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One of 21 National Register listings published here for San Juan County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1906.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
San Juan County Courthouse
Built in 1906. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 350 N. Court St., Friday Harbor, 98250
- When was it listed? April 1984
- Category. building
- Census division. San Juan Island
- When was it built? 1906
- National Register reference number. 84003603 - 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
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of San Juan County Courthouse between 1992 and 2018, burning about 48 acres in total. None 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 | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JACKSON |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TERRACE |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BIG ROCK SJI |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BEACHEM |
| 6 August 2002 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Fireworks | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 31 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SUNDSTROM |
| 3 August 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of San Juan County Courthouse: 9 past producers, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday Harbor Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lopez Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed [Ot | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Biendle Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Cliff Island Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Crane Island Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Eureka Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Hannah Area Outcrop A | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Hannah Area Outcrop B | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friday Harbor, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Friday Harbor | $10,000 | The rain culminated in a rushing torrent of water down the sidewalks and pooling on First Street. Cars were up to their bumpers in water, and about five inches of rain water pooled in Kings Market, which had to close temporarily in order to remove the water. |
| December 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Friday Harbor | - | An unconfirmed funnel cloud lasting less than a minute was spotted on the west side of San Juan Island. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American and English Camps, San Juan Island | 2.8 miles | 1966 | |
| Tharald Homestead | 3.0 miles | 2002 | |
 | Little Red Schoolhouse | 3.6 miles | 1973 |
 | San Juan Island National Historic Site | 4.8 miles | 1966 |
 | Orcas Hotel | 5.5 miles | 1982 |
| San Juan Lime Company-Cowell's | 6.1 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84003603 in Record Group 79. |
| San Juan County | All 21 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.