Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
From the record
“The Opera House and IOOF Lodge in Colville, Washington, also known as Colville Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall, served historically as a meeting hall and theater. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 as "Opera House and IOOF Lodge".”
Wikipedia article Colville Opera House and Odd Fellows Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Stevens County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.97000319- 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
175 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Opera House and I. O. O. F. Lodge
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 592 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 7 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
54
Natural
36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
24
Recreation and ceremony
23
Power generation/transmission/distribution
11
Arson/incendiarism
7
Equipment and vehicle use
6
Misuse of fire by a minor
5
Fireworks
4
Other causes
2
Smoking
2
Railroad operations and maintenance
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
9 September 2017
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
ROCKY RESPONSE
8 September 1999
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
7 September 2008
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
BURNING COLE
5 September 1995
Natural
1.0 acres
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
4 September 1995
Natural
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
3 September 2009
Power generation/transmission/distribution
8.8 acres
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
ORIN FRIED RICE
27 September 1999
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
26 September 2012
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
20 workings within 5 miles of Opera House and I. O. O. F. Lodge: 10 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences.
3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Colville, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flash 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.
An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville. Numerous people were stranded at Flodelle Campground due to the fallen trees. Time was based off radar.
An emergency manager reported multiple trees and power lines down along highway 20 east of Colville, WA. Highway 20 closed from milepost 360 at Artman Gibson Road to milepost 379 at Beaver Lodge. It was reported that 5 to 6 homes were damaged by toppled trees.
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.
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.
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