St. Louis Catholic Church

Built in 1854 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.

From the record

“Louis Catholic Church is a historic church in La Grange, California, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”
Wikipedia article St. Louis Catholic Church (La Grange, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Stanislaus County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1854, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Address. La Grange Rd. and Floto St., La Grange, 95329
When was it listed? August 1979
Category. building
Also known as. La Grange MRA
Census division. Hughson
When was it built? 1854
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 79003460 - 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of St. Louis Catholic Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,204 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined	132
Equipment and vehicle use	75
Arson/incendiarism	25
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Debris and open burning	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	3

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 1999	Natural	under an acre	Central California District	LIGHTNING 19
8 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit	YOSEMITE
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit	HOOVER
5 September 2008	Power generation/transmission/distribution	30 acres	Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit	LAKE
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit	HWY 132 STANISLAUS_COUN
30 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	RIVER
30 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit	DAWSON LAKE
29 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit	HOUSEBOAT YARD

Every fire recorded in Stanislaus County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of St. Louis Catholic Church: 8 producers, 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chepraco	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Kraftile Clay Deposit	Clay	Occurrence
La Grange	Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium	Producer	Stream Placer
La Grange District	Gold, Silver, Platinum	Producer	1850
La Grange Dredge No 4	Gold, Osmium, Platinum, Silver	Past Producer
Mitchell	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Mitchell	Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Prospect
Oak Hill	Copper, Silver, Gold	Past Producer	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Crooker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
La Grange Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Stanislaus 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.

1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
1915 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000
1919 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
1944 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1962 USGS Merced Falls quadrangle1:62500
1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Odd Fellows Hall	under 500 feet	1979
Kingen Hotel	under 500 feet	1979
Old La Grange Schoolhouse	under 500 feet	1979
Stage Stop	under 500 feet	1979
Louie's Place	under 500 feet	1979
Shell Gas Station	under 500 feet	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 79003460 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Stanislaus County	All 24 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.