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Photograph of Raymond Theatre
Photograph by Steven Pavlov, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Raymond Theater

Built in 1928 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

From the record

“The Raymond Theatre is located in Raymond, Washington. Basil with 360 seats and a Hope-Jones Wurlitzer theater organ.”

Wikipedia article Raymond Theatre, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Pacific County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1928, Renaissance Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 325 N. Third St., Raymond, 98577
  • When was it listed? May 1991
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Raymond
  • When was it built? 1928
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 91000540 - 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Raymond Theater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1999Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersA 100
4 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersPATRICK FIRE
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
29 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWARD CREEK
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Pacific County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Raymond Theater: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
D-4 QuarryStonePast Producer
South BendClayPast Producer
Willapa No. 2ClayOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Pit Ing CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of South Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Johnson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
N. Willapa River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Bend QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pacific County

Storms near this property

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2012: 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2012FloodRaymond-Heavy rain caused the Willapa River near Willapa to overflow its banks and flood low lying areas. The Willapa River crested at 23.9 feet on November 19th at 9 pm PST, 2.9 feet above flood stage.
January 2009Heavy RainRaymond-Heavy rain resulted the closure of highway 6 outside of Raymond due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Pacific County

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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
US Post Office-Raymond Mainunder 500 feet1991
Raymond Public Library0.5 miles1979
Russell House3.0 miles1977
Lumber Exchange Building4.1 miles1988
Pacific County Courthouse4.2 miles1977
South Bend Carnegie Public Library4.2 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 91000540 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pacific CountyAll 20 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.