Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1953.
“The Old Holy Redeemer Catholic Church is a historic site in Kissimmee, Florida. It is located at 120 North Sproule Avenue.”
Wikipedia article Old Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Osceola County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Old Holy Redeemer Catholic Church between 1992 and 2017, burning about 799 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2017 | Natural | 200 acres | Florida Forest Service | 3 MILE CREEK (05) |
| 22 June 1997 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 1993 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kissimmee, the town this property stands in, in 69 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 30 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Lightning | Kissimmee | 1 hurt | An Osceola County deputy sheriff was struck and injured by lightning while standing on a sidewalk. |
| July 2009 | Flood | Kissimmee | $4,000,000 | A small area of very heavy rain produced 4-5 inches in less than 2 hours which resulted in a rapid accumulation of deep water. One hundred and nine homes were flooded, with 16 receiving major damage. The most significant flooding affected about a 20 square block area. The flooding of the homes was likely due in part to the lack of a modern storm water management system and some storm drain blockages. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Kissimmee | $200,000 | A small tornado touched down in Kissimmee at the north end of West Lake Toho. The tornado moved east severly damaging 5 homes and producing minor damage to 5 others. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Kissimmee | $120,000 | A chronic slow rise in ditch and pond water levels over the previous weeks culminated with about four inches of rain and the flooding of 35 homes in the Kissimmee and St. Cloud communities. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Kissimmee | $100,000 | As heavy rain continued over Osceola County, many roads became unpassable and a few homes were flooded in Kissimmee. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Kissimmee | $100,000 | Heavy rains from December through January produced flooding in low lying area of northern Osceola County. Eight mobile homes in a park received minor flooding. Most of the park was evacuated. |
| March 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Kissimmee | $70,000 | A category F2 tornado touched down briefly in the western part of Kissimmee producing minor damage to about 40 mobile homes. Most of the damage was to carports and awnings. |
| December 1997 | Flash Flood | Kissimmee | $60,000 | Heavy rains of 6 to 11 inches in northern Osceola County flooded 30 roads and 2 homes near Kissimmee, St. Cloud and Poinciana. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew trees on to a mobile home, and destroyed a service station canopy. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew trees on to a mobile home, and destroyed a service station canopy. |
| July 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Kissimmee | $20,000 | Numerous residents within the Buena Ventura Lakes region of Kissimmee observed a funnel cloud approach from the southwest and become a tornado as it traveled through two adjacent subdivisions for less than 0.75 miles. Eyewitnesses described swirling debris at the surface and swirling water within an adjacent lake, with a visible funnel farther aloft to the cloud base. Several single family homes sustained minor damage, consisting of several removed shingles, and damage to carports and pool screen enclosures. A large mango tree fell onto one home resulting in roof damage. The tornado path and intensity (EF-0, winds estimated at 60-70 mph) were determined after examining damage photos from Osceola County Emergency Management and the Orlando news media and interviewing several eyewitnesses. DI2, DOD1, EXP; DI2, DOD2, LB-EXP. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds toppled a tree onto a car on Beaumont Avenue in Kissimmee. Nearby, at the same time, a large tree was downed across Sunrail train tracks at the Magnolia Avenue crossing. Several minutes later, and about 5 miles to the north, another tree fell onto a home on Country Boulevard. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees in the Kissimmee area. A car was damaged by falling trees. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees blocking the road on Monument Drive in Kissimmee. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged roofs and blew trees down on buildings in Kissimmee. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Kissimmee | $5,000 | Dime size hail fell in Kissimmee. Minor roof damage to a house was reported. |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Kissimmee | $2,000 | A small F0 tornado touched down briefly in Kissimmee blowing down power lines and a few trees. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | $1,000 | The Kissimmee Police Department reported a large tree down on Michigan Road in Kissimmee. |
| October 2024 | Flash Flood | Kissimmee | - | Osceola County Emergency Management reported numerous flooded roadways, some impassable, due to heavy rainfall ahead of and during Hurricane Milton. The outer rainbands of Milton produced 3 to 6 inches of rain over a large portion of the county in the early to mid afternoon hours, before the center of the system brought a secondary bout of rainfall that produced an additional 4 to 6 inches of rain to Kissimmee, Celebration, and Poinciana. Here, the highest rainfall totals were realized with radar estimates exceeding 10 inches for the event. |
| July 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Kissimmee | - | Numerous weather spotters and citizens observed a funnel cloud in Kissimmee. The funnel cloud crossed above the Florida Turnpike and then impacted the Buena Ventura Lakes area as a tornado. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by the public in the Mill Run subdivision. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Trained Spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Kissimmee Police Department reported a large tree down in downtown Kissimmee. |
| June 2007 | Heavy Rain | Kissimmee | - | Two to four inches of rain fell over northern and western Osceola County closing some roads in Saint Cloud. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Hail fell near Lake Hatchineha |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Hail fell on the Osceola Polk county border. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Hail fell in the Poinciana area. |
| July 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Kissimmee | - | Law enforcement officers and the general public reported a funnel cloud over kissimmee. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Kissimmee. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees in Kissimmee. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Kissimmee | - | Near 3 inches of rain produced widespread street flooding in Kissimmee. |
| May 2002 | Flood | Kissimmee | - | Street flooding began as persistent heavy rain fell in the Kissimmee area. |
| July 2002 | Flood | Kissimmee | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains produced widespread street flooding in Kissimmee. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Dime size hail fell in Kissimmee. Thunderstorm winds blew a tree on to a house. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Dime size hail fell in Poinciana. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and signs and blew shingles off of roofs in Kissimmee. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in the Mill Run area of Kissimmee. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down two small trees in Kissimmee. A spotter measured a 56 MPH wind gust. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | A trained spotter measured wind gusts of 59 mph in Kissimmee. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of an apartment building and destroyed pieces of patio furniture. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down interstate highway road signs and blew cars off the road near Kissimmee. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in Kissimmee. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Kissimmee. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Kissimmee. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged roofs on 10 homes and destroyed a porch screen room. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kissimmee | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines in Kissimmee. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | Police reported one-inch hail. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Kissimmee | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Monument of States | 0.3 miles | 2015 |
 | Kissimmee Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1994 |
 | First United Methodist Church | 0.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Osceola County Courthouse | 0.5 miles | 1977 |
 | Colonial Estate | 1.4 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001456 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Osceola County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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