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United Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The United Presbyterian Church in Pullman, Washington, also known as the Greystone Church, is a historic Presbyterian church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. After being slated for demolition in 2002 the building was purchased and restored.”

Wikipedia article United Presbyterian Church (Pullman, Washington), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Whitman County · listed in 1989 · 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. 430 Maple St., Pullman, 99163
  • When was it listed? December 1989
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Pullman
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 89002095 - 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

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of United Presbyterian Church: 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
PullmanClayPast Producer
Central Premix Concrete CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bishop QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carl CarsoarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Druffel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glaspy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Henderson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Poppie QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman County

Storms near this property

20 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pullman, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 flood, 2 hail. 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 2019Flash FloodPullman$1,100,000Missouri Flat Creek experienced a Flash Flood which resulted in the North Grand Avenue business district being inundated with up to 4 feet of water in places. Numerous businesses were damaged and parked cars were floated and carried away. Pullman police and fire crews made numerous water rescues of stranded customers and employees of at least 4 businesses including the rescue of 16 people from one business. There were no known injuries and by the next morning the creek had receded back into it's banks.
February 1999Flash FloodPullman$250,000Rapid snowmelt and heavy rain lead to rising creeks and streams across Whitman County, which lead to high water levels on the North Fork of the Palouse River. Several homes and business had reports of flooding.
December 1998Flash FloodPullman$50,000Rapid snowmelt and 2-4 inches of rain lead to flooding of small creeks and streams around Pullman. Portions of the WSU campus exerienced flooding, while several downtown businesses and city streets were indunated by a foot of water. Portions of Highway 195 were closed.
March 2026FloodPullman$30,000South Fork Palouse River flooding, with minor to moderate flooding in areas across Pullman, including downtown, Grand Avenue, and the area around the City Playfields. Water covered N Grand north of NW Windus St. NE Morton St by Reaney pool was flooded across all lanes. Grand Avenue closed from Nye to Ritchie. Main Street from Spring to Pine was closed. Morton Street near Reaney Park closed due to flooding.
September 2019FloodPullman$1,000Brief heavy rain from a thunderstorm pooled at an intersection in downtown Pullman apparently due to leaf clogged storm drains. The water pooled about 9 inches deep in the intersection which was sufficient to cause minor first floor flooding in a number of adjacent business establishments.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindPullman$500Observer reported 1 inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off roof. Pullman, Moscow Airport recorded a max gusts of 67 MPH.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindPullman$500Downed tree was reported. Pullman, Moscow Airport recorded a gust of 67 MPH.
February 2025FloodPullman-Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to water over roadway on North Grand by Mobil Station and Cougar County Drive In.. The Pullman Airport recorded 1.15 inches of rain.
February 2025FloodPullman-Water over roadway on Fairmount Drive between Grand and Planet Fitness reported.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindPullman-Mesonet station DW6220 in Pullman reported a gust of 69 MPH.
May 2022Funnel CloudPullman-A small funnel cloud dissipated shortly after formation. There is no indication that the circulation ever made contact with the ground. The location is estimated from social media shared by the media.
May 2020Funnel CloudPullman-A member of the public reported and submitted a picture of a funnel cloud in southeast Pullman, Washington. Time estimated by radar.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPullman-A Mesonet station in Pullman, Washington measured a wind gust of 60 mph.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindPullman-Strong outflow winds from a thunderstorm contributed to several downed power lines in Pullman with about 60 customers losing power. Six trees fell on roads, three trees fell on cars, and two power lines were downed.
July 1997HailPullman-3/4 inch hail reported by sheriff's office
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPullman-60 mph gust
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPullman-60 mph gust
May 2008Flash FloodPullman-no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPullman-no account filed
June 2006HailPullman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Whitman 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

6 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
Northern Pacific Railway Depot - Pullman0.1 miles2019
U.S. Post Office-Pullman0.3 miles2003
Interstate Telephone Co. - Pullman0.3 miles2026
Cordova Theater0.3 miles2004
Pullman High School0.3 miles1998
William Swain House0.4 miles1994

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89002095 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Whitman CountyAll 39 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.