Built in 1913 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
From the record
“The First Congregational Church of Riverside is a historic United Church of Christ church at 3504 Mission Inn Avenue in Riverside, California. It was designed by Myron Hunt, and built in 1913.”
Wikipedia article First Congregational Church of Riverside, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 90 National Register listings published here for Riverside County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1913, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by Myron Hunt.
National Register reference number.97000297- 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
1901 to 1983
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19011983
Fires near this property
1,308 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,308 fires within 5 miles of First Congregational Church of Riverside
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,819 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 170 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
701
Equipment and vehicle use
213
Arson/incendiarism
170
Misuse of fire by a minor
107
Smoking
60
Debris and open burning
33
Recreation and ceremony
12
Power generation/transmission/distribution
8
Railroad operations and maintenance
3
Natural
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 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
9 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
38 workings within 5 miles of First Congregational Church of Riverside: 29 past producers, 7 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Riverside, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 wildfire, 3 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind.
The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
A spotter reported lightning struck and ignited fires in two palm trees near the community college. The fires were put out. Lightning also struck the technology building on campus, knocking out power.
Heavy rain fell across Riverside County from late in the evening on February 19 through the morning on February 21. The following are the heaviest rain reports from the Inland Empire:||Inland Empire:|Norco (650'): 1.14|Prado Dam (460'): 1.06.
Very heavy rain, up to 6 tenths of an inch in just 45 minutes, fell across parts of the county. Many streets flooded and washes running, especially route 62 through Twentynine Palms. Small hail also reported along route 62 near Copper Mountain College.
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.
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.
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.
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