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Photograph of First Congregational Church
Photograph by Kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Congregational Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“The First Congregational Church is a historic church located at 106 South Bostwick Street in Charlotte, Michigan. It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.”

Wikipedia article First Congregational Church (Charlotte, Michigan), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Eaton County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

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. 106 S. Bostwick St., Charlotte, 48813
  • When was it listed? August 1993
  • Category. building
  • City. Charlotte city
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 93000872 - 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.

Fires near this property

19 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of First Congregational Church between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWINDSOR TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 122 - 2020
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLOTTE FD 0000433 - 2018
24 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWINDSOR TOWNSHIP EMERGENCY SERVICES 118 - 2020
19 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPOTTERVILLE-BENTON TWP FD 0000126 - 2019
15 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLOTTE FD 0000401 - 2019
7 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLOTTE FD 0000369 - 2018
9 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLOTTE FD 0000208 - 2019
4 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCHARLOTTE FD 0000200 - 2019

Every fire recorded in Eaton County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of First Congregational Church: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Charlotte PlantIronProducer
Briggs Dredge & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Charlotte Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eaton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Eaton County

Storms near this property

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlotte, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
August 2007Tornado (EF3)Charlotte5 hurt, $40,000,000A NWS storm survey team determined that an EF-3 (Enhanced-Fujita Tornado Scale Rating) tornado with wind speeds estimated at 140 mph produced the most severe damage along a path from M-50 just north of Kinsel Highway to just west of M-100 and Vermontville Highway near Potterville, Michigan. The storm survey indicated a tornado path which was 200 to 300 yards wide and 6.5 miles long.||Fifteen homes were either destroyed or severely damaged. A roof was blown off a single story home and windward facing walls were blown in. The majority of the roof and garage from this home were not found. A roof was blown off of a two story home and the upper story front walls were blown in. Additional damage included the partial collapse of the upper story of a home, and another house was blown off of the foundation. Two barns were destroyed and another incurred heavy damage just west of Potterville.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$1,000,000A swath of damage approximately 12 miles long and 0.5 to 1 mile in width occurred SE of Charlotte to just NNE of Eaton Rapids. The damage resulted from a bowing segment of a line echo wave pattern which downed numerous trees and power lines. Several homes in the area sustained roof damage, and one home approximately 3 mi NW of Eaton Rapids was partially destroyed. However, that home was not properly attached to its foundation. Several barns were also damaged, one of which was destroyed.
May 2000HailCharlotte$80,000no account filed
May 2004HailCharlotte$40,000Three quarters inch hail was reported in Eaton Rapids and several trees were blown down in Charlotte.
May 2004HailCharlotte$40,000One and three quarters inch diameter hail was reported by law enforcement in Charlotte.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$30,000A few trees and power lines were blown down in Charlotte. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across most of Eaton county between 10:25 and 10:35 E.S.T.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$25,000An isolated severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts that blew down numerous 12-16 inch diameter trees. Most of the trees were blown down along an area just under a mile long and a tenth of a mile wide in Charlotte.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$20,000Several trees were blown down five miles west northwest of Charlotte.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$20,000A wet microburst just east of Charlotte in Eaton County totally destroyed a new home in Sandstone Estates which was under construction and pushed or moved several vehicles parked in the area. Eaton County police and fire department officials confirmed siting 2 funnel clouds with this storm, but neither funnel touched the ground.
May 2000HailCharlotte$20,000no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$15,000Law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down in Bellevue and Charlotte.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$10,000Several trees were blown down in Charlotte. One live 12 inch diameter tree was blown down seven miles north of Eaton Rapids.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$10,000Law enforcement reported several trees were blown down in Charlotte.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Charlotte.
August 2003HailCharlotte$10,000A report of three quarters inch diameter hail was received from five miles northwest of Charlotte.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$10,000Several trees were downed across southern Eaton county.
August 2015HailCharlotte$5,000A trained spotter reported that hail up to an inch in diameter fell near Charlotte.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$5,000Eaton County Central Dispatch reported trees, branches, and power lines were downed in and around the city of Charlotte. A Charlotte area newspaper reported a tree was downed on Lovett St. at the Prairie St. intersection. This tree pulled down power lines and damaged a power pole at the street corner.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$1,000Amateur radio operators reported a 24-inch diameter tree downed near the intersections of Clark and Oakland Roads in Charlotte. Power lines were also downed in the immediate vicinity.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCharlotte$1,000A local radio station in Charlotte reported several large tree limbs downed, with wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
March 2019HailCharlotte-Hail stones of an inch to inch and a quarter were measured in Charlotte.
April 2011HailCharlotte-Up to nickel sized hail was reported by a trained spotter near Charlotte.
July 2008HailCharlotte-A trained spotter estimated that nickel sized hail fell in Charlotte.
July 2008HailCharlotte-An Eaton county official reported three quarters inch diameter hail near Charlotte.
July 2008HailCharlotte-One inch diameter hail was reported near Charlotte.
June 2007HailCharlotte-A three quarters inch hail report was relayed via dispatch center.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCharlotte-Eaton County Central Dispatch reported trees downed in the Charlotte area. Damage estimates were not available.
June 1998Funnel CloudCharlotte-Eaton County Central Dispatch relayed several reports from the public of a funnel cloud approximately 4 miles west of Charlotte.
June 1998HailCharlotte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Eaton 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

5 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
Eaton County Courthouseunder 500 feet1971
Eaton County Courthouse Complex (Boundary Increase)under 500 feet1993
Charlotte Central Historic District0.2 miles2020
Michigan Central Railroad Charlotte Depot0.4 miles2000
Powers Highway-Battle Creek Bridge7.7 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000872 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Eaton CountyAll 18 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.