Built in 1909 (American Craftsman). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
From the record
“The Chapel of the Transfiguration in Placer County, California, also known as Saint Nicholas Episcopal Church Outdoor Chapel, was built in 1909. It is associated with Robert Montgomery Ward and Robert Howard Watson, perhaps as builders or architects.”
Wikipedia article Chapel of the Transfiguration (Tahoe City, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 2011 · category: Building · built in 1909, American Craftsman.
National Register reference number.11000534- 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
204 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Chapel of the Transfiguration
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 24 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
Recreation and ceremony
60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
57
Natural
24
Smoking
19
Misuse of fire by a minor
13
Debris and open burning
11
Equipment and vehicle use
6
Power generation/transmission/distribution
6
Other causes
4
Arson/incendiarism
4
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Chapel of the Transfiguration: 1 unknown.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Tahoe City, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 16 heavy rain, 1 waterspout, 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.
Localized flooding was reported across eastern Placer County, especially on Blackwood and Ward Creeks, and the Truckee River. Blackwood Creek rose to its second highest level in the last 45 years.
A CO-OP Observer station (TAHC1) located at Tahoe City, CA, and a trained spotter located 1.0 mi NE of Carnelian Bay, CA, reported 24 hour rainfall totals of 1.4 inches and 0.93 inches respectively.
A CO-OP Observer in Tahoe City reported 0.83 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 27 March 0700PST to 28 March 0700PST. Observer elevation 6230 feet MSL.
Mesonet THOC1 1 mile west of Tahoe City reported 1.27 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 16 January 0837PST to 17 January 0837PST. Mesonet elevation 6772 feet MSL.
CO-OP observer at Tahoe City reported 3.07 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0700PST to 3 December 0700PST. Station elevation of 6230 ft MSL.
CO-OP Observer station TAHC1 in Tahoe City reported 1.16 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 7 December 0907PST to 8 December 0907PST at an elevation of 6230 feet MSL. 2 inches of snowfall was also reported during this time period.
Co-Op Observer in Tahoe City measured 0.77 inches of rainfall in a 24 hour period from 15 May 0600PST to 16 May 0600PST. Observer elevation 6230 feet MSL.
Rainfall amounts from the evening of May 1st through the morning of May 3rd totaled over 2.00 inches at some locations:||Ward Creek SNOTEL near Alpine Meadows, 2.80 inches; |3 miles ENE of Alpine Meadows, 2.00 inches; |3 miles east of Donner Peak, 1.99 inches; |Squaw Valley SNOTEL, 1.70 inches; and |Tahoe City, 1.22 inches.
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.
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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