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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States, was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956, and completed in 1961. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 300 National Register listings published here for Milwaukee County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 9400 W. Congress St., Wauwatosa, 53222
  • When was it listed? December 1974
  • Category. building
  • City. Wauwatosa city
  • Architect. Frank Lloyd Wright
  • National Register reference number. 74000100 - 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

40 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church between 2014 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1778249
26 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002767
9 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1768522
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1767699
7 August 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1767727
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005040
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1772992
13 August 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1769924

Every fire recorded in Milwaukee County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Own CrewsStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Milwaukee County

Storms near this property

29 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wauwatosa, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 13 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 1998Flash FloodWauwatosa1 hurt, $22,140,000no account filed
September 2006Flash FloodWauwatosa$100,000no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodWauwatosa$100,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa$50,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 70 mph (61 knots) along a path from 2 miles west of Wauwatosa to just east of Cudahy. A downed power line sparked a house fire 3 miles southwest of downtown Milwaukee.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa$30,000A swath of significant tree damage. Approximately 80 trees damaged or downed.
April 2026Flash FloodWauwatosa$25,000Social media pictures and videos of cars stuck in flooded roads in downtown Milwaukee. DOT cameras show a few locations with cars stuck in water at highway underpasses.
June 2001LightningWauwatosa$25,000no account filed
June 2008LightningWauwatosa$20,000Lightning struck a home and started a fire that damage the roof.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa$10,000A large tree uprooted and fallen onto car.
August 2002Flash FloodWauwatosa$10,000no account filed
September 2022Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa-Public estimates winds at 60-65 MPH.
May 2014HailWauwatosa-The large hail resulted in broken windows, dented vehicles, and extensive damage to trees and shrubs.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa-Strong winds with an intensifying storm over Milwaukee County.
June 2014HailWauwatosa-Estimated 55 mph winds with the nickel size hail. Small tree limbs down and some street flooding due to 0.75 to 1.00 inches of rain in 30 minutes.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa-Large trees were either uprooted or split by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa-Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWauwatosa-Widespread large trees down. Measured peak gust on UW-Milwaukee campus.
April 2020HailWauwatosa-no account filed
August 2017HailWauwatosa-no account filed
April 2014HailWauwatosa-no account filed
April 2014HailWauwatosa-no account filed
July 2006HailWauwatosa-no account filed
March 2005HailWauwatosa-no account filed
March 2005HailWauwatosa-no account filed
May 2004HailWauwatosa-no account filed
May 2000HailWauwatosa-no account filed
April 1999FloodWauwatosa-no account filed
May 1995HailWauwatosa-no account filed
June 1995HailWauwatosa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Milwaukee 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
Wauwatosa Cemetery Chapel2.6 miles2023
J. H. Fiebing House2.9 miles1985
Wauwatosa Arcade Building2.9 miles1997
Pearl C. Norton House3.0 miles1985
Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District3.0 miles2012
Lowell Damon House3.1 miles1972

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 74000100 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Milwaukee CountyAll 300 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.
  • 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.