Bank of Gage

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Ellis County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 18 Main St., Gage, 73843
When was it listed? October 1983
Category. building
Also known as. Banking Facilities in Ellis County TR
Census division. Northeast Ellis
National Register reference number. 83004169 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bank of Gage: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this property

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gage, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 35 hail, 30 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	$45,000	Emergency manager reported outbuildings were damaged, a mobile home was blown off its foundation, and power lines were downed.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	$35,000	Straight-line winds toppled approximately a half a mile of cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	$25,000	Train derailment with 15-20 train cars off tracks.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	$3,000	Post Office employee reported 6-8 inch diameter branches down. Other numerous smaller branches were down between Gage and Fargo.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	$1,000	Six to seven inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	$50	Several three inch diameter tree limbs were downed.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	KGAG recorded a gust to 59 mph.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	A heat burst within the anvil of the parent thunderstorm generated a 62 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	A heat burst within the anvil of the parent storm generated a 61 mph wind gust. No damage was reported.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	The ASOS at Gage recorded a wind gust to 81 mph at 5:49pm CDT. A wind gust to 71 mph was also recorded five minutes earlier at 5:44pm CDT.
June 2003	Heavy Rain	Gage	-	A low area along Highway 15 in Gage was covered by floodwaters to a depth of about one foot.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
October 2000	Flash Flood	Gage	-	Numerous streets were flooded.
May 1997	Flash Flood	Gage	-	State Highway 46 was under water due to flash flooding.
May 1997	Flash Flood	Gage	-	Three feet of water covered State Highway 46.
May 2024	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2024	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2007	Heavy Rain	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
October 2000	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Gage	-	no account filed
June 1995	Hail	Gage	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis 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

3 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
Shattuck National Bank Building	7.6 miles	1983
First State Bank	7.6 miles	1983
Ingle Brothers Broomcorn Warehouse	7.6 miles	2009

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83004169 in Record Group 79.
Ellis County	All 9 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.