Grace Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“Grace Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church building is located at 210 C Avenue, South, in Minnewaukan, Benson County, North Dakota.”
Wikipedia article Grace Episcopal Church (Minnewaukan, North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Benson County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 210 C Ave. S., Minnewaukan, 58351
When was it listed? September 1994
Category. building
Also known as. Episcopal Churches of North Dakota MPS
Township. West Bay township
Architect. George Hancock
National Register reference number. 94001072 - 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

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Grace Episcopal Church between 1995 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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
Arson/incendiarism	8
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
22 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Fort Totten Agency	WS2716
6 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Totten Agency	PINE
11 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Totten Agency	ROUND LAKE
30 May 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Totten Agency	VOLLY
19 May 2019	Debris and open burning	15 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	HWY 19 POLE FIRE
9 April 2016	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Fort Totten Agency	COW YARD
17 April 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Totten Agency	LD1006
30 March 2000	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Fort Totten Agency	TH3203

Every fire recorded in Benson County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grace Episcopal Church: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Benson County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Benson County

Storms near this property

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnewaukan, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood. 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
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	$240,000	A deputy reported 18 to 20 power poles snapped along the highway west of Minnewauken. An accompanying photo showed a damage pattern associated with an apparent microburst with very strong outflow. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph.
July 2020	Flood	Minnewaukan	$100,000	Portions of highway 281 and highway 2 were flooded, along with local county and township roads. Basement flooding was reported in Leeds, Minnewaukan, and Maddock.
August 1994	Hail	Minnewaukan	$10,000	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	$5,000	Numerous trees were uprooted in Minnewaukan. One tree fell on a porch roof. Power was out for 5 hours.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	$500	Trees and power lines were blown down. Some customers lost power for 10 hours.
July 2024	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	Emergency Manager reports quarter sized hail. Time estimated from radar.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	A mile-long stretch of power poles were snapped along east to west running Hwy 19 in central Eldon Township. Time estimated based on power outage at nearby wind sensors. Report received via social media.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	This report corrects the previous thunderstorm wind gust report from Minnewaukan. A large evergreen was uprooted.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	Two cottonwood trees were broken in half onto a driveway by the strong winds.
July 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Minnewaukan	-	This tornado tracked into the northern portion of Long Lake and became quite visible as it pulled up lake water. The tornado tracked for roughly 3 miles and became rain wrapped. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
June 2006	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	The hail covered the ground.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Minnewaukan	-	Training bands of heavy rain caused street flooding and sewer system backups. Emergency pumping operations were required, which resulted in raw sewage being pumped into Devils Lake.
June 2005	Tornado (F1)	Minnewaukan	-	A tornado briefly touched down in a shelterbelt north of the intersection of county roads 19 and 30. The tornado formed in a "bookend vortice" off the south edge of a developing downburst wind core.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	An older barn roof was torn off.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	Many large trees were snapped off. The roof was torn off a shed.
July 2005	Tornado (F0)	Minnewaukan	-	The tornado tracked across Big Coulee, just south of highway 19. The tornado then continued into Ramsey county.
September 2005	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	A few golfball to baseball sized hailstones fell after the rain passed by.
September 2005	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	Dime to nickel sized hail covered the ground.
June 2002	Flash Flood	Minnewaukan	-	Five inches of rain fell quickly and sent Devils Lake surging into the town of 300. A local church was surround by water.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Minnewaukan	-	Several farms and numerous fields were flooded.
June 2001	Tornado (F0)	Minnewaukan	-	Intermittent touchdowns were reported.
June 2016	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Minnewaukan	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benson 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Benson County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 94001072 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Benson County	All 6 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.