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One of 32 National Register listings published here for Walla Walla County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1879.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Small-Elliott House
Built in 1879. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 314 E. Poplar St., Walla Walla, 99362
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Walla Walla-College Place
- When was it built? 1879
- National Register reference number. 82004304 - 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
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Small-Elliott House: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walla Walla Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dell Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jones-Scott Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mill Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed 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
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walla Walla, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1999 and 2017: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2001 | Lightning | Walla Walla | $25,000 | no account filed |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $20,000 | A severe thunderstorm with winds gusting to 58 mph knocked down trees and caused power outages to over 3500 customers in Walla Walla. One large tree fell onto an unoccupied car and caused major damage. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Walla Walla | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Heavy Rain | Walla Walla | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $2,000 | Winds from a dissipating thunderstorm broke tree limbs 8 to 10 inches in diameter, damaged the roof of a camper, and broke a window. Very little rain fell from this storm. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | $1,000 | Power lines down due to strong wind gust at Pioneer Park in Walla Walla. Damage amount estimated. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Walla Walla. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Roof damage reported in the city of Walla Walla. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | A 60 mph wind gust estimated by the public. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Awnings were ripped off travel trailers and tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were snapped. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | Large tree limbs and power lines blown down. |
| February 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | A funnel cloud was cited west of Walla Walla, which had sporadic movement. The base of the funnel cloud was at about 1,000 feet, with the length of the funnel around 500 to 600 feet. |
| March 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | A funnel cloud was seen southeast of Walla Walla for a few minutes during the early afternoon. A newspaper's photographer was able to capture the funnel cloud on film. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Walla Walla | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Walla Walla | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Walla Walla Public Library | under 500 feet | 1974 |
 | YMCA Building-Walla Walla | 0.2 miles | 2015 |
 | George Ludwigs House | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Memorial Building, Whitman College | 0.3 miles | 1974 |
 | Liberty Theater | 0.3 miles | 1993 |
 | Osterman House | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004304 in Record Group 79. |
| Walla Walla County | All 32 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.