First Presbyterian Church of Ramah

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The First Presbyterian Church of Ramah, which has also been known as the Ramah Town Hall, is a historic Presbyterian church at 113 S. It was built in 1916-17 and was added to the National Register in 1988.”
Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church of Ramah, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 98 National Register listings published here for El Paso County · listed in 1988 · 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. 113 S. Commercial St., Ramah, 80832
When was it listed? July 1988
Category. building
Census division. Black Forest-Peyton
Architectural style. Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 88001015 - 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

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church of Ramah between 2005 and 2018, burning about 174 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	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	under an acre	El Paso County	UNKNOWN
27 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	SIMLA
2 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	not named
17 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	SIMLA
20 November 2016	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Calhan Fire Protection District	UNKNOWN
26 October 2018	Natural	under an acre	Calhan Fire Protection District	UNKNOWN
10 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters	SIMLA
4 January 2013	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Calhan Fire Protection District	UNKNOWN

Every fire recorded in El Paso 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 First Presbyterian Church of Ramah: 4 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 Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this property

51 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramah, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 34 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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 2012	Tornado (EF1)	Ramah	$50,000	A tornado moved south-southwest into El Paso County from Elbert County. A house was damaged. Four nearby barns, one a dog kennel, were destroyed. Two dogs perished. Another ranch to the south was damaged from the tornado winds and flying debris.
August 2008	Tornado (EF1)	Ramah	$10,000	The tornado damaged a barn and threw trash into fencing.
June 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Ramah	$2,000	A tornado moved from Elbert County into El Paso County and damaged some trees and road signs. The damage to the trees was consistent with EF1 winds.
June 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Ramah	$2,000	A large tornado moved across open country. It missed several ranches and only damaged a outbuilding along Alford Road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramah	$300	A road sign on Harrisonville Road was bent over by severe microburst winds.
August 2024	Hail	Ramah	-	A public report via mPING reported hail of 1.5 inches in diameter.
August 2024	Hail	Ramah	-	A trained spotter reported hail of 2 inches in diameter via social media with picture.
June 2023	Heavy Rain	Ramah	-	There was 1.16 inches of rain reported.
June 2023	Heavy Rain	Ramah	-	There was 2.18 inches of rain reported.
August 2022	Heavy Rain	Ramah	-	Reported 2.5 inches of rain.
August 2022	Heavy Rain	Ramah	-	Heavy rain reported, 3 inches.
June 2019	Hail	Ramah	-	Public reported golf ball size hail just east of Ramah, CO.
August 2019	Hail	Ramah	-	One inch hail reported.
July 2018	Hail	Ramah	-	Broken windows in home.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramah	-	Several sheds destroyed.
June 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Ramah	-	A tornado moved east to west from Elbert County into El Paso County and caused no damage across a field in El Paso County.
June 2012	Tornado (EF0)	Ramah	-	A rare anticyclonic tornado occurred over open fields causing no damage.
June 2018	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
July 2018	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramah	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 1999	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 1997	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Ramah	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
August 1996	Hail	Ramah	-	no account filed
July 1996	Lightning	Ramah	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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 88001015 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
El Paso County	All 98 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.