BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Owen County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Vandalia Methodist Episcopal Church and Vandalia School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
The listing
- Address. 5434 and 5465 Vandalia Rd., Vandalia, 47460
- When was it listed? June 2019
- Category. building
- Also known as. Indiana's Public Common and High Schools MPS
- Township. Lafayette township
- National Register reference number. 100004045 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vandalia Methodist Episcopal Church and Vandalia School: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Winders & Sons Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vandalia, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandalia | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Fish Creek Road. Power lines were also downed on Country Club Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vandalia | $1,000 | A tree was reported downed over a road near Atkinsonville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Vandalia | $500 | Water was also reported to be covering the road to unknown depth. They were able to drive through it fine. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Vandalia | $500 | Owen County Dispatch reported that flash flooding caused Patricksburg Road to be impassable near Buckview Road. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Vandalia | - | A funnel cloud was observed in this location and was seen moving east. |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Moffett-Ralston House | 3.1 miles | 1975 |
 | David Enoch Beem House | 5.5 miles | 1989 |
 | Allison-Robinson House | 5.9 miles | 1993 |
| Spencer Presbyterian Church and Manse | 5.9 miles | 2020 | |
 | Spencer Town Hall and Fire Station | 6.0 miles | 1982 |
 | Spencer Public Library | 6.1 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004045 in Record Group 79. |
| Owen County | All 17 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.