Built in 1897 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
From the record
“Old Saint Peter's Landmark, commonly referred to simply as Old St. Peter's, is a historic building located at the corner of 3rd and Lincoln Streets in downtown The Dalles, Oregon, United States.”
Wikipedia article Old St. Peter's Landmark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Wasco County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · built in 1897, Gothic Revival, by Otto Kleemann.
National Register reference number.74001720- 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
102 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 102 fires within 5 miles of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,550 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
33
Debris and open burning
16
Equipment and vehicle use
14
Fireworks
8
Railroad operations and maintenance
7
Smoking
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Recreation and ceremony
4
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Other causes
4
Natural
1
Arson/incendiarism
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
9 September 2007
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
14 acres
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
SHOOTING RANGE
9 September 1999
Railroad operations and maintenance
under an acre
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
RIVER RD
6 September 1999
Smoking
under an acre
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
GOLF COURSE
30 September 1995
Smoking
under an acre
The Dalles Unit
BROWNS CREEK
30 September 1993
Smoking
under an acre
The Dalles Unit
CHENOWITH CREEK
3 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters
BROWNS CREEK
29 September 1992
Misuse of fire by a minor
under an acre
The Dalles Unit
MILL CREEK #2
22 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
49 workings within 5 miles of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church: 28 past producers, 20 producers, 1 plant.
21 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
The Dalles, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 1 heavy rain, 1 wildfire, 1 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.
The Sheldon Ridge Fire, sparked by lightning, consumed 12,681 acres and eight structures, all of which were out buildings. Around 250 homes were threatened by the flames. Oregon National Guard Troops assisted in battling the flames.
A thunderstorm that moved through The Dalles dumped up to 0.67 inches of rain in 20 minutes, knocked out power, and caused some flooding problems. The wind blew trees and tree limbs onto power lines causing power outages to much of the east side of town. Heavy rain caused minor street flooding, flooding of basements and businesses, and caused manhole covers to come loose. Rock slides were reported along hillsides. Pea sized hail was also reported.
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.
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.
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