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One of 73 National Register listings published here for Yakima County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Alexander McAllister House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. McAllister, Alexander, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 402 W. White St., Union Gap, 98903
- When was it listed? October 1990
- Category. building
- Census division. Yakima
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
- National Register reference number. 90001603 - 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
100 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Alexander McAllister House between 1995 and 2020, burning about 10,903 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 42ND & MCCULLOUGH RD |
| 19 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 191 acres | Yakama Agency | FRUIT STAND |
| 15 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Yakama Agency | PARKER BRIDGE |
| 13 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Yakama Agency | 81 N. TRACK |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Yakama Agency | 431 YAKIMA STREET |
| 1 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Yakama Agency | AHTANUM RG |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 2,165 acres | Spokane District | KONNOWAC PASS |
| 5 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Yakama Agency | DESTINY LN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Alexander McAllister House: 22 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs No. 3 | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Kaiser | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Union Gap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yakima | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Zirkle Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Calvert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Meyers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Newland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Union Gap Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed It | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Gap, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Gap | - | Numerous trees down. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Union Gap | - | The river gage at Parker crested 1.3 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Union Gap | - | Brief landspout tornado moved west along south slope of Ahtanum Ridge. Observed by trained spotter driving school bus. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elizabeth Loudon Carmichael House | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | LaFramboise Farmstead | 3.1 miles | 1985 |
 | O.J. Gendron Ranch | 3.1 miles | 2005 |
 | Daniel Goodman House | 3.2 miles | 1992 |
| O.J. Gendron Ranch | 3.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Edward B. Moore House | 3.5 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001603 in Record Group 79. |
| Yakima County | All 73 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.