BlockFrom the record
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Whatcom County · listed in 1979 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Eldridge Avenue Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- Address. Eldridge Ave. and environs, Bellingham, 98225
- When was it listed? July 1979
- Category. district
- Census division. Bellingham
- National Register reference number. 79002566 - 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
72 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Eldridge Avenue Historic District between 1993 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 3 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CALIFORNIA STREET MAPLE |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BLACKBERRY YARD |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | COTTONWOOD |
| 2 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STUART RD |
| 15 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CORNWALL BEACH |
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 Eldridge Avenue Historic District: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Flagstone, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuckanut Bay Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Grandview | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Olivine Mill | Magnesite | Past Producer | ||
| Griffin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bellingham, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 1 waterspout, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | South Bellingham | - | A record rainfall of 1.58 inches was set at Bellingham Airport on October 24th, breaking the old record of 0.9 set in 2001. |
| October 1997 | Waterspout | Bellingham | - | A brief waterspout was observed by a spotter, it came onshore and quickly dissipated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | George H. Bacon House | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
 | Eldridge Homesite and Mansion | 0.4 miles | 1983 |
 | Aftermath Clubhouse | 0.5 miles | 1978 |
 | Immanuel School of Industries-Department of Public Welfare | 0.5 miles | 2003 |
 | Lottie Roth Block | 0.6 miles | 1978 |
| Cissna Cottages Historic District | 0.7 miles | 2010 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002566 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.