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Photograph of First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“The First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building is a historic church building at 2001 Santa Clara Avenue in Alameda, California. It was built in 1904, and was added to the National Register in 1980.”

Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 160 National Register listings published here for Alameda County · listed in 1980 · 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. 2001 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, 94501
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Alameda
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80000792 - 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

1895 to 1993

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet covering First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

301 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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/undetermined211
Arson/incendiarism39
Smoking20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSanta Clara UnitSMALL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unitnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Building: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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
AlumSulfur, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Kaiser Industries CorpClayProducer
LeonaSulfur, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Leona HeightsCopper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1891
AlmaSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverOccurrence1892
AlmaCopper, SulfurPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
AlumSulfur-Pyrite, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Leona QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Ada Sand and Gravel Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Alameda County

Storms near this property

18 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alameda, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 16 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
November 2024FloodAlameda$10Roadway flooding reported on I-880 near Market Street offramp.
January 2026FloodAlameda-One foot of water was reported on the offramp from westbound Interstate 980 to Jackson Street.
February 2025FloodAlameda-Around 6 inches of water covered the entire exit lane on the offramp from northbound Interstate 880 to Broadway.
December 2025FloodAlameda-Flooding was reported on northbound Interstate 880 around a half mile south of 5th Street.
November 2025FloodAlameda-Roadway flooding was reported in multiple locations in downtown Oakland, including the Jackson St onramp to northbound Interstate 880, the transition between northbound Interstate 880 to Interstate 980, and the transition between westbound Interstate 580 to eastbound California Highway 24.
November 2024Heavy RainAlameda-The Oakland Museum COOP station recorded a new daily record rainfall of 2.46 inches for November 22.
December 2024FloodAlameda-Floodwaters 3 inches deep along northbound Interstate 880 at Broadway.
December 2022Heavy RainAlameda-Oakland site had its wettest day on record (since 1970) with 4.75, beating out the previous record set back on 1/4/1982 by just 0.01||This day was 36% of Decembers rainfall at this site.
December 2021FloodAlameda-Heavy rain led to 1 ft of standing water in the roadway.
January 2020FloodAlameda-Roadway flooding at I-880 N and Broadway off ramp.
January 2019FloodAlameda-Flooding across off ramp of I800 N.
February 2019FloodAlameda-Flooding on on ramp of I880 S and 7th St, 3 to 4 feet of water.
February 2019FloodAlameda-Roadway flooding at NB 880 at Broadway.
December 2019FloodAlameda-Hwy 880 just south of Market St off ramp, lanes 3 and 4 flooded.
November 2019FloodAlameda-Roadway flooding on WB Hwy 980 on Jackson St off ramp.
February 2017FloodAlameda-I880 and 5th st on ramp flooded.
February 2015FloodAlameda-Roadway flooding on Westbound Interstate 980 at Southbound Interstate 880.
October 2009FloodAlameda-Flooding occurred along Interstate 880 near the intersection of Interstate 980.

Every storm recorded in Alameda County

Maps showing this location

17 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
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Alameda0.1 miles2023
St. Joseph's Basilica0.3 miles1978
Alameda High School0.4 miles1977
Alameda City Hall0.4 miles1980
Alameda Veterans' Memorial Building0.5 miles2007
Alameda Free Library0.5 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000792 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Alameda CountyAll 160 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.