BlockFrom the record
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Gulf County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
St. Joseph Catholic Mission Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 216 8th St., Port St. Joe, 32456
- When was it listed? July 1998
- Category. building
- Census division. Port St. Joe
- National Register reference number. 98000924 - 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
1943 to 1988The ground this property stands on, surveyed 45 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
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of St. Joseph Catholic Mission Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,618 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23-HIGHLAND VIEW 2005-02-0548 |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RUTHERFORD RD (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #1 OF 3 (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #2 OF 3 (23) |
| 28 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHELL ROAD #3 OF 3 (23) |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of St. Joseph Catholic Mission Church: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. Plant | Magnesite | Plant | ||
| Premier Services - Plant | Magnesite | Producer | Brine |
Maps showing this location
10 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.
- 1943 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Port St. Joe quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Port Theatre | 0.4 miles | 2003 |
 | Cape San Blas Lighthouse at Port St. Joe | 0.4 miles | 2015 |
 | Centennial Building | 1.1 miles | 1996 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98000924 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Gulf County | All 4 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.