Built in 1887 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
From the record
“The United Methodist Church of Batavia is a historical church in Batavia, Illinois. Funds for the church were donated by Rev.”
Wikipedia article United Methodist Church of Batavia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 86 National Register listings published here for Kane County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1887, Romanesque Revival architecture, by Solon Spencer Beman.
National Register reference number.83000320- 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.
The ground it stands on
248 words
The chapter on Batavia Township in History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 names Batavia. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
To the township of Batavia belongs the distinction of the first settlement in Kane county, Christopher Payne having arrived there and built his cabin in 1833. on the east side of the river within the present hmits of the city. Colonel James Lyon came early in 1834; Captain C. B. Dodson settled just south of the present city in June. 1834, at what was then called Clyburnville. smce disappeared.
Trade with the Indians brought profit, and the first store was built near the mouth of Mill creek; a sawmill was also erected; both by Captain Dodson. In 1835 Dodson and Clyburn contracted to remove the Indians to the West. Tames Vanatta is said to have located' east of Batavia in January, 1834. and a man named Corey took a claim near him. In December, 1833, James Nelson built a cabin and moved in at what was afterward known as Nelson's Grove, west of the city. John Gregg was the first blacksmith in the township. Settlers came from as far as Rockford, a week's trip down and back, to have their plows repaired.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 3 fires within 5 miles of United Methodist Church of Batavia
between 2013 and 2014, burning about 6 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/undetermined
2
Debris and open burning
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
5 workings within 5 miles of United Methodist Church of Batavia: 3 past producers, 2 producers.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Batavia, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 31 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning.
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.
This tornado began in an open field south of Engstrom Family Park and tracked east northeast towards downtown Batavia before lifting shortly after it crossed the Fox River near Wilson St. Damage along the tornado's path consisted of several uprooted and damaged trees, downed fences, downed power lines, roof shingles peeled off of houses, and a toppled chimney.
Quarter size hail was reported at Route 38 and Randall Road. Tennis Ball size hail was also reported in Batavia. The hail dented a few steel roofs and also cracked some car windshields.
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.
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.
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