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Photograph of St. Mary of the Assumption Church
Photograph by Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Saint Mary of the Assumption

Built in 1900 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“Mary of the Assumption Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church located at Laurin, Madison County, Montana, United States, in the Diocese of Helena. It is noted for its historic parish church.”

Wikipedia article St. Mary of the Assumption Church (Laurin, Montana), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1900, Gothic Revival.

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. Off MT 287, Laurin, 59749
  • When was it listed? October 1985
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Sheridan
  • When was it built? 1900
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 85003380 - 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

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Saint Mary of the Assumption between 2005 and 2020, burning about 16 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
Debris and open burning2

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
15 September 2020Debris and open burning10 acresMadison CountyWATERLOO BRIDGE
16 April 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBARTOLETTI

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Saint Mary of the Assumption: 11 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Garnet, Thorium. 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
California GulchNiobium (Columbium)Unknown
Hill CrestGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Hunt's ClaimSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
Alder Garnet DepositGarnetOccurrence
GilmanGold, SilverPast Producer
HansenGold, SilverPast Producer
Ruby RiverGarnetUnknown
Wy-Mont ThoriumThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Wyoming Montana MineThoriumProspect
Bivens Creek ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurin, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2024HailLaurin-Trained spotter reports hail up to the size of a quarter.
August 2019HailLaurin-A trained spotter reported hail size of 1 inch in diameter. The time was estimated by radar.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLaurin-A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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

3 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
Robbers Roost3.3 miles1976
Finney House7.5 miles2002
Dr. Don L. Byam House7.5 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85003380 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 18 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.