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Photograph of First Presbyterian Church
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at La Grange, Lewis County, Missouri. It was built in 1848, and is a one-story, temple front, Greek Revival style, red brick building on a raised basement.”

Wikipedia article First Presbyterian Church (La Grange, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Lewis County · listed in 2012 · 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. 401 Jefferson, La Grange, 63448
  • When was it listed? August 2012
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rural Church Architecture of Missouri, c. 1819 to c. 1945 MPS
  • Township. Union township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 12000562 - 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church between 1994 and 2020, burning about 119 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230799-05620-09242020-1832
7 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220649-05620-08292020-0948
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220648-05620-08252020-1429
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179332-05620-07202019-2125
2 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation176281-05620-03152018-1620

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hagood QuarryLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Lagrange Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brosi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Oyster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reid + Brosi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this property

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Grange, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Grange1 killedSub-severe thunderstorm winds in combination with saturated soils, caused a large tree to be blown over at Wakonda State Park in the area where RVs are allowed to stay. The tree fell onto an RV, crushing the front section of it. Five people were trapped in the vehicle. One occupant was crushed by the fallen tree and died from his injuries. No one else in the vehicle sustained any injuries.
July 2015Flash FloodLa Grange1 killedUp to five inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highways C and B at LaGrange. County Road 322, also known as 190th Street, was flooded where Reddish Branch Creek flows under it, about 3 miles east northeast of LaBelle, just east of intersection with 145th Avenue. In this location, a pickup truck was driven into the flooded roadway just after midnight on the 12th of July and then swept downstream. The driver was swept about a mile downstream and drowned in the flood waters. Her passenger was able to cling to a tree till he was rescued a few hours later. Several roads were also washed out including 3rd Street at Pierce Street in LaGrange.
April 1997Tornado (F0)La Grange$20,000no account filed
March 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in La Grange.
June 2011Flash FloodLa Grange-Up to four inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. In Canton, almost two and a half inches of rain fell in about an hour. Several homes had water in them due to the flash flooding. Also, numerous roads were flooded.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-An intense bow echo moved through LaGrange, blowing down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines. Also, a large barn lost most of its roof and parts of several walls.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm winds blew over a small shed in La Grange.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Several power lines and a couple of power poles were blown down. A few of the power lines fell onto U.S. 61 and Highway C west of La Grange.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged the porch of a home in La Grange.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm winds broke two windows on a home and destroyed five outbuildings. A chicken coop was flipped upside down into a pond. The resident rooster survived.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and power lines.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-The second severe thunderstorm of the day knocked down more trees and power lines in La Grange.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Local law enforcement reported several trees and power lines down in town.
July 2003LightningLa Grange-A lightning strike splintered a tree in La Grange City Park.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and damaged a few farm outbuildings.
August 2000HailLa Grange-Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail.
April 2023HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2022HailLa Grange-no account filed
May 2018HailLa Grange-no account filed
March 2017HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2016HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2014HailLa Grange-no account filed
October 2012HailLa Grange-no account filed
April 2010HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
August 2009HailLa Grange-no account filed
June 2008HailLa Grange-no account filed
September 2005HailLa Grange-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Grange-no account filed
May 1998HailLa Grange-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Fred Rhoda House0.2 miles1999
Dr. J.A. Hay House0.2 miles1999
William Gray House0.2 miles1999
John McKoon House0.2 miles1999
A.C. Waltman House0.3 miles1999
Joseph Hipkins House0.3 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000562 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lewis CountyAll 12 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.