BlockFrom the record
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Newcastle Portuguese Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Taylor Rd., Newcastle, 95658
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Rocklin
- National Register reference number. 82002225 - 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
1,113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,113 fires within 5 miles of Newcastle Portuguese Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,237 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 45 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 | 438 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 378 |
| Debris and open burning | 153 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GERRY |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | EDGEWOOD |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | TUDSBURY |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | SHAWNEE |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | LINE |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | NEWCASTLE |
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | VERNON |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 212 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 212 workings within 5 miles of Newcastle Portuguese Hall: 88 past producers, 69 unknowns, 43 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Bismuth, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Alabama-California Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Arsenic, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Chicago | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Davenport Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Eclipse Consolidated | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Gold Blossom | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Golden Stag | Gold, Silver, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Molybdenite | |
| Hathaway | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite | |
| Highway Forty Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Loomis Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this property
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcastle, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Lightning | Newcastle | $90,000 | A lightning strike resulted in a mobile home fire around 6:15 pm PDT on Nob Hill Drive in the Castle City Mobile Home Park. The mobile home was destroyed. There were no injuries. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newcastle | $20,000 | A mobile home in Newcastle had the outer roof and carport ripped off around 2:13 pm PST, with little other damage to neighboring home except for some tree branches. The damage was determined to due to straight line winds from a microburst. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Newcastle | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding due to creek overflow from heavy rain. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Newcastle | - | California Highway Patrol reported 2 lanes flooded on Interstate 80 West just West of Newcastle Road due to heavy rain. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Newcastle | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding from heavy rain at Newcastle Road and Castle Oaks Court. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Newcastle | - | Placer County Sheriff reported a large boulder and small mudslide in the roadway on Taylor Road near Highway 193. |
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Newcastle | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
12 surveysUnited 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.
- 1891 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1893 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Rocklin quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Rocklin quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Griffith House | 2.0 miles | 1978 |
 | Griffith Quarry | 2.0 miles | 1977 |
 | Auburn Fire House No. 2 | 3.7 miles | 2011 |
| Old Auburn Historic District | 3.7 miles | 1970 | |
| Placer County Administrative Center | 3.9 miles | 2025 | |
 | Oddfellows Hall | 3.9 miles | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002225 in Record Group 79. |
| Placer County | All 35 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.