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One of 4 National Register listings published here for Jackson County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Allen Memorial Presbyterian Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 301 W. Church St., Edna, 77957
- When was it listed? June 2016
- Category. building
- Census division. Edna-Cordele
- Architect. T. Brooks Pearson
- National Register reference number. 16000351 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Allen Memorial Presbyterian Church between 2010 and 2020, burning about 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 408 FIRE |
| 28 February 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIRPORT FIRE FEEDER RD |
| 14 February 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 112 |
| 7 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHELBY PARK FIRE |
| 5 January 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNK YARD |
| 27 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 110 FIRE |
| 21 January 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORDELE EXIT |
| 2 January 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHATABURGER FEEDER FIRE |
Storms near this property
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edna, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 tornado, 4 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $500,000 | Widespread straight line wind damage was reported across parts of Jackson County as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area. This included extensive tree damage as well as damage to power lines and some buildings. |
| September 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Edna | $200,000 | Eye witness observed small funnel passing over eastern end of Cottonwood Apartments, damaging a building there, then proceeding to strike a metal storage unit. Swirling tin, debris was observed. |
| October 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Edna | $50,000 | A tornado in Edna damaged a lumberyard, some trees and a few homes. A tin roof from the lumberyard was found 1 mile from the original location. There were also reports of roof damage and poles through the windows at homes. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $50,000 | Jackson County Sheriff's Offices reported nickel-size hail north of Edna. Approximately two hours later the Sheriff's Office reported two billboards near the intersection of Highway 59 and 234 destroyed. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $45,000 | Gas station awning blow off, overturned mid-size vehicles, and significant tree limb damage. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $30,000 | Trees down in Edna. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Edna | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Edna | $20,000 | Portions of County Road 112 closed due to high water. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Edna | $20,000 | Large trees uprooted, windows broken, and roofs damaged along the path. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Edna | $15,000 | Quarter size hail. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $15,000 | Lavaca Navidad River Authority has equipment shed wall blown out, roof caved in; large tree limbs down. |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Edna | $15,000 | Street flooding in Edna became more widespread through the period. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Edna | $10,000 | Penny-size hail in Edna. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Edna | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $5,000 | An early morning severe thunderstorm downed some trees and power lines and damaged a building. |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Edna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Edna | $4,000 | Reported on State Highway 111. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Edna | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Edna | $2,000 | Penny size hail. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | $1,000 | An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred at the jail in Edna. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | An emergency manager reported that another circuit was lost at a substation in the Edna area, resulting in power outages for areas south of Edna. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1. |
| June 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | A trained storm spotter reported a Funnel cloud near US-59 and FM 1822 in Edna, TX. |
| October 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | A funnel cloud was sighted. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | Thunderstorm winds broke off a large tree limb on Main Street. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Edna | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in the Edna area. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | A thunderstorm produced strong winds that downed trees onto power lines. |
| April 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | Sighted near the intersection of US 59 and Hwy 111. |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Edna | - | Spotted at 111 South near Lake Texana. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Edna | - | Jackson County Sheriff's Offices reported nickel-size hail north of Edna. Approximately two hours later the Sheriff's Office reported two billboards near the intersection of Highway 59 and 234 destroyed. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jackson County Monument | 0.2 miles | 2018 |
 | Edna Theatre | 0.3 miles | 2011 |
 | Texana Presbyterian Church | 0.9 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000351 in Record Group 79. |
| Jackson County | All 4 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.