St. Mark's Episcopal Church

Built in 1858 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Mark's Episcopal Church building is located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and was built in 1858. The congregation moved to the present site on East Mill Street in 1978, previously used as a Pentecostal church.”
Wikipedia article St. Mark's Episcopal Church (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 36 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1858, Gothic Revival.

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. 130 E. Maple St., Beaver Dam, 53916
When was it listed? November 1980
Category. building
City. Beaver Dam city
When was it built? 1858
Architectural style. Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 80000132 - 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.

The ground it stands on

36,217 words

The chapter on Beaver Dam City in The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880 names Beaver Dam. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Upon the eastern shore of a placid lake, nestling beneath the brow and along the crest of a semicircular hill of such gradual elevation and gentle slope that the housetops in the dimpled valleys on either side are scarcely hidden one from the other ; shaded by the branches of lovely m;iples, elms and oaks, clustered here and there together in veritable Eden bowers; wrapped in an atmosphere whose balmy, life-prolonging breath fans you in the face at every step and meets you round the corner like a perfumed zephyr escaped from Paradise, lies the city of Beaver Dam - the Garden City of Dodge County - noted for its palatial residences, and enterprising citizens, and famed for its beautiful women and chivalric men.

Passage source: The History of Dodge County, Wisconsin, Containing ... Its Early Settlement, Growth ... an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities ... War Record, Biographical Sketches, published 1880.

Such is the picture. What the place has been, who the individuals that built it, what their privations and tribulations, we leave to abler pens, to whiter heads, to those who bore a part in the grand undertakings and achievements that have resulted in the phenomenal growth of Beaver Dam, and made its founders illustrious.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Beaver Dam City - 36,217 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 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/undetermined	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
3 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	138 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 August 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1908195
29 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	220
29 June 2020	Natural	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2006173
10 June 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1906143
30 May 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2005142
9 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	114
25 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	127

Every fire recorded in Dodge County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of St. Mark's Episcopal Church: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Budde-Miller Quarries	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
C C Linck Garage Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Kohloff Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Miller Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this property

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver Dam, the town this property stands in, in 77 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 38 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 2 flood. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	5 hurt	Wind gusts up to 40 mph (35 knots) accompanied a gust front through Southeast Wisconsin. The gusty winds snapped the tether holding a hot-air balloon causing it to roll along the ground. A passenger on the balloon suffered minor injuries, while 4 spectators on the ground were also injured.
September 1994	Hail	Beaver Dam	$200,000	Severe thunderstorms deposited hail up to the size of golf balls over parts of Dodge County. About 100 vehicles received hail damage in Beaver Dam, nearly 50 of them on one auto dealer's lot.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$200,000	no account filed
August 2007	Flash Flood	Beaver Dam	$100,000	Heavy rain from thunderstorms resulted in scattered flash flood conditions in the Beaver Dam to Horicon area. Fast-flowing water depths of 1 to 2 feet were reported, as well as basement flood damage in about 20 homes. Sandbagging occurred in Beaver Dam. There were reports of soil erosion and some crop damage.
May 2011	Lightning	Beaver Dam	$50,000	A house was damaged in the 500 block of west Burnett Street in Beaver Dam by lightning that struck a nearby tree and traveled through the ground into the house. The resulting fire caused $50,000 in damage to the structure. Two firefighters were injured (indirectly-related) when a portion of the ceiling collapsed in the home.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$35,000	no account filed
July 2007	Flash Flood	Beaver Dam	$25,000	Heavy rains measured at 3.80 inches within 1 hour and 50 minutes resulted in flash flooding in and near the city of Beaver Dam. Several cars stalled in water over roads, and one driver had to be rescued by first reponders. Some of the vechiles sustained water damage. Water depths on some streets reached 2 to 4 feet.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$20,000	Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled many large trees in a wide path of about 10 miles, and broken tree branches brought down some power-lines. One vehicle in Beaver Dam was damaged by tree debris.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$20,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$20,000	no account filed
April 2026	Tornado (EF0)	South Beaver Dam	$15,000	Brief tornado started south of Beaver Dam and went through a garage near Shaw Hill Rd, west of the Shaw Marsh Wildlife Area. Other wind damage was noted on the southern side of the tornado path, attributed to downburst winds.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$15,000	Numerous trees and power lines down in Beaver Dam.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	South Beaver Dam	$15,000	Numerous trees and branches down in the Beaver Dam area, including a 36 inch diameter tree that was uprooted.
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$15,000	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Beaver Dam	$12,000	A shower of 3/4 inch hail produced icy roads that caused a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 151 north of State Highway 33, north of Beaver Dam. A 26-year-old Green Bay woman was killed, and the male drivers of the two vehicles were injured.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$10,000	Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$10,000	no account filed
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$10,000	no account filed
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$7,000	Multiple trees and limbs down in Beaver Dam.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$5,000	Trees and power-lines down.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$3,000	Trees and power lines down in Beaver Dam.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$3,000	Several large tree limbs down.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$3,000	Several trees and power lines down in the Beaver Dam area.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$2,000	Several branches and a street light down.
September 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$2,000	Several 3 inch diameter branches down.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$2,000	Several trees down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$2,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$2,000	no account filed
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$1,000	A tree down on a power line.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	$1,000	no account filed
July 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Beaver Dam	-	Brief tornado that occurred in a corn field north of Beaver Dam west of Buckhorn Road. Reports from emergency management and storm chasers in the area was that the tornado lasted about 20 seconds. Satellite imagery confirmed the tornado path cutting across two corn fields while hitting one tree.
June 2022	Flood	Beaver Dam	-	Portions of Grove and Center St. under water.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	South Beaver Dam	-	Measured with a home weather station.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	Straight line winds with line of thunderstorms.
June 2014	Heavy Rain	Beaver Dam	-	An estimated one inch of rain in 20 minutes resulted in urban street flooding with some street closures.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	Strong downburst winds from a supercell thunderstorm. Torrential rainfall reported at the time.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	Large tree branches were reported blown down from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 61 mph (52 knots) that blocked a road and also blew down other large branches across Beaver Dam.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts up to 52 knots (60 mph).
September 2010	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	Sheriff deputies reported half dollar-sized hail northeast of Beaver Dam.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	Seveal large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	Hail ranging from 0.75 to 1.75 inches in diameter was reported just north of Beaver Dam. There were no damage reports, although there could have been, considering the size of the hail stones.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	Three trees, 1 powerline, and 1 cable line were reported down due to powerful thunderstorm winds.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Beaver Dam	-	Trees down.
May 2025	Hail	South Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2024	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2023	Hail	South Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2023	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
September 2022	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
September 2022	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	South Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
November 2010	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
October 2006	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
March 2005	Funnel Cloud	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Beaver Dam	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Hotel Rogers	0.1 miles	1989
Dodge County Historical Museum	0.1 miles	1981
Swan House and Vita Spring Pavilion	0.2 miles	1980
Williams Free Library	0.2 miles	1974
Fountain Inn	0.3 miles	2009
Paramount Knitting Company Mill	0.5 miles	2011

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80000132 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dodge 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.
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.