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Creaser Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Creaser Hotel, also known as the Jane Cody Residence , is a hotel and residence in Republic, Washington and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was built in 1897 by Phil Creaser, who located the Republic and Jim Blaine mines.”

Wikipedia article Creaser Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Ferry County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 664 Church Ln., Republic, 99166
  • When was it listed? April 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Republic
  • National Register reference number. 82004211 - 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Creaser Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 68 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
Natural68
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBUMP ROAD
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGIBRALTAR TWO
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersGIBRALTAR
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersCOLD KNOB HILL
30 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSpokane DistrictREPUBLIC
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPOINT REPUBLIC
24 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersOLD GOLD RUN

Every fire recorded in Ferry County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 149 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 149 workings within 5 miles of Creaser Hotel: 66 occurrences, 39 past producers, 20 prospects, 19 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
CaliforniaCopper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Flag HillGold, Selenium, SilverPast Producer
Knob Hill MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Selenium, Tellurium, ArsenicProducer1904
Last ChanceGold, Silver, AntimonyProducerPyrite, Tetrahedrite
New Republic MineGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
RepublicBrick ClayPast ProducerClay
RepublicGold, Silver, SeleniumPast ProducerVein
RepublicSilver, Selenium, GoldOccurrenceGold
RepublicGold, Silver, Selenium, Copper, Zinc, AntimonyProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Weisman -Mc-GillisStone, DimensionProspectSandstone

Every working recorded in Ferry County

Storms near this property

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Republic, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 lightning. 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
May 1998Flash FloodRepublic$3,500,0005-6 inches of rain overnight. Highways washed out in and around Republic
March 2012FloodRepublic$100,000About a dozen basements flooded in and around Republic and in the Curlew Lake area. Several roads had some washout damage, including Fishermans Cove Road, which was impassable. Large rocks were also reported on Highway 21 south of Republic.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRepublic$50,000An observer in Republic reported a power outage with trees on houses in Republic. Time of event was estimated from radar.
August 1997LightningRepublic$20,00010 head of cattle were killed by lightning
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRepublic$5,000The county highway department reported travel restrictions along Highway 20 due to toppled trees and downed power lines west of Republic. A second report from a member of the public indicated about 100 trees toppled at and near this location from thunderstorm winds. Time of event estimated from radar.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRepublic$5,000Numerous large trees and power lines were blown down in and around Republic between 4 PM and 430 PM. Trees fell on a houses and blocked Highway 20 for a period of time.
June 1998Flash FloodRepublic$5,000heavy rain flooded basement of library
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRepublic$5,000Newspaper reported 80 mph wind. Trees down (aprox. 20) and power outages
May 2024LightningRepublic$1,000Observer reported out building structure fire caused by lightning strike.
February 2015Debris FlowRepublic-Heavy rain produced a mudslide on SR-21 at milepost marker 158 which partially blocked the road. A tractor was able to clear the slide and reopen the lane by 8 AM. Rainfall amounts in the area ranged from .40 to .60 up to the time the slide occurred.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRepublic-A woman was killed by a falling tree while camping along Trout Creek.
July 1997HailRepublic-Newspaper reported 3/4 inch hail. Power outages on west side of town
June 2004HailRepublic-no account filed
June 2004Flash FloodRepublic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ferry 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

3 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
Ferry County Courthouseunder 500 feet2018
Jesse W. & Elizabeth Slagle House0.2 miles2011
Fairweather-Trevitt House4.3 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82004211 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ferry CountyAll 12 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.