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Photograph of Virginia City Historic District
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

From the record

“Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district is one of only six in the state of Nevada.”

Wikipedia article Virginia City Historic District (Virginia City, Nevada), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Storey County · listed in 1966 · category: Building · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 382 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. Virginia City and its environs, Virginia City, 89440
  • When was it listed? October 1966
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Virginia City
  • National Register reference number. 66000458 - 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of St. Paul's Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,715 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 2 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Firearms and explosives use5
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSIX MILE
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSIX MILE
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionDAYTON
20 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCarson City District OfficeSR 341
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCarson City District OfficeTOLL ROAD
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionA STREET
1 September 2001Firearms and explosives use60 acresCarson City District Office7 MILE
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCarson City District OfficeFLOWERY

Every fire recorded in Storey County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 192 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 192 workings within 5 miles of St. Paul's Episcopal Church: 120 past producers, 46 prospects, 10 unknowns, 6 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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
Andes MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1859, 1875
C & C ShaftGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron, ZincPast Producer1872, 1873
C-B Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chollar MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1860, 1866
Comstock Lode DistrictGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1853, 1859
Dayton MineGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperPlant
Flowery MineGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Manganese, IronProducer1868, 1995
Hunt ClaimsTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Keystone ShaftGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
North Bonanza MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1861, 1879

Every working recorded in Storey County

Storms near this property

12 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia City, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 3 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 debris flow. 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
January 2017FloodVirginia City$350,000Six Mile Canyon Road was closed due to washouts and heavy damage. The cost to repair the damage is an estimate by the Storey County Public Works Director via a KTVN news article from April.
July 2025Debris FlowVirginia City$25,000Flash flooding leading to rockslides was reported by Storey County social media along Six Mile Canyon Rd.
July 2015Flash FloodVirginia City$10,000A spotter in the Six Mile Canyon/Samuel Clemens area reported 1.15 of rainfall in less than 30 minutes. Water was flowing into homes with property damage.
August 2010Flash FloodVirginia City$5,000C/O the Reno Gazette Journal: The Nevada Highway Patrol indicated that the V and T train derailed near Gold Hill at 1730PST. An official indicated that a mudslide covered the track and caused the derailment. Twelve passengers were on the train but no one was injured. Highway 342 remained closed until around 1145PST on the 9th as the train was put back on its track.
March 2023FloodVirginia City-County official reported 2.0 mi WNW Six Mile Canyon that Six Mile Canyon Road was closed from R street in Virginia City, NV, to Sam Clemens St. in Dayton, NV, due to washouts and to allow crews time for road repairs.
June 2023Debris FlowVirginia City-County officials reported 6 Mile Canyon Road was closed until further notice due to mud, rock and water on the roadway. Storey County Public Works was assessing and clearing drainages and debris along the roadway.
July 2019Heavy RainVirginia City-CO-OP Observer in Virginia City reported 0.70 inches of rainfall during the afternoon of 26 July from thunderstorms in the area.
March 2018Heavy RainVirginia City-Mesonet station AU064 in Virginia City reported 1.40 inches of storm total rainfall from 20 March 0701PST to 23 March 0701PST.
May 2018Heavy RainVirginia City-Mesonet station AU064, Virginia City (elevation 6112 feet) reported 1.12 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 24 May 0922PST to 25 May 0922PST.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindVirginia City-Wind gust at the Five Mile Flat NDOT sensor. The gust was caused by an outflow from earlier thunderstorms to the south of the sensor.
June 2005HailVirginia City-A Nevada Highway Patrol officer reported slushy hail "as big as a man's fist" along Interstate 80 near Mustang.
August 2002Flash FloodVirginia City-Flash Flood Virginia City Highlands

Every storm recorded in Storey 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
Parish Houseunder 500 feet1993
McCarthy House0.2 miles1995
Piper's Opera House0.2 miles1997
Piper-Beebe House0.2 miles1993
King-McBride Mansion0.2 miles1998
Henry Piper House0.3 miles2011

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 66000458 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Storey CountyAll 13 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.