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Photograph of Grace Episcopal Church
Photograph by Mrwrite, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Grace Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“The San Lorenzo Valley Museum is a pair of galleries and education centers created by the San Lorenzo Valley Historical Society "to preserve and share the history of the San Lorenzo Valley". Founded in March 1976, it operates as a nonprofit educational institution.”

Wikipedia article San Lorenzo Valley Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Santa Cruz County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.

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. 12547 CA 9, Boulder Creek, 95006
  • When was it listed? December 2006
  • Category. building
  • Census division. San Lorenzo Valley
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 06001158 - 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.

Then and now

1902 to 1998

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Grace Episcopal Church, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet covering Grace Episcopal Church, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

398 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Grace Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,540 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined160
Equipment and vehicle use109
Debris and open burning34
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Recreation and ceremony24
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Other causes1

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 2013Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCREEKSIDE AV ZAYANTE
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitMARTIN
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitEMPIRE GRADE
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK #3
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK NUMBER 2
8 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLAKE
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitUPPER
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitQUAIL HOLLOW

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grace Episcopal Church: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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
Central Supply CoFlagstoneUnknown
Quail HollowSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Holmes Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Ixl QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this property

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulder Creek, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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
February 2019Debris FlowBoulder Creek-Slide covering part of 236 roadway near mile marker 7.35.
October 2004HailBoulder Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

5 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
Phillipshurst-Riverwood1.6 miles1983
Wee Kirk2.5 miles2017
Felton Presbyterian Church5.1 miles1978
Felton Covered Bridge5.2 miles1973
Hiram D. Scott House7.3 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06001158 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Santa Cruz CountyAll 42 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.