Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
“The Church of Christ was a historic church located at 102 Main Street in Perry, Pike County, Illinois.”
Wikipedia article Church of Christ (Perry, Illinois), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Pike County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Perry Township in With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920 names Perry. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
A movement to organize a Perry Branch of the Pike County Red Cross Chapter was started by Miss Grace Daigh in May, 1917, when about a dozen members were secured. July 4th was celebrated by Perry community, and a special canvass for members, directed by J. C. Baker, was made that day, resulting in an increase to about fifty members. No further action was taken until a meeting was called September first for the election of officers. This election resulted as follows: Chairman, J. R.,Sims; vice-chairman, Mrs. Eva Dorsey; secretary, Miss Ora Higgins; treasurer, Mrs. Lila Gregory.
Passage source: With The Colors in Pike County, Illinois, published 1920.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Perry Township - 317 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Church of Christ: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ill.Highway Shale Exposure | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Perry | 2 hurt | A tornado touched down 1.7 miles west southwest of Perry off of Township Road 3225E. It travelled to the east northeast with intermittent touchdowns occurring until the tornado reached the southern portion of Perry. On the south side of Perry, a vacant mobile home had its roof and northwest corner ripped off. Another mobile home had a tree land on it causing extensive damage and two children in the home sustained minor cuts and bruises. Also, 3 homes sustained window and shingle damage, a barn lost part of its roof, and numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down. Two vehicles sustained damage from fallen tree limbs. The tornado then lifted and dissipated. |
| October 2014 | Lightning | Perry | $1,000,000 | Lightning struck a historic church built in the 1880s and caught fire. It was a total loss. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $20,000 | A wide swath of damaging winds from Perry southward into Griggsville and Valley City. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Some of the trees fell onto Illinois Route 107 both north and south of Perry. A power pole was blown down in Griggsville. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $10,000 | Pike County dispatch reported three to four trees blown down at the intersection of Illinois Routes 104 and 107. In Griggsville, a transformer was blown and several power lines were blown down. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Perry | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage to a house 3 miles north northwest of Perry. On the outskirts of Perry, the roof of a barn was destroyed, windows were blow out of a tractor and some shingles were ripped off the roof of a house. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Thunderstorm winds associated with a line of storms blew down numerous tree limbs and a few trees in Perry, Pittsfield and Pleasant Hill. One unoccupied vehicle in Pittsfield was damaged from a flying piece of plywood. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | An intense bow echo moved through the Perry and Griggsville area. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. In Perry, a large pecan tree was uprooted and fell onto a house causing extensive damage. Also, when the tree fell over the roots broke a gas line causing a leak. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Several trees were blown down in Perry. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Several large trees were blown down blocking the intersection of Illinois Routes 104 and 107. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | Illinois Route 107 was closed due to several trees blown down onto the road north of Perry. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Griggsville Historic District | 5.5 miles | 1979 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000675 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Pike County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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