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Photograph of Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church
Photograph by JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church

Built in 1885. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church, also known as Coralville Town Hall, is a historic building located at 405 2nd Avenue in Coralville, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.”

Wikipedia article Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 96 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 1977 · category: Building · built in 1885.

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. 405 2nd Ave., Coralville, 52241
  • When was it listed? April 1977
  • Category. building
  • Township. West Lucas township
  • When was it built? 1885
  • National Register reference number. 77000526 - 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church between 2006 and 2017, burning about 58 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Smoking2

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
19 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 April 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2015Smoking5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Coralville Union Ecclesiastical Church: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. 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
Hutchinson QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Sanders QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, FlagstonePast Producer
Showers SandpitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stevens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Conklin Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Donovan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Klein QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Vogel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this property

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coralville, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006LightningCoralville$515,000Sometime between 1900 and 1930 CST lightning struck a brand new home in Coralville. The resultant fire destroyed the home and strong winds allowed the flames to spread onto a house nearing completion next door.
June 2008Flash FloodCoralville$500,000The Crandic Railroad embankment along the Iowa River in Coralville, IA failed around 9:01 pm June 12. Flash flooding resulted in sections of Coralville, IA along 1st Avenue and Highway 6.
August 2007LightningCoralville$5,000Lightning struck a house in Coralville, IA during the late morning hours of August 23rd. Time estimated. Firefighters responded at 11:30 am and had the fire under control by 11:45 am. Fire and smoke damage was confined to the lower level of the home.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCoralville$5,000sign at Hy-Vee down; a few trees down blocking streets
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCoralville$2,000Heavy rain for 8 minutes
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Winds estimated around 70 mph, with tree limbs down around 3 to 4 inches in diameter.
July 2024Flash FloodCoralville-A public report of street flooding.
July 2024Flash FloodCoralville-Dispatch Center reported knee depth water on 20th Avenue. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCoralville-EM relayed a report of a window blown out of a home, where rain spilled through the window and flooded the basement.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Reports of branches blown down throughout the county.
May 2018HailCoralville-Received a report from local media of penny sized hail.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Thunderstorms wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down a 6 inch diameter tree near the Scottsdale Apartment complex in Coralville, IA around 900 pm July 24.
June 2008Flash FloodCoralville-Heavy rains of 1 to 2.5 inches in a short amount of time resulted in flash flooding of some streets near the intersection of Melrose Ave. and Mormon Trek Blvd. in Iowa City. The location in question is a low spot in the road that is prone to flooding. This report was relayed by a trained spotter.
April 2006HailCoralville-Penny to nickel size hail; spotter also reported strong winds
May 2004Heavy RainCoralville-1 inch in the past hour.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Semi tractor trailer blown over.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Tree branches knocked down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-Numerous trees and branches blown down.
July 2002FloodCoralville-Numerous intersections flooded with some vehicles stalled.
May 2001Funnel CloudCoralville-Two funnel clouds reported by public.
July 2000FloodCoralville-Law enforcement reported minor street flooding.
May 2024HailCoralville-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCoralville-no account filed
June 1998HailCoralville-no account filed
May 1997HailCoralville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Coralville Public School0.2 miles1974
Ned Ashton House0.8 miles2001
Dr. Albert Henry Byfield House1.0 miles2017
A. W. Pratt House1.2 miles1983
Sigma Pi Fraternity House1.3 miles2013
Billingsley-Hills House1.5 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000526 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Johnson CountyAll 96 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.