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Photograph of Kanosh Tithing Office
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kanosh Tithing Office

Built in 1870 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Kanosh Tithing Office is a historic building in Kanosh, Utah. It was built in 1870 in Kanosh, Utah as a tithing building for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and designed with elements of Greek Revival architectural style.”

Wikipedia article Kanosh Tithing Office, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Millard County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1870, Greek Revival architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Off U.S. 91, Kanosh, 84637
  • When was it listed? January 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Tithing Offices and Granaries of the Mormon Church TR
  • Census division. Fillmore
  • When was it built? 1870
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85000263 - 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Kanosh Tithing Office between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,815 acres in total. 109 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
Natural109
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 2019Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestRIDGELINE
8 September 2017Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsWEST
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestMOUTH
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestSHAREE
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestDAMERON
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestDRY WASH # 5
3 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFishlake National ForestGHOST
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBRAKE

Every fire recorded in Millard County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Kanosh Tithing Office: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Meadow Travertine QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock Corral QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Rock Corral QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Black Rock VolcanoVolcanic MaterialsProducerCinders
Utah Dept. of Highways Cinder Pit No 14038Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerBasalt, Cinders, Pumice
Utah Dept. of Highways Cinder Pit No. 14037Volcanic MaterialsPast ProducerBasalt, Cinders, Pumice
Black Rock Volcano Sw PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fillmore Borrow Pit #24Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Fillmore Borrow Pit #25Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Fillmore Borrow Pit No.24Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Millard County

Storms near this property

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kanosh, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKanosh-A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the I-15 at MP 144 mesonet site.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKanosh-A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the I-15 at MP 144 mesonet site.
August 1997HailKanosh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Millard 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

2 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
George Hotelunder 500 feet2005
Meadow Tithing Granary6.0 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000263 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Millard CountyAll 26 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.