BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Brazoria County · listed in 1991 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
East Columbia Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- Address. S. Main St., East Columbia, 77486
- When was it listed? October 1991
- Category. district
- Also known as. East Columbia MPS
- Census division. Brazoria-West Columbia
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 91001602 - 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
15 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of East Columbia Historic District between 2008 and 2020, burning about 78 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GST. PAUL |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GST. PAUL |
| 24 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 586 |
| 22 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 345 |
| 9 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 517 |
| 3 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 344 |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 353 |
| 17 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 36 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Columbia Historic District: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Colombia Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1901 |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ammon Underwood House | 0.1 miles | 1976 |
 | Varner-Hogg Plantation | 2.0 miles | 1980 |
 | Palapa Table for James Richard Marmion | 6.9 miles | 2004 |
 | Gazebo for James Richard Marmion | 7.0 miles | 2004 |
 | Brazoria Bridge | 7.0 miles | 1991 |
 | Henry Smith Statue | 7.1 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001602 in Record Group 79. |
| Brazoria County | All 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.