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Photograph of Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church

Built in 1925. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at 303 Maple Avenue in Eaton, Colorado. It was built in 1925 and was added to the National Register in 2006.”

Wikipedia article Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Weld County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1925.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Alger, Amanda K., Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 303 Maple Ave., Eaton, 80615
  • When was it listed? October 2006
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Greeley
  • When was it built? 1925
  • National Register reference number. 06000949 - 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

148 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church between 2008 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined107
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEaton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAult-Pierce Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
23 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEaton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEaton Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
21 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAult-Pierce Fire DepartmentUNKNOWN
10 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersEATON
9 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersN/A

Every fire recorded in Weld County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church: 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Great Western Sugar CoIronProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Every working recorded in Weld County

Storms near this property

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eaton, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004HailEaton$2,000,000Large hail broke car windows, damaged roofs and stripped trees and at least 3,000 acres of crops. At Eaton's high school, middle school and two elementary schools, at least 60 skylights were shattered by hail. Water flooded the hallways and classrooms. Damage to the schools alone was estimated at $2 million.
July 1994HailEaton$500,000Hail up to two inches in diameter caused considerable damage to buildings and vehicles as well as crops over portions of Weld and Larimer Counties.
July 1994HailEaton$500,000Hail up to tennis ball-size caused considerable damage to homes and businesses as well as vehicles in Eaton (20 miles east southeast of Fort Collins).
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEaton$20,000Intense winds associated with a microburst downed power lines.
May 2014Flash FloodEaton$15,000Flash flooding produced numerous roads closures in the Eaton, Greeley and Kersey areas.
June 2025HailEaton-Report from mping.
June 2025HailEaton-Report from mping.
June 2025HailEaton-Report from mping.
June 2025HailEaton-Report from mping.
July 2016HailEaton-Large hail shattered car windows.
June 2010HailEaton-Large tree branches, up to 2.5 inches in diameter, were snapped.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Eaton-A small tornado touched down, but did no damage.
May 1997HailEaton-Large hail caused $2.0 million in damage to several car dealerships in Greeley. Spotty crop damage was reported near Eaton, extending along the east side of Greeley to just east of Kersey. Three hundred acres of beets were destroyed.
August 2020HailEaton-no account filed
August 2020HailEaton-no account filed
August 2020HailEaton-no account filed
June 2018HailEaton-no account filed
June 2016HailEaton-no account filed
June 2016HailEaton-no account filed
August 2016HailEaton-no account filed
July 2016HailEaton-no account filed
July 2016HailEaton-no account filed
June 2012HailEaton-no account filed
June 2012HailEaton-no account filed
June 2012HailEaton-no account filed
May 2010HailEaton-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindEaton-no account filed
July 2007HailEaton-no account filed
June 2005HailEaton-no account filed
August 2004HailEaton-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEaton-no account filed
September 2000HailEaton-no account filed
June 1999HailEaton-no account filed
July 1996LightningEaton-no account filed
July 1996LightningEaton-no account filed
August 1996Tornado (F0)Eaton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Weld 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
Aaron James Eaton House0.1 miles2006
Milne Farm3.3 miles1993
Joseph A. Woodbury House7.2 miles1984
Greeley High School and Grade School7.2 miles1981
Greeley Masonic Temple7.3 miles2004
Greeley Tribune Building7.3 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000949 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Weld CountyAll 36 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.