Built in 1892 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
One of 39 National Register listings published here for Whitman County · listed in 1993 · category: Building · built in 1892, Romanesque Revival architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oakesdale City Hall: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dept of Highways | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fish Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Murphy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Oakesdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakesdale, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 flood, 3 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakesdale | $175,000 | Thunderstorm winds moved North from Oakesdale WA to Rockford WA. A weather station clocked gusts to 60 mph. It damaged or knocked down power lines and over 100 trees. It caused power outages around 3200 customers. |
| February 2000 | Flood | Oakesdale | $50,000 | no account filed |
| January 2007 | Flood | Oakesdale | $20,000 | no account filed |
| February 2025 | Flood | Oakesdale | $10,000 | Overflowing creek in town led to flooding of several homes with water near 6 inches deep. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Oakesdale | - | A spotter reported 1 inch size hail from a thunderstorm moving through the area. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Oakesdale | - | Observers reported 1 inch hail near Oakesdale and Tekoa, WA. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakesdale | - | Broadcast media posted a photograph of a downed tree via twitter that occurred in Oakesdale, WA. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Oakesdale | - | Location: on WA Hwy 27 |
| January 2006 | Flood | Oakesdale | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Flood | Oakesdale | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | J. C. Barron Flour Mill | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Edwin H. Hanford House | 0.8 miles | 1986 |
| Tekoa Grain Company Elevator & Flathouse | 7.9 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000360 in Record Group 79. |
| Whitman County | All 39 listed properties in this county. |
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