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Photograph of Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church
Photograph by 25or6to4, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“Church is a historic Christian Methodist Episcopal church located at 1137 West Street in Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1907, and is a two-story, rectangular, Late Gothic Revival style native limestone building.”

Wikipedia article Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1992 · category: Building.

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 as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1137 West St., Parkville, 64152
  • When was it listed? August 1992
  • Category. building
  • Township. Sioux township
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 92001055 - 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

58 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church between 2007 and 2019, burning about 19 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWyandotte County21119
8 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyandotte County18462
14 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Washington Chapel C.M.E. Church: 21 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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
Builders #1 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lite Weight Products Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown ClayClayPast Producer
Daniel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hevalow & Shields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parkville Special Road Dist QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Riley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parkville, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 48 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 1 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
May 2003Tornado (F4)Parkville$32,000,000Tornado crossed from Wyandotte county into Platte county and continued to Clay county. There were 14 buildings destroyed, 42 with major damage. No injuries or fatalaties reported.
March 2006HailParkville$900,000Numerous roofs and cars damaged due to the large hail.
March 2006HailParkville$50,000no account filed
March 2006HailParkville$50,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindParkville$1,000Trees and powerlines were reported down at English Landing. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindParkville-Downed tree limbs and wires in Parkville.
September 2025HailParkville-KSHB-TV viewer showed picture of quarter sized hail near Parkville.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindParkville-Social media report of downed tree limbs in the Parkville area.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindParkville-Downed wires near Hogan Drive.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindParkville-Social media reports indicated several large tree limbs down around Parkville, Missouri.
August 2017Flash FloodParkville-Numerous water rescues were ongoing at the time of report due to Rush Creek flooding.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindParkville-Numerous reports of trees and limbs down in the Riss lake area.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindParkville-Reports of power lines down at West and 11th Street.
April 2016Flash FloodParkville-Flash flooding closed 6th Street, from Crooked Street to West Street. There was also some flash flooding along HWY 9, north of Coffee Road.
May 2016HailParkville-This report was gathered via social media.
May 2016HailParkville-This report was gathered via social media.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindParkville-Several trees of unknown size or condition were down in Parkville.
July 2016FloodParkville-A low water bridge was flooded at 6th and West Streets in Parkville.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindParkville-A tree limb was snapped and fell onto a power line.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindParkville-Trees were reported down at 9 Highway and Lake View. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2010Flash FloodParkville-Bridge was reported flooded near Walnut Creek. Residential evacuations were possible in that area.
July 2008Flash FloodParkville-One to two feet of water was reported to have covered numerous roads, and included the closing of Highway 45.
July 2008Flash FloodParkville-Cross Road in Parkville was closed due to high water.
August 2006Flash FloodParkville-High water closed 6th Street near Crooked Road.
May 2005Flash FloodParkville-6th street closed between Crooked and West due to high water.
June 2005Flash FloodParkville-Several roads closed due to high water.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindParkville-Law enforcement reported wind gusts to 70 mph and hail 3/4 inch hail.
September 1998HailParkville-The Platte County Sheriff's Office reported dime-size hail at Parkville and Weatherby Lake.
June 1998HailParkville-Quarter-size to golfball-size hail was reported 2 to 5 miles west of Parkville.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindParkville-Severe weather spotter reported 60 MPH winds a mile northwest of Parkville. The same thunderstorm produced an inch of rain in 20 minutes in Parkville.
April 2022HailParkville-no account filed
May 2021HailParkville-no account filed
April 2020HailParkville-no account filed
April 2019HailParkville-no account filed
April 2019HailParkville-no account filed
April 2018HailParkville-no account filed
April 2018HailParkville-no account filed
May 2016HailParkville-no account filed
May 2016HailParkville-no account filed
May 2016HailParkville-no account filed
November 2016HailParkville-no account filed
April 2015HailParkville-no account filed
April 2014HailParkville-no account filed
April 2011HailParkville-no account filed
August 2011HailParkville-no account filed
May 2010HailParkville-no account filed
May 2010HailParkville-no account filed
April 2010HailParkville-no account filed
April 2010HailParkville-no account filed
April 2010HailParkville-no account filed
September 2010HailParkville-no account filed
June 2008HailParkville-no account filed
July 2008HailParkville-no account filed
April 2006HailParkville-no account filed
April 2006HailParkville-no account filed
April 2006HailParkville-no account filed
March 2006HailParkville-no account filed
March 2006HailParkville-no account filed
April 2005HailParkville-no account filed
June 2005HailParkville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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

5 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
Benjamin Banneker School0.1 miles1995
Mackay Building0.5 miles1979
Charles Smith Scott Memorial Observatory0.5 miles1992
Waddell "A" Truss Bridge0.7 miles1991
TWA Administrative Offices Building7.5 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001055 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Platte 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.