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Eugene Field School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

From the record

“Eugene Field School is a historic school building located at Park Hills, St. It was built in 1907, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Late Victorian style red brick school building with an addition completed by 1911.”

Wikipedia article Eugene Field School (Park Hills, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for St. Francois County · listed in 2005 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 403 Glendale St., Park Hills, 63601
  • When was it listed? September 2005
  • Category. building
  • Township. St. Francois township
  • National Register reference number. 05000997 - 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Eugene Field School between 1992 and 2016, burning about 138 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
27 April 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
11 April 1993Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 April 1992Natural3.0 acresMark Twain National Forestnot named
22 March 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 March 1994Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 March 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation138114-09401-03162016-1348
10 March 1992Debris and open burning6.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 February 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in St. Francois County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 90 workings within 5 miles of Eugene Field School: 83 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Zinc, Copper. 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
Bonne TerreLead, Copper, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1821
Bonne Terre MillDolomiteProducer
Bonne Terre MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1864, 1868
Bonne Terre Quarry and MillMagnesiteProducer
Flat River Sub-DistrictLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1742
Leadwood PlantStoneProducer
Unknown - Clay KaolinKaolinPast Producer
Flat RiverLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer1890
Hazel Run MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Leadwood MineLead, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, Cobalt, NickelProducer1898, 1903

Every working recorded in St. Francois County

Storms near this property

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park Hills, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPark Hills$20,000Golf ball-size hail fell in Bonne Terre with numerous large trees down over central parts of the county. Several windows were broken in the Park Hills area due to large hail and the strong wind gusts. A commercial building in Park Hills also sustained roof damage when a section of the roof peeled back. The county sheriff's department also reported hail the size of quarters before the storm moved out of the county.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines and small trees around town.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-A downburst occurred over the city of Park Hills and damaged three utility structures. Three other businesses sustained minor damage while several homes sustained minor roof damage.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Park Hills-At approximately 5:00 pm CDT a weak tornado occurred in Park Hills, Missouri. The tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of Business Route 67 and 5th Street. Two witnesses observed the tornado. A portion of an auto repair shop was damaged by the tornado. The tornado moved east and caused minor damage to the roof of three homes. Several large tree limbs were also broken by the tornado. The damage intensity of the tornado was rated F0.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down throughout town.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-Thunderstorm wind gusts caused minor damage in Park Hills. Roof shingles and a section of guttering were torn off a home. Some trees were also downed.
May 2003HailPark Hills-Storm spotters reported quarter size hail.
March 2008HailPark Hills-no account filed
April 2007HailPark Hills-no account filed
April 2007HailPark Hills-no account filed
May 2006HailPark Hills-no account filed
May 2006HailPark Hills-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
August 2005LightningPark Hills-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPark Hills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Francois 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Howlett Gulf0.5 miles2019
Bonne Terre Depot4.7 miles1984
St. Joe Lead Company Administration Building4.9 miles1984
Bonne Terre Mine5.0 miles1974
Presbyterian Orphanage of Missouri7.1 miles2006
James Robinson McCormick House7.2 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 05000997 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Francois CountyAll 12 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.