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Photograph of Steilacoom Catholic Church
Photograph by Ben Cody, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Steilacoom Catholic Church

Built in 1855. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“The Steilacoom Catholic Church is a Latin Catholic church in Steilacoom, Washington, United States. It was originally built in 1855 near Fort Steilacoom, but was moved to its present location in 1864.”

Wikipedia article Steilacoom Catholic Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1974 · category: Building · built in 1855.

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. 1810 Nisqually St., Steilacoom, 98388
  • When was it listed? July 1974
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Tacoma
  • When was it built? 1855
  • National Register reference number. 74001972 - 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Steilacoom Catholic Church between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 burning1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTIMBERLAKE
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersKETRON ISLAND
20 July 1992Natural2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
14 May 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Steilacoom Catholic Church: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 Park Pit & MillLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holroyd Land PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lakewood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcneil Island Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steilacoom PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steilacoom Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce 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
Nathaniel Orr House and Orchard0.2 miles1972
Davidson House0.2 miles1973
Steilacoom Historic District0.5 miles1975
Fort Steilacoom1.5 miles1977
American Lake Veterans Hospital2.3 miles2009
Custer School2.7 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74001972 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pierce CountyAll 215 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.