Built in 1912 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
From the record
“Wilkeson School is a public elementary school building in Wilkeson, Washington. Built in 1912 and still in operation, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.”
Wikipedia article Wilkeson School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1976 · category: Building · built in 1912, Neoclassical architecture, by Frederick Heath.
National Register reference number.76001905- 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
52 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Wilkeson School
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony
14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
14
Debris and open burning
10
Other causes
4
Fireworks
3
Natural
2
Arson/incendiarism
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Misuse of fire by a minor
1
Equipment and vehicle use
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 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
12 acres
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
156TH SREET
5 September 1997
Natural
2.0 acres
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
4 September 2007
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
24 September 2000
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
21 September 1994
Other causes
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
18 September 1992
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
10 September 2020
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
PRAIRIE CARBON
7 August 2006
Debris and open burning
2.0 acres
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
18 workings within 5 miles of Wilkeson School: 16 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone, Graphite. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
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.
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.
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