Built in 1938. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Grant County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1938, by Albert Harvey Funk.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bell Hotel between 1994 and 2006, burning about 5,005 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 28 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | ROCKY FORD |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bell Hotel: 18 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ds-Gt-175 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ephrata Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ephrata Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nelson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Soap Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tommer 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 Ephrata, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 2 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Lightning | Ephrata | $150,000 | A direct hit by lightning set a two-story home on Johnson Road ablaze, completely destroying the home and its contents. The family living in the home escaped without injury. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Ephrata | $100,000 | Flooding from heavy rain producing thunderstorms occurred in Ephrata during the late evening of May 17th. Basin Street, the main road through the downtown business district was flooded with 4 to 8 inches of water with first floor damage to multiple businesses in the downtown area. A portion of the ceiling in the Department of Corrections building collapsed due to standing water on the roof. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Ephrata | $40,000 | over 3 inches of rain in 3 hours dumped on Ephrata causing its downtown to flood. water was a foot deep in some area, floodng a local grocery store. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephrata | $30,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephrata | $10,000 | numerous large trees down |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Ephrata | $7,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Ephrata | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Ephrata | - | Multiple members of the public reported and photographed a small funnel cloud near Ephrata. |
| July 1998 | Hail | Ephrata | - | one inch diameter hail |
| May 1997 | Heavy Rain | Ephrata | - | 6 inches of water on streets of ephrata |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Basin Project Irrigation Division Headquarters Office | under 500 feet | 2019 | |
 | Grant County Courthouse | 0.1 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001082 in Record Group 79. |
| Grant County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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