was spotted between Marysville and Everett. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Everett | - | Lightning struck the roof of a county courthouse complex, damaging parts of computers and the counties telephone network. Lightning also struck transformers on three power poles. |
| April 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Everett | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swalwell Block and Adjoining Commercial Buildings | 0.1 miles | 1976 | |
 | McCabe Building | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
 | Everett Fire Station No. 2 | 0.5 miles | 1990 |
 | Everett Carnegie Library | 0.6 miles | 1975 |
 | Hewitt Avenue Historic District | 0.6 miles | 2010 |
 | Commerce Building | 0.6 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78002773 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Snohomish County | All 52 listed properties in this county. |
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