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Photograph of St. John's Episcopal Church
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St. Johns Episcopal Church

Built in 1842 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“John's Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church located at 20 E. Cherry St. in Albion, Illinois, in the Diocese of Springfield.”

Wikipedia article St. John's Episcopal Church (Albion, Illinois), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 1 National Register listings published here for Edwards County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1842, Gothic Revival.

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. 20 E. Cherry St., Albion, 62806
  • When was it listed? February 2012
  • Category. building
  • Precinct. Albion No. 1 precinct
  • When was it built? 1842
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 12000027 - 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

10 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of St. Johns Episcopal Church between 2015 and 2019, burning about 13 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-132
22 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources419
21 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources15-123
25 April 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources231
22 March 2018Debris and open burning4.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources296
16 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources294
12 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources225
6 February 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources154

Every fire recorded in Edwards County

Storms near this property

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 28 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 5 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbion1 hurt, $50,000One mobile home was demolished and numerous trees were blown down in and around Albion. One occupant of the mobile home received cuts and bruises after the mobile home rolled over twice and came to rest about 50 feet from its original location. On the White County line, just north of Grayville, a wind gust to 69 MPH was clocked. Numerous streets were blocked by downed trees and limbs.
May 1996HailAlbion$500,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAlbion$100,000Several buildings were damaged, and numerous trees and power lines were down. At least a couple of trees landed on homes and vehicles. One tree blocked Route 15 temporarily. An office building was damaged when its brick chimney blew over and fell through the roof. At least a couple of buildings received broken windows. Another building sustained minor roof damage. The damage appeared to be greatest over northern parts of the city.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindAlbion$60,000Numerous trees were blown down in Albion. At least eight trees were blown down on the south side of Albion. The trees ranged from one to three feet in diameter. One tree fell in a pool. Power lines were blown down. A very large tree fell into a home, producing significant damage. Another tree landed on a car.
July 2011LightningAlbion$50,000A lightning strike took out phone lines, radio consoles, and alarm systems at the county courthouse. The lightning appeared to have surged through the phone lines into the building.
July 2011Flash FloodAlbion$50,000Illinois Routes 15 and 130 were flooded in the Albion area. Many rural county roads suffered from washouts, especially gravel roads and culverts. A trained spotter in Albion reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 2.78 inches.
April 1996Flash FloodAlbion$50,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAlbion$40,000Trees were blown down. One tree landed on a mobile home just south of the city.
January 2012Tornado (EF1)Albion$30,000The tornado produced mainly tree damage. One steel high tension power pole was damaged. The average path width was 50 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 100 mph.
May 2011FloodAlbion$30,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindAlbion$25,000Lots of tree damage was reported. A tree fell on a home.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindAlbion$25,000A trained spotter reported a swath of downed trees and power lines near County Road 400.
May 2019Flash FloodAlbion$20,000Several miles southwest of Albion, flash flooding of County Road 400 East occurred near the intersection of County Road 400 North. Parts of the road were washed away. A trained spotter measured a storm total of 5 inches of rain through the mid-morning hours. Near Browns, Illinois Highway 15 was flooded by Bonpas Creek.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAlbion$20,000Tree limbs and utility lines were down around the county.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAlbion$20,000Numerous large tree limbs and a few large trees were blown down. Some of the tree limbs severed power lines. At least five utility poles were snapped.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindAlbion$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, and several houses were damaged. A home in southwest Edwards County was damaged when a very large tree was uprooted and fell on the house.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAlbion$15,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbion$10,000Trees and power lines were down.
March 2008FloodAlbion$10,000Some county roads were closed due to flooding.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAlbion$8,000Numerous tree limbs up to three inches in diameter were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAlbion$6,000Large tree limbs were blown down. One of them landed on a power line.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Large trees and limbs were down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Several miles south-southwest of Albion, multiple small trees were down a half mile south of County Roads 400E and 400N. Just southwest of Albion, a two to three foot diameter tree was down at the corner of County Roads 400E and 725N. Lots of smaller tree limbs were down in the area.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Windows were blown out of a house.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Wind gusts to 60 MPH accompanied a narrow line of showers that swept through the region. Downed tree limbs and power outages were fairly common around Albion. One tree limb landed on a newly acquired RV, causing moderate damage.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindAlbion$4,000Wind was the primary factor in a wreck involving a tractor trailer on Route 130. The empty tractor-trailer rig was reportedly picked up and pushed off the east side of the highway. Another vehicle collided with the tractor-trailer rig. Three people were injured in the wreck, none seriously. Emergency personnel responding to the overturned semi were delayed by slippery roads caused by hail two to three inches deep in places.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAlbion$4,000Trees were blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAlbion$4,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAlbion$3,000Multiple trees were blown down in Albion from thunderstorm winds.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAlbion$2,000A couple of small limbs were down in Albion. A large tree was down in Browns.
July 2023HailAlbion-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail. The general public reported golf ball size hail.
August 2023Flash FloodAlbion-Water covered Route 130 about a mile north of Albion. A semi truck driver believed the water was attempting to sweep the semi off the road. The storm total rainfall as reported by a spotter in Albion was 5.71 inches.
June 2018Flash FloodAlbion-Widespread flash flooding occurred on many local highways.
July 2016FloodAlbion-Some minor street flooding was reported. A trained spotter measured 2.30 inches in 45 minutes.
July 2014Heavy RainAlbion-A trained spotter measured 1.50 inches of rain in 30 minutes. Storm total rainfall was 2.86 inches.
July 2013Heavy RainAlbion-A trained spotter reported 4.04 inches of rain fell during the day and early evening. Storm total rainfall of 4.90 inches was reported by the general public. County Road 1300 North was flooded by the West Village Creek.
December 2013FloodAlbion-A trained spotter measured 5.9 inches of rain in about 24 hours. Considerable flooding of low-lying areas was reported.
July 2012Heavy RainAlbion-Street flooding was reported in a few locations. A trained spotter measured 1.71 inches in the storm.
February 2011HailAlbion-Hail up to the size of dimes fell in the community.
July 2011Heavy RainAlbion-Street flooding was reported on Route 130.
April 2007HailAlbion-Dime-size hail fell four miles west-northwest of Grayville.
March 2006HailAlbion-Reported on Route 15.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Downed trees were reported on Route 15.
April 2006HailAlbion-Hail was the size of half dollars in Browns and dimes in Albion.
April 2005HailAlbion-Dime to nickel size hail fell in Grayville.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Tree limbs and a large tree were blown down.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A couple of trees were down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Wind gusts were estimated near 60 MPH by emergency managers.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAlbion-The county sheriff department reported a gust to 60 MPH.
May 1998HailAlbion-Golf ball size hail fell near Grayville.
June 1997FloodAlbion-A weather observer measured 1.2 inches of rain in about 30 minutes at Ellery. Water was over some secondary roads between Ellery and Albion. Ponding of water occurred on main roads.
July 2023HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2022HailAlbion-no account filed
March 2012HailAlbion-no account filed
August 2011HailAlbion-no account filed
August 2007HailAlbion-no account filed
March 2006HailAlbion-no account filed
April 2005HailAlbion-no account filed
May 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
June 1999HailAlbion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edwards 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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000027 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Edwards CountyAll 1 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.
  • 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.