BlockFrom the record
One of 45 National Register listings published here for Box Elder County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1890.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association Mercantile Store
Built in 1890. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5 N. Main St., Brigham City, 84302
- When was it listed? January 1990
- Category. building
- Also known as. Brigham City MPS
- Census division. Brigham City
- When was it built? 1890
- National Register reference number. 89000453 - 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
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association Mercantile Store 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | COMANCHE |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD RESERVIOR |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EIGHTY NINE FIRE |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | US FISH & WILDLIFE |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MANTUA WEST |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CORINNE FISHING HOLE |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | EXPLORER FIRE |
| 21 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge | WELDER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Brigham City Mercantile and Manufacturing Association Mercantile Store: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Baker Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Copper Blossom | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Copper Blossom | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Lake Antimony | Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Dry Lake Antimony | Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Homber Mines | Graphite, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Lead, Malachite, Schist | |
| Homber Mines | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Eagle | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Silver Eagle | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
7 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Hail | Brigham City | $24,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brigham City | $1,500 | A carport was blown down in Brigham City. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Brigham City | - | Hail with a diameter of one inch was reported in Brigham City. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brigham City | - | Mesonet |
| May 1995 | Hail | Brigham City | - | A severe thunderstorm put down hail up to one inch in diameter at the Thiokol plant. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brigham 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 2005 | Heavy Rain | Brigham City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hotel Brigham | under 500 feet | 1991 |
 | Brigham City Fire Station/City Hall | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Box Elder County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1988 |
 | Brigham City Carnegie Library | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Howard Hotel | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Union Block | 0.1 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89000453 in Record Group 79. |
| Box Elder County | All 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.