St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Built in 1896 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Sweet Grass County · listed in 1995 · category: Building · built in 1896, Gothic Revival.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. W. Fourth Ave., Big Timber, 59011
When was it listed? July 1995
Category. building
Census division. South of the Yellowstone
When was it built? 1896
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 95000900 - 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

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church between 2000 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 4 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	14
Natural	4
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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
4 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sweet Grass County	I90 MM 367
4 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sweet Grass County	FEATHERBED RD
10 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sweet Grass County	MM374 I-90
4 August 2020	Natural	2.0 acres	Sweet Grass County	AIRPORT
4 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Sweet Grass County	4 MAIN BOULDER ROAD
24 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Sweet Grass County	I-90 MM 367
2 August 2014	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.5 acres	Custer Gallatin National Forest	HORSE
13 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Sweet Grass County	16 MCLEOD ST

Every fire recorded in Sweet Grass County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church: 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Platinum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Whittaker Property	Nickel, Platinum	Prospect
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Sweet Grass County

Storms near this property

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Timber, the town this property stands in, in 63 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 50 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	$500,000	Many trees and powerlines down north, east and south of Big Timber.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	Mesonet station gw0007 near Big Timber.
June 2025	Hail	Big Timber	-	Hail report.
July 2022	Flood	Big Timber	-	Minor street flooding reported by broadcast media.
June 2013	Funnel Cloud	Big Timber	-	A funnel cloud was reported over the Big Timber Airport.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Big Timber	-	A mudslide was reported just north of Big Timber on Highway 191. There were additional reports of flash flooding from Big Timber to Melville.
August 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	The winds were estimated at 60 mph. The hail and wind combination broke skylights and windows.
June 2010	Hail	Big Timber	-	Damage from hail resulted in windows being knocked out of a two-story house, as well as a broken vehicle windshield.
May 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	Soft hail with heavy rain and light winds were reported.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	3 inch diameter Willow branches down. 30 foot dead Cottonwood tree also knocked down.
May 2005	Heavy Rain	Big Timber	-	2.80 inches of rain 6S Big Timber (24-hour total)
August 1999	Hail	Big Timber	-	Spotter report of dime size hail.
July 1995	Hail	Big Timber	-	Cars were dented, windshields broken, and house windows broken by golf ball size hail.
July 2022	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
September 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Big Timber	-	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Big Timber	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sweet Grass 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

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Carnegie Public Library	under 500 feet	2002
Big Timber Town Hall	0.2 miles	1998
Grand Hotel	0.2 miles	1985
John Otto Spannring Family Farm	5.8 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 95000900 in Record Group 79.
Sweet Grass County	All 8 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.