BlockFrom the record
One of 32 National Register listings published here for Tuolumne County · listed in 1995 · category: Building · built in 1851.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Watts & Tannahill Company Store
Built in 1851. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 18761 Main St. (CA 120), Groveland, 95321
- When was it listed? March 1995
- Category. building
- Census division. Groveland
- When was it built? 1851
- National Register reference number. 95000265 - 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
1893 to 2001The ground this property stands on, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
314 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Watts & Tannahill Company Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,159 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 27 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 | 111 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PML AIRPORT GROVELAND |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 134 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | LIGHTNING 26 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#26 |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | PROVOST |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Central California District | MARSHES |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central California District | RAILROAD |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | PRIEST #3 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 157 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 157 workings within 5 miles of Watts & Tannahill Company Store: 55 past producers, 49 occurrences, 19 prospects, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Property | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Big Oak Flat No. 1 | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Duleek Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| La Guria | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Mary Ellen | Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite | |
| Pine Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Reported Occurance | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Group | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Groveland-Moccasin-Jacksonville | Gold, Silver | Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveland, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2017: 2 heavy rain, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2005 | Hail | Groveland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Groveland | - | A photo on Twitter showed large hail in Groveland, estimated to be 1.25 in diameter. |
| July 2015 | Heavy Rain | Groveland | - | Tuolumne Public Works reported a culvert under Evergreen road at the Peach Growers Campground that got overwhelmed by the intensity of rainfall from a thunderstorm. |
| January 2000 | Heavy Rain | Groveland | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
13 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000 - 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Tuolumne quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Groveland quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Groveland Hotel | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Hotel Charlotte | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Gamble Building and Miner's Bean Kettle | 1.9 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000265 in Record Group 79. |
| Tuolumne County | All 32 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.