BlockFrom the record
One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 1984 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Church Street Commercial District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 2-100 Church St., Ferguson, 63135
- When was it listed? August 1984
- Category. district
- Township. Ferguson township
- National Register reference number. 84002701 - 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 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Church Street Commercial District between 2006 and 2014, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Church Street Commercial District: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evans and Howard Mine Number Five | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
12 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferguson, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Ferguson | - | A trained spotter measured 9.52 inches of storm total rain. Light rain was still falling at the time of the observation. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. One tree was blown down in Ferguson blocking a roadway. Another tree was blown down in Spanish Lake Park blocking one of the roads in the park. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines. Also, a power pole was snapped off. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | A large tree was blown down on a home causing moderate damage on Elizabeth Street just south of I-270. No one in the home was injured. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Ferguson | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | Amateur radio spotters reported scattered trees down across North St. Louis County, primarily in the Ferguson area. One home suffered minor damage due to a downed tree. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ferguson | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson School Central School | 0.2 miles | 1984 | |
 | John C. and Georgie Atwood House | 0.3 miles | 2018 |
| Old Ferguson West Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2011 | |
 | Wildwood House | 0.7 miles | 2006 |
| Taille de Noyer | 1.8 miles | 1980 | |
 | Norwood Hills Country Club | 1.9 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84002701 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Louis County | All 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.
- 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.