Built in 1910. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
One of 33 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1910.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of O. K. Palmer House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | B & D |
| 14 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BROCKWAY |
| 13 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PROFFITT RD |
| 1 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | SPINDLE WOOD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of O. K. Palmer House: 11 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lund | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gillingham Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bernobich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hanaford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shorey Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sunbird Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chehalis, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2013 | Lightning | Chehalis | 1 hurt | A 59 year old motorcycle driver was injured when he was struck by lightning while driving on Interstate-5. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pennsylvania Avenue-West Side Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1991 |
 | Chehalis Downtown Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1997 |
| Burlington Northern Depot | 0.3 miles | 1974 | |
 | St. Helens Hotel | 0.4 miles | 1991 |
 | Lewis County Courthouse | 0.5 miles | 2014 |
 | US Post Office-Chehalis Main | 0.5 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001067 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lewis County | All 33 listed properties in this county. |
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