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Photograph of Manchester Schoolhouse
Photograph by Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Manchester Schoolhouse

Built in 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.

From the record

“The Manchester Schoolhouse, at 19750 California State Route 1 in Manchester, California, was built in 1907, the year after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”

Wikipedia article Manchester Schoolhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Mendocino County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1907.

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. 19750 CA 1, Manchester, 95459
  • When was it listed? June 1979
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Point Arena
  • When was it built? 1907
  • National Register reference number. 79000499 - 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Manchester Schoolhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyPT.ARENA
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitWINDY
7 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyWNDY
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictWINDY
29 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMendocino UnitWINDY
28 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMendocino UnitBIA #9
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California AgencyBIA #25
2 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthern California DistrictMINER

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Manchester Schoolhouse: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ellison Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia Creek Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garcia River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this property

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manchester, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2023: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023FloodManchester-Highway 1 closed due to flooding on the Garcia River.

Every storm recorded in Mendocino County

Maps showing this location

9 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Point Arena Rancheria Roundhouse1.8 miles1990
Point Arena Light Station3.0 miles1991
E. P. and Clara Gillmore House3.4 miles1990
Point Arena High School3.7 miles1990
LeGrand Morse House3.7 miles1990
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church3.7 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000499 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Mendocino 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.