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Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic

Built in 1884. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The Church of Saints Joseph and Mary or Sawyer Log Church was built in 1884 by Ojibwe parishioners in Sawyer, Minnesota, United States. It is one of the state's oldest Catholic churches built among the Ojibwe people, one of the oldest churches in northern Minnesota overall, and one of Carlton County's few historic buildings to predate the 1918 Cloquet Fire.”

Wikipedia article Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Carlton County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1884.

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. Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary--Catholic - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Mission Rd., Cloquet, 55780
  • When was it listed? March 1984
  • Category. building
  • Township. Perch Lake township
  • When was it built? 1884
  • National Register reference number. 84001409 - 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic between 1992 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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
Debris and open burning51
Arson/incendiarism33
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Natural5
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 August 2015Debris and open burning3.8 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFond Du Lac TribeHIGBEE RD
21 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 2013Smokingunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFond Du Lac TribeRR FIRES
7 July 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Carlton County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Church of Sts. Joseph and Mary-Catholic: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Big Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zacher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carlton County

Storms near this property

49 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cloquet, the town this property stands in, in 49 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 29 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 2002LightningCloquet$500,000no account filed
August 2007LightningCloquet$120,000A lightning bolt caused considerable roof and structural damage to the Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Damage to the electrical, phone, and public address system was also noted.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCloquet$4,000Power lines and trees were blown down in and around Cloquet. Many small tree limbs were also blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCloquet$2,000Trees were blown down in and around Cloquet, including a 40-foot pine tree.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCloquet$2,000Large trees were blown down near Big Lake.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCloquet$2,000The top of a spruce tree was snapped off, four large basswood trees were blown down, and a couple of tent poles were broken. The damage occurred near Big Lake.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCloquet$500A 12-inch diameter tree was blown down across a road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCloquet-A large, healthy tee was down on the north side of Cloquet onto a fence causing damage to the fence.
June 2019Flash FloodCloquet-The southbound lanes of Minnesota Highway 33 1.5 miles north of Cloquet were beginning to flood and traffic was having to slow to navigate the water on the road.
September 2018Flash FloodCloquet-Storm sewer manhole covers were flipped over. Standing water was also reported in town.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindCloquet-A 12 to 18 inch diameter tree branch was knocked down partially blocking Grant Avenue.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCloquet-There were numerous trees blown down across Cloquet, which was reported from a retired NWS employee.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCloquet-Trees were blown down and power outages were reported near the Black Bear Casino.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindCloquet-The severe thunderstorm winds occurred at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Highway 210.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCloquet-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2003HailCloquet-The hail was one inch in diameter 3 miles west of Cloquet.
May 2022HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2022HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2022HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2022HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2022HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2022HailCloquet-no account filed
April 2021HailCloquet-no account filed
April 2021HailCloquet-no account filed
September 2021HailCloquet-no account filed
August 2018HailCloquet-no account filed
June 2018HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2017HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2017HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2012FloodCloquet-no account filed
May 2012HailCloquet-no account filed
July 2010HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2009HailCloquet-no account filed
August 2008HailCloquet-no account filed
June 2007HailCloquet-no account filed
July 2006HailCloquet-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCloquet-no account filed
July 2003HailCloquet-no account filed
September 2002HailCloquet-no account filed
May 2001HailCloquet-no account filed
August 2001HailCloquet-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCloquet-no account filed
August 2000HailCloquet-no account filed
August 2000HailCloquet-no account filed
August 2000HailCloquet-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCloquet-no account filed
August 1997HailCloquet-no account filed
July 1997HailCloquet-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCloquet-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carlton 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84001409 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Carlton CountyAll 15 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.