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One of 8 National Register listings published here for Fort Bend County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1416 George St., Rosenberg, 77471
- When was it listed? July 2022
- Category. building
- Census division. Rosenberg-Richmond
- National Register reference number. 100007913 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
23 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Holy Rosary Catholic Church between 2011 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLAY ST |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAND ROAD |
| 15 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARTLEDGE ROAD |
| 26 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAND ROAD |
| 14 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTONWOOD CHURCH ROAD |
| 7 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 90A WEST |
| 30 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWERLINE ROAD |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Holy Rosary Catholic Church: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this property
31 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosenberg, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Lightning | Rosenberg | 1 killed | Lightning strike, 1 fatality. Landscaper sought refuge under tree near the Pecan Grove subdivision. |
| October 2002 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | $100,000 | Flooding at Highway 36 and Highway 90. One of the highest points in the Mission Bend Subdivision also flooded. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Rosenberg | $50,000 | The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office reported that a mobile home was destroyed on Farm-to-Market Road 2977 with accompanying rains of 2.00 to 3.00 inches that resulted in street flooding. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Rosenberg | $35,000 | Brief tornado touchdown at the Fort Bend County Fairgrounds. Moderate roof damage to structures along with signs and trees blown down. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | $30,000 | Widespread street flooding that caused some roadways to become impassable. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds peeled back a metal roof at a strip mall shopping center. Business damage was also reported at a lumber facility along Highway 35. There was fence damaged reported at Lamar High School's athletic fields. There were also a few trees and branches downed throughout downtown Rosenberg. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $25,000 | Numerous power poles down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down at US 59 and Kroesche Road. |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $15,000 | Numerous branches, trees and power lines down scattered over large area, mainly north of 59. Fourteen thousand homes were left without power. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Rosenberg | $15,000 | A storage tank was engulfed in flames after being struck by lightning. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $15,000 | Large tree limbs and power lines down. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $10,000 | Roof blown off Arrendondo Furniture Store. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Rosenberg | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | $5,000 | One home received water damage due to flash flooding. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $5,000 | Large limbs down along HWY 36 at Frito Lay Plant. |
| June 1996 | Hail | Rosenberg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | $4,000 | There was fence damage at Terry High School's athletic fields. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | - | Flooded reported in homes in the town of Kendleton with standing water on streets within Rosenburg. Water also inundated FM 2919 that caused roadway closures from Powell Point to the San Bernard River. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | - | There were several road closures in and around the Rosenberg area. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | - | This wind gust was measured by an observer. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg | - | Wind gust was estimated in Rosenberg. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rosenberg | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Rosenberg. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rosenberg | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Rosenberg. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Rosenberg | - | Quarter-size hail was reported on the west side of Rosenberg. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Rosenberg | - | US Highway 90 Alternate was closed due to flooding at the State Highway 36 intersection near Rosenberg. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Rosenberg | - | A funnel cloud was sighted at the intersection of FM 2218 and Powerline Road. |
| September 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Rosenberg | - | Funnel cloud along Hwy 90 between Rosenburg and East Bernard. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Rosenberg | - | Funnel cloud was at Highway 6 and US 59. |
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
4 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Fort Bend County Courthouse | 3.8 miles | 1980 |
 | John M. and Lottie D. Moore House | 3.9 miles | 2001 |
 | Methodist Church of Richmond | 3.9 miles | 2014 |
 | Lamar-Calder House | 4.0 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007913 in Record Group 79. |
| Fort Bend County | All 8 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.