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Grace Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“Grace Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church building located at 152 Ramsey Street, West in Pembina, Pembina County, North Dakota. Designed in the Late Gothic Revival style of architecture by Fargo architect George Hancock, it was built in 1886.”

Wikipedia article Grace Episcopal Church (Pembina, North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pembina 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. 152 Ramsey St. W., Pembina, 58271
  • When was it listed? September 1994
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Episcopal Churches of North Dakota MPS
  • Township. Pembina township
  • Architect. George Hancock
  • National Register reference number. 94001075 - 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 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grace Episcopal Church in 2019, burning about 2 acres 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
Debris and open burning2

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
2 June 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceMARGARET RYAN LAND
13 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceWILWANT CONTROL BURN

Every fire recorded in Pembina County

Storms near this property

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pembina, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 23 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023FloodPembina$174,000Pembina - Crest of 46.68 ft occurred on 5/4 (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.
July 2011Tornado (EF0)Pembina$100,000This tornado tracked eastward for about two miles and appears to have lifted just before reaching the Red River. The tornado was likely wrapped in downburst winds and rain as it tracked across the north side of Pembina. Though wind and hail occurred over a broad area of Pembina and Pembina East townships, there was more extreme tree branch damage and evidence of a tornado track across the north side of town. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph.
April 2019FloodPembina$50,000no account filed
July 2001HailPembina$20,000The hail broke many windows.
July 2001HailPembina$10,000The hail knocked out a yard light and damaged several vehicles.
June 2010Flash FloodPembina$5,000Western Pembina Township received five to six inches of rain in a three hour period. Farm fields and access roads were flooded along highway 55.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPembina$1,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPembina$200Several trees were blown down.
May 2023FloodPembina-Pembina - Crest of 46.68 ft occurred on 5/4. Flooding began in April.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPembina-Numerous 3 to 5 inch branches were found broken around town, as well as a few 8 to 10 inch tree branches.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPembina-Several 3 to 5-inch tree branches were reported snapped.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPembina-Winds were gusting 55 to 60 mph through about 1320 CDT at the Pembina Border Crossing Station.
June 2021HailPembina-A trained spotter reported pea to dime-sized hail.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPembina-Large trees were blown down and the grandstand roof was blown off the ball field.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPembina-Strong winds blew down trees and branches, which knocked out power for most of Pembina. A semi south of town was also tipped over in the northbound lane of Interstate 29.
August 2015HailPembina-There were some gusts of wind.
September 2014HailPembina-Significant tree and property damage were reported.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPembina-Tree branches up to 4 inches in diameter were blown down.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPembina-Strong winds occurred near the Red River bridge.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindPembina-Several large tree branches fell onto powerlines, causing power outages and a small tree fire.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPembina-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several small buildings were moved off their foundations.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPembina-A 77 mph wind gust was measured at the Pembina port of entry.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Pembina-A brief touchdown was reported.
August 2004Tornado (F0)Pembina-A tornado with multiple funnels was reported north of Pembina.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPembina-Tree branches were blown down.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Pembina-A tornado travelled from just west of Pembina in Pembina county, to the Red River about 2 miles south southeast of Pembina, then continued on for about one-half of a mile in Kittson county southeast of St. Vincent.
July 2001HailPembina-The ground was white with hail.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Pembina-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
August 2015HailPembina-no account filed
August 2015HailPembina-no account filed
July 2012HailPembina-no account filed
July 2011HailPembina-no account filed
May 2010HailPembina-no account filed
May 2010HailPembina-no account filed
May 2010HailPembina-no account filed
September 2008HailPembina-no account filed
July 2005HailPembina-no account filed
July 2003HailPembina-no account filed
July 2003HailPembina-no account filed
July 2003HailPembina-no account filed
August 2001HailPembina-no account filed
August 2001HailPembina-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPembina-no account filed
July 1996HailPembina-no account filed
August 1996HailPembina-no account filed
August 1994HailPembina-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.

Listed places nearby

2 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
US Customs House and Post Office-Pembinaunder 500 feet1989
Icelandic Evangelical Lutheran Church0.3 miles2019

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94001075 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.