Built in 1882 (Stick style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
From the record
“Mary's Church of Gilberts is a historic church in Gilberts, Illinois. The Catholic church was built for the increasing population in the town in the late 19th century.”
Wikipedia article St. Mary's Church of Gilberts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 86 National Register listings published here for Kane County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1882, Stick style.
National Register reference number.92001018- 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
689 words
The chapter on Rutland Township in History of Kane County, Ill., published 1908 names Gilberts. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The first church in Rutland township was erecteil by the Catholics, which was completed in 1855. The building stands on ground that was given to the church by Andrew Pingree. The first building was about two miles west of Gilberts at the old Catholic burying ground. The first priest in charge was Rev. John Guigin, a Frenchman. He was succeeded by Re\-. Scanlon. Father Gallaher was in charge for many years.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of St. Mary's Church of Gilberts: 3 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Gilberts, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 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.
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.
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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