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Photograph of Inez Johnson Lewis School
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Inez Johnson Lewis School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Inez Johnson Lewis School, also known as Lewis-Palmer School District #38 Administration Building, is a building in Monument, Colorado. It was designed by architects MacLaren & Hetherington of Colorado Springs and was built in 1920.”

Wikipedia article Inez Johnson Lewis School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 98 National Register listings published here for El Paso County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Lewis, Inez Johnson, School - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 146 Jefferson St., Monument, 80132
  • When was it listed? November 1988
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Monument
  • National Register reference number. 88002306 - 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

242 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Inez Johnson Lewis School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined157
Recreation and ceremony25
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking7
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2007Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMT HERMAN RD
8 September 2006Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMONUMENT ROCK
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestMT HERMAN
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
29 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTri Lakes Monument Fire Rescue AuthorityUNKNOWN
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado Springs Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLarkspur Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
22 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest320 A

Every fire recorded in El Paso County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Inez Johnson Lewis School: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Higginson PitGranitePast Producer
Sand and GravelStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel
Husted PitClayProducer
Moore PropertyClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this property

60 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monument, the town this property stands in, in 122 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 92 hail, 15 heavy rain, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 1 injury. 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 1997LightningMonument1 killedA 39-year-old man was struck and serious burned by a lightning bolt in a small open field in Monument. He was transported to a Denver hospital for treatment, but died the next day.
August 2003LightningMonument1 killedno account filed
July 2003LightningMonument1 hurtno account filed
July 2000LightningMonument$5,000Lightning struck a residence and caused a small fire on the roof and into the attic. The smoke and water damage was contained to the attic and roof.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 1.23 inches of rain that fell since 8am.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.18 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.12 inches of rain that fell.
May 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.07 inches of rain that fell.
July 2023HailMonument-Public reported to media, then to NWS Pueblo.
June 2023HailMonument-Reported from the public via Mping.
June 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 3.00 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailMonument-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023HailMonument-Trained spotter reported.
June 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 1.14 inches of rain reported.
June 2023HailMonument-Reported by the public.
June 2023Heavy RainMonument-There was 1.98 inches of rain that fell within two hours.
June 2023HailMonument-Reported by the public.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMonument-At Lewis-Palmer high school.
July 2021Flash FloodMonument-Streets were flooded, and vehicles were stranded.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.33 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.81 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.29 inches.
July 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 1.80 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.27 inches.
August 2021Heavy RainMonument-Heavy rainfall of 2.25 inches.
June 2020HailMonument-Large hail, 1 inch.
June 2020HailMonument-Trained spotter report of 1 inch hail.
July 2019HailMonument-CoCoRaHS observer reported half dollar size hail.
July 2019HailMonument-Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail north of Monument.
July 2019HailMonument-Public reported ping pong ball size via social media.
July 2019HailMonument-Trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
July 2019HailMonument-Quarter size hail reported with picture on social media.
July 2019HailMonument-Public posted a picture of half dollar size hail on social media.
July 2019HailMonument-Trained spotter reported half dollar size hail.
July 2019HailMonument-Quarter size hail reported.
July 2019Flash FloodMonument-At least 6 inches of water covering several roads in Monument.
September 2019HailMonument-Quarter size hail fell.
June 1999HailMonument-A massive, long-lasting hail fall produced hail depths of 1 to 2 feet, mainly in eastern sections of Monument. A final tally on damage amounts was not available as of late August.
August 1997LightningMonument-Lightning struck a home in the Woodmoor subdivision, splintering a support truss and doing some additional damage in the attic area.
May 1994HailMonument-Spotters reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph (52 knots) in North Colorado Springs. Hail up to one half inch in diameter covered Interstate 25 in Monument (18 miles north northwest of Colorado Springs) at a depth of six inches.
September 2023Heavy RainMonument-no account filed
July 2023HailMonument-no account filed
July 2023HailMonument-no account filed
July 2023Heavy RainMonument-no account filed
July 2023HailMonument-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMonument-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
June 2018HailMonument-no account filed
May 2018HailMonument-no account filed
August 2018HailMonument-no account filed
July 2018HailMonument-no account filed
May 2017HailMonument-no account filed
May 2017HailMonument-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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

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
Peggy Hill Cabin3.1 miles2025
United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Area5.7 miles2004
Pioneer Cabin7.0 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88002306 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
El Paso CountyAll 98 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.