BlockFrom the record
One of 88 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. 4200 Alder Street, East Chicago, 46312
- When was it listed? September 2025
- Category. building
- Township. North township
- National Register reference number. 100012182 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church between 2011 and 2020, burning about 178 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 | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | NORTH CLARK ROAD |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CHEMCOATERS |
| 8 November 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | HOOPS |
| 18 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | CLINE AVE |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church: 5 plants, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Us Steel Lead Smeltr & Refinery | Antimony, Lead | Plant | ||
| Buffington Cement Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| East Chicago Plant-U.S. Gypsum Co. | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Perlite | Plant | ||
| Harbison-Walker/ Hammond, Ind. | Chromium | Producer | ||
| J & L Steel/ Indiana Harbor Works | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Natl. Briquette Corp. Plant | Fluorine-Fluorite | Producer | ||
| Samoki Brothers Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buffington Lime Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Indiana Harbor Limekiln | Limestone, General | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Amoco/ Whiting Refinery | Sulfur | Plant |
Storms near this property
12 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Chicago, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | $1,000,000 | Widespread wind damage occurred in a three to five mile wide path from East Chicago and Gary in northeast Lake County through much of central Lake County to near Winfield and the Lake Porter County line. Numerous large trees uprooted and blown over, some falling onto buildings and cars, causing damage to roofs, siding and windows. Numerous power lines blown down. Trees were blown down on the Indiana Toll Road near milemarker 5 and on Interstate 94 near Broadway. A semi-trailer was blown over at US 30 and Indiana 51. Another semi-trailer was blown over at US 30 and Interstate 65. A large indoor horse riding arena was completed destroyed, but no horses were injured. A Merrillville police car was heavily damaged by hail. A homeless shelter in Gary suffered significant roof damage. The most intense damage was consistent with winds in excess of 100 mph. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | - | A restaurant sign was blown over. The base was set in 24 to 36 inches of concrete, which lifted and damaged a nearby sidewalk. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | - | Numerous trees were uprooted in Washington Park. Other tree limbs were blown down nearby. |
| September 2023 | Funnel Cloud | East Chicago | - | A video was shared on social media showing a funnel cloud near East Chicago. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | - | A wind gust to 62 mph was measured at the Cline Avenue Bridge. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | - | A tree was uprooted in East Chicago. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | - | A wind gust to 95 mph was measured two miles west of East Chicago. |
| July 2007 | Hail | East Chicago | - | Penny size hail reported at Cline Avenue and Riley Road. |
| September 2006 | Flood | East Chicago | - | After flash flooding across northwest Lake County during the morning and afternoon hours of September 13th, flood waters slowly receded with some areas still flooded two days later on September 15th. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | East Chicago | - | Several inches of water was on Indianapolis Road, north of I-80 in Hammond. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Chicago | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | East Chicago | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Indiana Harbor Public Library | 0.8 miles | 2005 |
 | Marktown Historic District | 2.0 miles | 1975 |
| Hansen Branch-Hammond Public Library | 3.3 miles | 2019 | |
 | Pullman-Standard Historic District | 3.5 miles | 2012 |
| Henry and Caroline Schrage House | 3.7 miles | 2021 | |
 | State Bank of Hammond Building | 3.7 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012182 in Record Group 79. |
| Lake County | All 88 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.
- 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.