Carrier Congregational Church

Built in 1928 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

From the record

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Garfield County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1928, Colonial Revival architecture.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Address. 204 N. 5th St., Carrier, 73727
When was it listed? June 2016
Category. building
Census division. North Garfield
When was it built? 1928
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 16000370 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carrier Congregational Church: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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	Recorded
Barnes Prospect	Copper	Occurrence	1900
Enid Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Garfield County

Storms near this property

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrier, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
April 1999	Tornado (F2)	Carrier	$1,500,000	no account filed
May 2015	Flash Flood	Carrier	$50,000	Several water rescues in stalled vehicles.
November 2024	Flood	Carrier	$25,000	Floodwaters washed out a bridge over a dry creek bed along West Willow Road on the 8th. Event time is approximate.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	$20,000	Approximately 22 utility poles were downed between Sheridan and Stable roads. Some trees were uprooted. Estimated 70 mph winds. Time estimate based on radar.
May 2016	Tornado (EF2)	Carrier	$20,000	A tornado was observed to develop approximately 3 miles west-northwest of Carrier and initially moved northeast. Near the beginning of the tornado path, 19 empty rail cars were blown from a siding onto the main line. A very large tree was downed across Great Lakes Road about 3/4 of a mile west of State Highway 132. Otherwise, the tornado traveled over wheat fields and the specific damage path is estimated, but chaser reports suggest the tornado turned north-northeast and then north after the initial northeast movement, and remained west of State Highway 132.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	$15,000	A pole barn was destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds from the east.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	$10,000	Several power lines from Carrier to Kremlin were downed by the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2019	Lightning	Carrier	$5,000	House struck by lightning between Wheatridge and Garland on Hwy 45.
May 2017	Hail	Carrier	$5,000	Hail damage reported to roofs and cars. Time estimated by radar.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	$2,000	no account filed
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	$500	no account filed
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	$500	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Carrier	-	Report of golf ball size hail from two miles west towards the center of the community of Carrier. Relayed by emergency management.
May 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Carrier	-	Spotters and chasers observed a brief tornado estimated to have occurred about 2 miles south-southwest of Carrier.
May 2015	Hail	Carrier	-	No damage reported.
June 2011	Hail	Carrier	-	Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	-	Several tree limbs three to four inches in diameter were blown down. An arm from a railroad crossing sign was blown off. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Carrier	-	Portions of Highway 45 and 81, as well as numerous county roads north and west of Enid, were closed due to high water. Some of the roads remained through the morning hours.
April 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Carrier	-	The tornado began about 3 miles south and 1 mile west of Hillsdale where a barn was destroyed just west of state highway 132. The tornado moved north-northeast through open farmland until it moved into an area southeast and east of Hillsdale where trees were damaged. Barns were damaged about one-half mile east of Hillsdale, with additional tree damage and damage to a house observed north-northeast of Hillsdale.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Carrier	-	Highway 123 between Carrier and Hillsdale was closed due to water over the roadway. North State Road on the north side of Lahoma was also closed due to high water.
June 2007	Hail	Carrier	-	The hail was reported quarter to golfball size.
September 2025	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
July 2009	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	-	no account filed
April 1999	Tornado (F0)	Carrier	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Carrier	-	no account filed
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrier	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garfield 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 record	The nomination case file for reference 16000370 in Record Group 79.
Garfield County	All 36 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.
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.