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Photograph of Community United Methodist Church
Photograph by Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“The Community United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist Church in Half Moon Bay, California. Originally the Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay, it was built in 1872 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Community United Methodist Church (Half Moon Bay, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 777 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay, 94019
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Half Moon Bay
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 80000854 - 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 1997

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

99 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay between 1994 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSCARPER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPILARCITOS
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitMADRONA AV EL_GRANADA
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCORAL REEF AV EL_GRANADA
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSAN MATEO
11 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMIRAMAR 2-1
10 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBUNKER
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHIGGINS

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
MiguelGraniteProducer
MiguelStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pilarcitos Quarry and Plant No. 138Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
VasquezStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HilltopCalciumProducer
HilltopCalciumPast Producer
Skyline QuarryCalciumProducer
Skyline QuarryCalciumPast Producer
CanadaStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
CanadaStone, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this property

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Half Moon Bay, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2017HailHalf Moon Bay$10Spotter reported pea sized hail in Half Moon Bay. Other reports around San Mateo county as well.
February 1998Tornado (F0)Half Moon Bay-Weak tornado ripped up some trees. Appears it began as a waterspout and moved on shore.
April 2017HailHalf Moon Bay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Mateo County

Maps showing this location

19 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
William Adam Simmons Houseunder 500 feet1992
Pilarcitos Creek Bridge0.4 miles2014
James Johnston House0.9 miles1973
Robert Mills Dairy Barn2.2 miles1990
Princeton Hotel4.3 miles1979
Bourn-Roth Estate5.7 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000854 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
San Mateo CountyAll 63 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.