Longbranch School Gymnasium

Built in 1939. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1939.

Sources: 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. Gig Harbor-Longbranch Rd., Lakebay, 98351
When was it listed? September 1987
Category. building
Also known as. Rural Public Schools of Washington State MPS
Census division. Key Peninsula-Anderson Island
When was it built? 1939
National Register reference number. 87001164 - 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Longbranch School Gymnasium between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning	4
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
6 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 August 2002	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
17 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
7 July 2004	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	ISLAND SHORE
5 July 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	OTIS BEACH
28 July 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
12 July 2001	Smoking	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Longbranch School Gymnasium: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Anderson Island	Diatomite	Occurrence
	Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
David Dadisman House	3.9 miles	1995
Home School	3.9 miles	1982
Anderson Island School	4.8 miles	1987
Arletta School	6.7 miles	1987
Fox Island School	6.9 miles	1987
Steilacoom Historic District	7.9 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 87001164 in Record Group 79.
Pierce County	All 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.