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Photograph of First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Photograph by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“First Evangelical Lutheran Church (First Lutheran Church) is a historic church at 400 2nd Street in Gypsum, Colorado. It was built in 1890 and was added to the National Register in 1993.”

Wikipedia article First Evangelical Lutheran Church (Gypsum, Colorado), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Eagle County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 400 2nd St., Gypsum, 81637
  • When was it listed? June 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Eagle-Gypsum
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 93000576 - 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

302 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of First Evangelical Lutheran Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,796 acres in total. 152 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
Natural152
Recreation and ceremony70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionROAD GULCH
7 September 2001Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMCHATTEN
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionDRY LAKE
5 September 2013Natural4.6 acresNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSPRING CREEK 2
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionSPRING CREEK 3
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionTENDERFOOT
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersGYPSUM
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNorthwest District, Grand JunctionMCHATTEN

Every fire recorded in Eagle County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of First Evangelical Lutheran Church: 12 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Gravel PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownGold, SilverProducerPlacer
UnknownGypsum-Anhydrite, AnthracitePast Producer
UnknownGoldProducerPlacer
Vesuvius, LavaGoldOccurrencePlacer
Dotsero CraterStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSand and Gravel
UnknownStone, DimensionOccurrenceScoria

Every working recorded in Eagle County

Storms near this property

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gypsum, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Flash FloodGypsum$350,000no account filed
July 2011Flash FloodGypsum$5,000Flash flooding occurred along a 5 mile stretch along and near Gypsum Creek Road, with flood waters up to 8 feet deep across one side road. Roads were washed out in places.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A peak wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by the automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport. A tree was knocked down in Gypsum around the same time that these thunderstorm wind gusts occurred.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured by the automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindGypsum-A peak wind gust of 61 mph was measured by the automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGypsum-The automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph as a line of showers and thunderstorms moved across the area. The severe winds resulted in 645 power outages across Eagle County.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGypsum-The automated weather station at the Eagle County Regional Airport measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph from a strong thunderstorm.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph reported in the town of Gypsum.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Severe outflow winds were reported at the Eagle County Airport as winds gusted up to 69 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGypsum-Thunderstorm outflow winds of up to 60 mph were reported along with pea sized hail accumulating several inches deep.
July 2004Flash FloodGypsum-no account filed
July 2004Heavy RainGypsum-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGypsum-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGypsum-no account filed
August 2000Flash FloodGypsum-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eagle 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

2 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
Dotsero Bridge5.9 miles2002
Eagle River Bridge7.3 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000576 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Eagle CountyAll 11 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.