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Photograph of First Congregational Church of Pescadero
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First Congregational Church of Pescadero

Built in 1867 (Neoclassical architecture). 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 First Congregational Church of Pescadero, also known as the Pescadero Community Church, is a historic United Church of Christ on Stage Road, in Pescadero, California.”

Wikipedia article First Congregational Church of Pescadero, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 63 National Register listings published here for San Mateo County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1867, Neoclassical architecture.

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, 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. San Gregorio St., Pescadero, 94060
  • When was it listed? October 1980
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Half Moon Bay
  • When was it built? 1867
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80000856 - 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 First Congregational Church of Pescadero, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet covering First Congregational Church of Pescadero, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of First Congregational Church of Pescadero between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBUTANO
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRIDGEWOOD
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSERIES
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.& E.#12B
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSTAGE
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSAN GREGORIO BEACH SAN_GR
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRAGORIO
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPESCADERO CREEK RD PESCA

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of First Congregational Church of Pescadero: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Potassium. 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
Unnamed LocationGold, Silver, PotassiumProducer
Unnamed LocationGold, Potassium, SilverPast Producer
ArchibaldStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pascadero BeachGemstoneProducer
Pascadero BeachGemstonePast Producer
Pescadero QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this property

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pescadero, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 9 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 debris flow. 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
February 1998Flash FloodPescadero$200,000no account filed
January 2010FloodPescadero$20,000Rescuers pulled six people out of cars that stalled in 3-foot water in Pescadero.
February 2009FloodPescadero$8,000Pescadero Creek Road flooded stranding two vehicles from many hours.
December 2012Flash FloodPescadero$500The water level on the Pescadero Creek at Pescadero gauge reached 14.56 feet. Flooding begins at this location at levels above 12.0 feet. This is the peak level of the flash flood event.
December 2012Flash FloodPescadero$500The water level on the Pescadero Creek at Pescadero gauge reached 13.23 feet. At this location, flooding occurs with levels above 12.0 feet.
December 2012Flash FloodPescadero$500The water level on the Pescadero Creek at Pescadero gauge reached 14.47 feet. Minor flooding begins at levels above 12.0 feet at this location.
December 2012Flash FloodPescadero$500Levels at the gauge on Pescadero Creek near Pescadero reached 12.86 feet. Minor flooding on the Creek at this location will begin with levels above 12.0 feet.
February 2017Debris FlowPescadero-Debris flow blocking part of roadway near Cloverdale Rd and Pescadero Creek Rd.
February 2017Flash FloodPescadero-Stream gauge on the Pescadero River near Pescadero exceeded flood stage between 7 pm on February 20 and 12:30 am on February 21.
February 1998Flash FloodPescadero-Pescadero Creek
February 1998Flash FloodPescadero-Pescadero Creek
February 2000Flash FloodPescadero-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

3 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
Methodist Episcopal Church of Pescadero0.2 miles1982
San Gregorio House5.0 miles1977
Pigeon Point Lighthouse5.0 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000856 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.