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Photograph of Box Elder County Courthouse
Photograph by Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Box Elder County Courthouse

Built in 1857 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

One of 45 National Register listings published here for Box Elder County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1857, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: 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. 1 N. Main St., Brigham City, 84302
  • When was it listed? April 1988
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Brigham City
  • When was it built? 1857
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 88000399 - 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Box Elder County Courthouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 809 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural17
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCOMANCHE
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD RESERVIOR
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEIGHTY NINE FIRE
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsUS FISH & WILDLIFE
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMANTUA WEST
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCORINNE FISHING HOLE
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsEXPLORER FIRE
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBear River Migratory Bird RefugeWELDER

Every fire recorded in Box Elder County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Box Elder County Courthouse: 30 past producers, 14 producers, 4 occurrences. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Clay, Antimony. 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
BakerLead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Baker MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Copper BlossomCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceReplacement
Copper BlossomZinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Dry Lake AntimonyAntimony, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Dry Lake AntimonyAntimony, SilverPast Producer
Homber MinesGraphite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceLead, Malachite, Schist
Homber MinesZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, CoalPast Producer
Silver EagleSilver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Silver EagleSilver, Lead, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Box Elder County

Storms near this property

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brigham City, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2004HailBrigham City$24,000no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBrigham City$1,500A carport was blown down in Brigham City.
June 2016HailBrigham City-Hail with a diameter of one inch was reported in Brigham City.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBrigham City-Mesonet
May 1995HailBrigham City-A severe thunderstorm put down hail up to one inch in diameter at the Thiokol plant.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindBrigham City-Microburst thunderstorm winds did minor damage in Wendover as shingles were blown off the Port of Entry building. In Brigham City, several trees were blown down.
April 2005Heavy RainBrigham City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Box Elder 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
Brigham City Carnegie Libraryunder 500 feet1984
Brigham City Fire Station/City Hallunder 500 feet1988
Hotel Brighamunder 500 feet1991
Howard Hotelunder 500 feet1994
Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association Mercantile Storeunder 500 feet1990
Elberta Theatreunder 500 feet1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 88000399 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Box Elder CountyAll 45 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.