Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
From the record
“Concordia Log Cabin College is a historic site in Altenburg, in Perry County, Missouri. The structure is a log building under a protective shelter situated in the Trinity Lutheran Church maple grove.”
Wikipedia article Concordia Log Cabin College (Altenburg, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Perry County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.78001671- 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
2 since 1996
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Concordia Log Cabin College
between 1996 and 2010, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Arson/incendiarism
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Concordia Log Cabin College: 8 past producers, 2 prospects.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Altenburg, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 8 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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.
There was major flooding along the Mississippi River early in the month. Extensive flooding of low-lying agricultural land and county roads in the flood plain was observed. A voluntary evacuation was declared for the community of Lithium. The Red Cross opened a temporary shelter in Brewer. Several roads were closed, including the Route 51 Mississippi River bridge to Chester, IL. Highway E near Menfro was closed. Most of the other roads were rural county roads. A main railway was closed due to water over the tracks. Residents of the small community of Wittenburg along the river were forced to evacuate or use boats to reach their property. Most houses along the river have been abandoned after being repeatedly flooded over the years.
Mississippi River levels continued their climb from December, and record or near-record flooding occurred early in the month. The river gage downriver at Cape Girardeau crested at a new record of 48.86 feet on the 1st. However, the river gage upriver at Chester in Randolph County did not break a record. Efforts were made to fortify the Bois Brule Levee to protect area homes and businesses. The National Guard worked around the clock to ensure the security of residents. The Highway 51 bridge to Chester, Illinois was closed. Several roads were closed, including Highway E near Menfro. Most of the other roads were rural county roads. A main railway was closed due to water over the tracks. Barge traffic was restricted on the river due to strong currents.
Major flooding continued from April along the Mississippi River. Several roads were closed, including Highway E near Menfro. Most of the other roads were rural county roads. A main railway was closed due to water over the tracks.
Major flooding occurred along the Mississippi River, inundating thousands of acres of cropland and closing numerous roads. Portions of Highways A, C, and E were closed.
Major flooding commenced on the Mississippi River in December. The record crest did not occur until early January. Widespread flooding of low-lying areas occurred.
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
4 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.
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.
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