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One of 75 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1909.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hans Swanson House
Built in 1909. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Swanson, Hans, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Swansonville Rd., Port Ludlow, 98365
- When was it listed? July 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Eastern Jefferson County MRA
- Census division. Oak Bay-Port Ludlow
- When was it built? 1909
- National Register reference number. 83003335 - 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
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hans Swanson House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | HWY 19 |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | DIRTY SISTER |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hans Swanson House: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Mats Quarry and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Shine 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 | ||
| Zellerbach | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Port Ludlow, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Lightning | Port Ludlow | $9,000 | Lightning strike cause minor damage to computers that are used to operate the Hood Canal Bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Christian Congregation Church of Port Ludlow | 0.3 miles | 2021 |
 | Hanna Rover House | 3.9 miles | 1983 |
| Chimacum Post Office | 5.8 miles | 1983 | |
| Senator William Bishop House and Office | 5.8 miles | 1984 | |
| Van Trojen House | 6.3 miles | 1984 | |
| Nelson House | 6.7 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003335 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 75 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.