St. Mark United Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Mark United Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 225 Main Street in Elbert, Colorado. It was built in 1889 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article St. Mark United Presbyterian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Elbert County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

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. 225 Main St., Elbert, 80106
When was it listed? September 1980
Category. building
Census division. Elizabeth
National Register reference number. 80000899 - 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of St. Mark United Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined	17
Natural	2

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
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ELBERT
6 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ELBERT
4 July 2020	Natural	under an acre	Elbert Fire Protection District	N/A
19 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ELIZABETH
10 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ELIZABETH
28 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
26 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ELBERT
26 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	ELIZABETH

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark United Presbyterian Church: 5 producers. All of them 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Elbert County

Storms near this property

58 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elbert, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 41 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2009	Tornado (EF2)	Elbert	$100,000	The tornado began 8 miles south-southwest of Elizabeth and produced minor damage to two homes. The tornado then moved southeast and intensified with EF1 and EF2 damage observed 9 miles south of Elizabeth, with substantial damage to a farm, trees, and snapped power poles. The tornado moved on a more southerly track for the next 2 miles with additional EF1 and EF2 damage 11 miles south of Elizabeth. The tornado leveled a 70-yr old barn and a nearby cinder-block shed was torn open. Major tree damage was also observed. The tornado then continued southward for another mile before lifting with some EF0 and EF1 damage 12 miles south of Elizabeth. Minor damage to another home was observed with several large trees uprooted.
June 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Elbert	$75,000	A small tornado touched down. An airplane hanger was damaged and small plane flipped.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	$5,000	Intense thunderstorm winds knocked two power poles down at the intersection of County Roads 33 and 98.
August 1993	Hail	Elbert	$5,000	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Elbert	-	Report from Mping.
May 2025	Hail	Elbert	-	Report from Mping.
August 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Elbert	-	A short lived tornado touched down but no damage was observed.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	Strong winds blew a trailer over near Elbert.
June 2009	Tornado (EF0)	Elbert	-	A tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2006	Tornado (F1)	Elbert	-	A tornado touched down a damaged a house under construction. A large tree was also snapped which damaged another house.
June 2006	Tornado (F0)	Elbert	-	A small tornado touched down but did no damage.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Elbert	-	Thunderstorms producing heavy rain and hail caused flash flooding. The heavy rain washed out several maintained county roads. Several of the roads needed to be rebuilt.
September 2002	Hail	Elbert	-	Large hail broke a skylight in a home.
September 2002	Tornado (F0)	Elbert	-	A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	A barn sustained wind damage.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	Thunderstorms produced strong winds to 64 mph and three-quarters inch hail near Elbert.
May 1993	Hail	Elbert	-	Thunderstorms produced strong winds to 64 mph and three-quarters inch hail near Elbert.
July 2023	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2020	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
August 2018	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Elbert	-	no account filed
August 1993	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed
August 1993	Hail	Elbert	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elbert 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80000899 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Elbert County	All 2 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.