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Drayton United Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“The Drayton United Methodist Church in Drayton, North Dakota, United States was built from 1905 to 1906 in a Romanesque Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”

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

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pembina County · listed in 1979 · 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. ND 44, Drayton, 58225
  • When was it listed? December 1979
  • Category. building
  • City. Drayton city
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 79001773 - 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

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Drayton United Methodist Church in 2007, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 April 2007Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Pembina County

Storms near this property

34 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drayton, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 14 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2017LightningDrayton1 hurtA woman was struck by lightning at the Drayton ND golf course. Reports indicate that the golfer received a ground pulse from a distant lightning strike which traveled up her golf club.
April 2023FloodDrayton$174,000Drayton - Crest of 40.38 ft occurred on 5/17 (Noted in May 2023 storm data). Flooding extended into May.||NOTE: Damages dollar amount is for the entire county. Not separated by specific river basin or damage type.
June 2016Flash FloodDrayton$10,000Interstate 29 near Drayton was temporarily closed due to flooding.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDrayton$3,000Trees were blown down in Drayton.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDrayton$1,000Large trees were blown down at the cemetary.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDrayton$1,000Trees were blown down.
May 2023FloodDrayton-Drayton - Crest of 40.38 ft occurred on 5/1. Flooding began in April.
June 2023Flash FloodDrayton-Pembina county EM reports flooding occurring on I-29. Water over the roadway.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A few large tree branches were found to be broken down in shelter belts in eastern Drayton Township.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A few 3 to 5 inch diameter branches were blown down around town.
June 2020HailDrayton-The hail fell along Interstate 29, near the sugar beet plant.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Tree and roof damage was reported throughout town.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A semi was blown off of Interstate 29.
July 2015FloodDrayton-Streets and fields were flooded by the heavy rain.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A few large trees and several large tree branches were blown down or snapped by the wind in and near Drayton.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A tree was snapped and a wooden roadside sign was broken down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDrayton-A 60 foot tall pine tree was uprooted and a 1 foot diameter oak tree was snapped off. Shingle damage also occurred.
July 2011Heavy RainDrayton-An observer reported 3.50 inches of rain in Drayton. Water rose up to some car doors in town.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Large tree branches were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDrayton-One home in Drayton sustained roof damage when a large tree branch punctured the roof and ceiling. Dozens of branches were knocked off trees around town.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDrayton-Road signs along Interstate 29 were blown down.
June 2010HailDrayton-no account filed
May 2007HailDrayton-no account filed
August 2004HailDrayton-no account filed
May 2002HailDrayton-no account filed
June 2002HailDrayton-no account filed
June 2002HailDrayton-no account filed
August 2001HailDrayton-no account filed
August 2001HailDrayton-no account filed
June 2000HailDrayton-no account filed
June 2000HailDrayton-no account filed
August 2000HailDrayton-no account filed
August 1999HailDrayton-no account filed
May 1998HailDrayton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pembina 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79001773 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pembina 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.
  • 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.