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Photograph of First Presbyterian Church
Photograph by Jim Roberts, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

First Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“First Presbyterian Church, also known as Rock Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located at 212 E. North Street in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, United States.”

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

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Saline County · listed in 1977 · 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. 212 E. North St., Marshall, 65340
  • When was it listed? September 1977
  • Category. building
  • Township. Marshall township
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 77000814 - 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.

The ground it stands on

3,425 words

The chapter on Marshall Township in History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881 names Marshall. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The first physicians were Drs. Lawton and Hicks. Lawton went to Booneville, and from thence to St. Louis, where he died. Hicks died in Marshall, as has been often stated, in 1849, of cholera. The first attorneys were Ramage, Trigg, McNutt, Shepherd, and Bryant.

Passage source: History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881.

The first cemetery used was the burying ground of Jerry Odell, north and east of the main part of town. In about 1857, Col. Geo. W. Allen established one, now to be seen between the Chicago & Alton railroad depot and the business portion of town. This was used during the war, and here the soldiers who died at Marshall were buried. Near this is the place where Dr. Benson and Flannigan were shot. This ground is fast being occupied. Houses are being built and gardens are growing over the dust of those buried there, and doubtless in fifty years from this date, when the next history of Saline county is written, the historian shall write of the mammoth business enterprises carried on and the gigantic business houses established upon the site of the second burying ground of Marshall.

Passage source: History of Saline County, Missouri, Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources ... with a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men .., published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Marshall Township - 3,425 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of First Presbyterian Church in 2011, burning about 5 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/undetermined1

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
13 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Every fire recorded in Saline County

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 First Presbyterian Church: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Branham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this property

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall, the town this property stands in, in 79 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004Flash FloodMarshall$300,0004 to 6 inches of rain produced widespread flash flooding in the Marshall area. Several water rescues and several homes and businesses suffered water damage. Damage to roads and bridges as well. Flowing water was 3 to 4 feet deep on Route YY.
March 2006Tornado (F3)Marshall$75,000Tornado touched down 6 miles south of Marshall at 2028 CST. It traveled east-northeast and for a time paralleled another tornado to the north before the first one occluded. Little damage was noted along the track until it neared the Howard county line. The tornado merged with another tornado near the Missouri River and quickly produced F3 damage to a farmstead. The tornado then entered Howard county 4 miles north of Arrow Rock at 2046 CST.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Marshall$50,000A tornado touched down briefly at a farm and tore part of the roof off three machine sheds. One other building was slightly damaged and two silos were bent or dented. A roll of field tile was lifted from its original position and tossed 100 yards to the west, while the storm was moving southeast.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMarshall$25,000Power lines and trees were downed in the town of Marshall.
May 2014Tornado (EF1)Marshall$10,000The third and final tornado from this survey formed just north of Marshall, Missouri. While the tornado was very wide, it did not damage any structures that would suggest it was stronger than EF-1. Generally it impacted trees and power lines in the rural areas of Saline County and a few farm structures. The tornado dissipated just east of Marshall, Missouri about 20 minutes after is formed.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshall$10,000A tree was reported to have blown onto a car on Lincoln Avenue. A grain bin was also reported damaged. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMarshall$5,000Large trees and power lines were knocked down on the north side of town.
April 1993HailMarshall$5,000no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMarshall$1,000Trees and power lines down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMarshall$1,000Numerous trees and power lines reported down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Downed wires and power outages near County Road 111 near Marshall.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Social media reports and photos of trees down in Marshall.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Social media report and photos of downed trees and limbs from thunderstorm outflow in Marshall. Time based on social media report and confirmed from radar.
March 2018FloodMarshall-Part of a railroad track was washed out in Marshall.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A large tree was down near Marshall.
May 2016HailMarshall-This report was gathered via social media. The picture on Twitter showed a hail stone nearly one-half the size of a cassette tape.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A light pole was reported down as a result of strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMarshall-AWOS station in Marshall reported a 61 mph wind gust.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Several large trees and power lines down along Highway 240 between Marshall and Slater. Likely caused by rear flank downdraft.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A storm chaser recorded a 113 mph wind associated with the rear flank downdraft of the tornadic storm near Marshall.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Roof damage with shingles off and multiple large trees down or uprooted 5 miles east of Marshall. Likely caused by rear flank downdraft.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Power lines were reported down near Marshall, Missouri.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 70 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMarshall-A large tree was reported down and blocking Highway 41.
July 2008Flash FloodMarshall-Water was reported flowing over the road, northeast of the intersection of Highway 65 and Highway H, and Highway 65 near Malta Bend.
January 2005Flash FloodMarshall-Water over Highway 65 due to heavy rains.
June 2005Flash FloodMarshall-Low lying spots on Highway 65 under water.
August 2005Flash FloodMarshall-3 to 5 inches of rain across the area produced flash flooding on several roads.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Large tree limbs down with power outages reported.
May 2003Flash FloodMarshall-Flooding on various roads in county.
January 1999HailMarshall-Dime-size hail in Marshall
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshall-The Saline County Sheriff's Office reported a large tree blown down across a railroad track 10 miles north of Marshall.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshall-The Marshall Police department reported numerous trees and power lines down as a result of the thunderstorm winds. Marshall PD estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH while a local radio station reported wind gusts to 53 MPH in Marshall.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindMarshall-The sheriff's office in Marshall reported a wind gust to 60 mph.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMarshall-Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph in Marshall.
April 2016HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2016HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2016HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2016HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2016HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2015HailMarshall-no account filed
September 2014HailMarshall-no account filed
March 2014HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2014HailMarshall-no account filed
June 2009HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2005HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2004HailMarshall-no account filed
August 2004HailMarshall-no account filed
August 2004HailMarshall-no account filed
August 2004HailMarshall-no account filed
April 2003HailMarshall-no account filed
May 2003HailMarshall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Saline County Courthouse0.1 miles1977
Buckner House0.2 miles1984
Chicago and Alton Depot0.4 miles1979
Fitzgibbon Hospital0.5 miles2012
Baity Hall0.9 miles1986
Santa Fe Trail-Saline County Trail Segments5.2 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000814 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Saline CountyAll 26 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.