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Photograph of Manchester United Methodist Church
Photograph by Kbh3rd, CC BY 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church

Built in 1859 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Manchester United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in Manchester, Missouri. It was the first church to be established in the western part of St.”

Wikipedia article Manchester United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1859, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 129 Woods Mill Rd., Manchester, 63011
  • When was it listed? February 1983
  • Category. building
  • Township. Lafayette township
  • When was it built? 1859
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83001053 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Manchester Methodist Episcopal Church: 10 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
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kempf QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Osage Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this property

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manchester, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2013: 9 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. 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
May 2008HailManchester-Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail on Manchester Road just west of I-270.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindManchester-Amateur radio spotters reported three large tree limbs down along Clayton Road near Kirksville Road.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindManchester-The roof of a gasoline station was damaged at the intersection of Highway 141 and Manchester Road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindManchester-Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindManchester-Storm spotters reported trees down from thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 1998HailManchester-Amateur radio spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2013HailManchester-no account filed
June 2012HailManchester-no account filed
April 2011HailManchester-no account filed
June 2009HailManchester-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindManchester-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindManchester-no account filed
July 2004HailManchester-no account filed
July 2004HailManchester-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindManchester-no account filed
April 2001HailManchester-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindManchester-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindManchester-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Lyceum, The0.1 miles1979
Henry Avenue Historic District0.3 miles2003
Jarville1.6 miles1984
Barretts Tunnels3.0 miles1978
Pappas, Theodore, A., House3.2 miles1979
Barretts Tunnels3.3 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83001053 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Louis CountyAll 663 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.
  • 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.