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School House

Built in 1870. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The School House in Beaver, Utah, at 325 N. 200 West, was built probably in the 1870s by Scottish-born local stonemason Thomas Frazer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article School House (Beaver, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 111 National Register listings published here for Beaver County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1870.

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. 325 N. 200 West, Beaver, 84713
  • When was it listed? November 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Beaver MRA
  • Census division. Beaver
  • When was it built? 1870
  • National Register reference number. 83003892 - 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

109 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of School House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 577 acres in total. 29 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/undetermined37
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning6
Firearms and explosives use4
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOLE
4 September 2019Firearms and explosives useunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeSOUTH B
30 September 2011Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands2B
17 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREENVILLE
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State Landsnot named
11 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthwest AreaROCKY FIELD
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwest AreaBW
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field Office107

Every fire recorded in Beaver County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of School House: 18 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
White QuailLeadProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSurface
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Beaver County

Storms near this property

12 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 2017LightningBeaver2 hurtTwo girls, ages 8 and 16, were camping with relatives near Big Flat in the Beaver Mountains. The girls were by themselves, accompanied by a family dog, when they were both struck by lightning. The dog returned to camp to alert the rest of the family, and the family found the girls unconscious. Both girls were flown via helicopter to the hospital, and both survived, despite suffering significant injuries.
April 2016HailBeaver$25,000A strong thunderstorm moved over Interstate 15 near mile post 100, dropping heavy rain and significant, accumulating small hail. This storm led to a large pileup accident involving 4 semitrucks and one passenger vehicle. Interstate 15 was shut down in both directions for about 2 hours, and three people (one semitruck driver and two people from the passenger vehicle) were injured.
August 2021HailBeaver$20,000A photo and video on social media showed estimated 2 inch diameter hail, with significant damage to a camper trailer and truck.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBeaver$1,000A tree fell on a power line in Greenville.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBeaver-A wind gust of 68 mph was recorded at the I-15 at Beaver mesonet site.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBeaver-A wind gust of 64 mph was recorded by the I-15 at Beaver mesonet site.
July 2021Heavy RainBeaver-Rainfall total fell in 75 minutes.
July 2021HailBeaver-Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter fell at the Canyon Breeze Golf Course in Beaver.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBeaver-A large pine tree was blown over at Canyon Breeze Golf Course in Beaver.
July 2021Heavy RainBeaver-The Interstate 15 at Beaver Ridge automated weather station recorded 0.78 inches of rain in 10 minutes. Flooding and debris was reported along State Route 153 between Main Street and the Canyon Breeze Golf Course.
August 2010HailBeaver-Hail measured to be one inch in diameter was reported in Beaver.
September 2004Funnel CloudBeaver-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaver 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
James Atkin Houseunder 500 feet1982
Edward Tolton Houseunder 500 feet1982
Charles Willden Houseunder 500 feet1983
John Willden Houseunder 500 feet1982
David Muir Houseunder 500 feet1980
Atkins and Smith Houseunder 500 feet1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83003892 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Beaver CountyAll 111 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.