Mount Hope Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2003 · category: Site.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 1215 Lemay Ferry Rd., Lemay, 63125
When was it listed? October 2003
Category. site
Township. Lemay township
National Register reference number. 03000994 - 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Mount Hope Cemetery between 2006 and 2014, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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
15 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named
22 March 2014	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 February 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 October 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office	not named

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Mount Hope Cemetery: 43 past producers, 2 producers, 2 plants. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Coffin Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Jamieson Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Parker-Russell Fireclay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal	Past Producer
Tole and Thorp Fireclay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory), Coal	Past Producer
Superior Dredge and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown - S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Alpha Portland Cement Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay	Producer
Hydraulic Press Brick Co Mine No.6	Clay	Past Producer
Mine Number 8	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this property

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemay, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2025	Flash Flood	Lemay	$1,000	MoDOT reported water over the roadway at northbound I-55 at I-255.
March 2025	Hail	Lemay	-	Individual reported quarter sized hail that was 2 to 3 inches deep on the ground.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Lemay	-	Up to four inches of rain fell in a two hour period causing flash flooding. Portions of Watson Road had up to a foot of water on it. Also, Union Road was flooded where it parallels I-55 near exit 200.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Jefferson Barracks Park.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Lemay	-	Up to three inches of rain fell in a very short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including the intersection of Ladue Road and Spoede Road in Creve Coeur, as well as the intersection of Ladue Road and Graeser Road. Also, Interstate 255 near Jefferson Barracks had water flowing across to the point traffic was stopped. The intersection of South Fillmore and East Clinton Place was flooded in Kirkwood. In Fenton, Highway 141 was flooded near interchange with Highway 30 and also where Highway 141 goes under Interstate 44. In University City, the River Des Peres was out of its banks and flooding an apartment complex near the intersection of Olive Boulevard and 81st Street.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Lemay	-	Up to 6 inches of rain fell in a four hour span causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded especially in Oakville. Several basements were flooded and a vehicle became stranded in flood waters near the intersection of Pierwood Drive and Broken Horse Lane. Two people had to be rescued from the car. No injuries were reported.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	Shingles were blown off the roofs of several homes.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	Several power lines were blown down.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	Storm spotters reported a couple of trees down.
March 2025	Hail	Lemay	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Lemay	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Lemay	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Lemay	-	no account filed
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Lemay	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Lemay	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Lemay	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Sancta Maria in Ripa	1.3 miles	2022
Schlichtig House	1.6 miles	1980
Carlin-Rathgeber House	1.7 miles	1980
Coca-Cola Syrup Plant	1.7 miles	2008
Jefferson Barracks Historic District	1.7 miles	1972
Carondelet School	1.8 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 03000994 in Record Group 79.
St. Louis County	All 663 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.