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Photograph of Dieringer School
Photograph by Ben Cody, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Dieringer School

Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Dieringer School buildings are the last remaining group associated with the Dieringer community. Constructed in 1921 and 1928 by Tacoma architect Emanuel J.”

Wikipedia article Dieringer School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 215 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1997 · category: Building · built in 1921.

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 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1808 E. Valley Hwy., Sumner, 98390
  • When was it listed? April 1997
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rural Public Schools of Washington State MPS
  • Census division. Puyallup
  • When was it built? 1921
  • National Register reference number. 97000324 - 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 Dieringer School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEHLI HILL
4 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 June 1992Recreation and ceremony2.9 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
16 October 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHanford Reach National MonumentHANFORD TOWN SITE

Every fire recorded in Pierce County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Dieringer School: 19 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anderson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Auburn Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Aztec PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bremmeyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carl G. Olson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Firwood PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Heidinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Main PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Herbert Williams House2.1 miles1984
Ryan House2.7 miles1976
Charles W. Orton House3.7 miles1983
Ezra Meeker Mansion4.6 miles1971
Christ Episcopal Church4.8 miles1994
Alderton School4.9 miles1987

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97000324 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.