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Photograph of Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church

Built in 1899 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist church located at Greenville, Indiana. It was designed by church plan catalogue architect Benjamin D.”

Wikipedia article Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church (Greenville, Indiana), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 25 National Register listings published here for Floyd County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1899, 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. 9449 Harrison St., Greenville, 47124
  • When was it listed? September 2004
  • Category. building
  • Township. Greenville township
  • When was it built? 1899
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 04001098 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
Jorris Sand PitSilicaPast Producer
Miller Sand PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this property

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenville, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
April 1996Tornado (F2)Greenville1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindGreenville$1,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGreenville-A vehicle fell on a vehicle near Bradford Road and Kiesler Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGreenville-A tree was blocking Kiesler Road.
February 2025Flash FloodGreenville-Georgetown Greenville Road was closed due to high water.
March 2023Flash FloodGreenville-Dispatch reported flash flooding at John Pectol Road and Hamby Road.
March 2023HailGreenville-Quarter sized hail fell near Greenville.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreenville-There were trees down on US 150.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGreenville-Trees were down across Voyles Road.
February 2021FloodGreenville-Old Vincennes Road was closed due to high water just east of Buttontown Road.
April 2019Heavy RainGreenville-High water was over a portion of John Pectol Road near Carter Road for a short period of time.
March 2012HailGreenville-One inch hail fell at the intersection of Pekin Road and State Highway 150.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGreenville-A utility pole was snapped.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGreenville-Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGreenville-Trees down
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreenville-no account filed
May 1996HailGreenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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

4 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
Jersey Park Farm1.7 miles1984
Charles and Elletha Frederick House3.3 miles2022
Georgetown Historic District5.3 miles2013
Beard-Kerr Farm6.5 miles2012

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04001098 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Floyd CountyAll 25 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.
  • 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.