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Photograph of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Photograph by Hustvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1881

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1881 is a historical church building in Longmont, Colorado. Also known to be middle of Longmont, Colorado back when it started to develop.”

Wikipedia article St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Longmont, Colorado), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 92 National Register listings published here for Boulder County · listed in 1975 · 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. 470 Main St., Longmont, 80501
  • When was it listed? February 1975
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Longmont
  • National Register reference number. 75000501 - 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1881 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,300 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined266
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking9
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMountain View Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
8 September 2018Smokingunder an acreLongmont Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLONGMONT
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersLONGMONT
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoulder Fire Rescue DepartmentUNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1881: 9 producers, 6 occurrences, 4 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Button R DamFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Lefthand Creek PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Longmont Brick & Tile Co.ClayProducerSedimentary
Longmont PlantClayProducer
Frontier Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Longmont PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MarlattSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
MarnetteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boulder County

Storms near this property

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Longmont, the town this property stands in, in 77 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 61 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000LightningLongmont2 hurtLightning struck near two golfers at Ute Creek Golf Course, knocking them to the ground. The men received minor injures.
September 1996LightningWest Longmont$7,000no account filed
August 2009LightningLongmont$5,000Lightning struck and killed a 2-yr old horse at Colorado Horse Rescue's Longmont farm.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLongmont-Intense thunderstorms winds knocked down several power poles in Longmont.
July 1997LightningLongmont-Lightning struck a fertilizer warehouse. Approximately one third of the structure was damaged.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLongmont-Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines which caused a 30 minute power outage.
June 1997HailLongmont-Heavy rain and hail caused widespread street flooding in Longmont. Standing water was 2 feet deep in spots.
July 2024HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2023HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2020HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2019HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2018HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2015HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2015HailLongmont-no account filed
March 2014Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed
June 2013HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2013HailLongmont-no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
July 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
August 2009HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2008HailLongmont-no account filed
April 2007HailLongmont-no account filed
April 2007HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
May 2005HailLongmont-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLongmont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boulder County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

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
Longmont Fire Department0.1 miles1985
Downtown Longmont Historic District0.1 miles2017
Longmont Carnegie Library0.1 miles1992
East Side Historic District0.2 miles1986
Dickens Opera House0.2 miles1987
T. M. Callahan House0.3 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75000501 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Boulder CountyAll 92 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.