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Photograph of Christ Evangelical Church
Photograph by Shawn Conrad, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Christ Evangelical Church

Built in 1862 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Christ Evangelical Church is a historic church building in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1862 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article Christ Evangelical Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 30 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1862, Gothic Revival.

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. W188 N12808 Fond du Lac Avenue, Germantown, 53076
  • When was it listed? November 1983
  • Category. building
  • Village. Germantown village
  • When was it built? 1862
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 83004324 - 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

26 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Christ Evangelical Church between 2013 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801183
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801269
19 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1801111
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2002444
5 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2000661
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18200
29 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800799
15 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1800727

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Christ Evangelical Church: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Colgate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hubertos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Johann Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Merget Pit Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rugby PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schulties PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

31 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 15 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
June 1997Flash FloodGermantown$2,700,000no account filed
April 2006HailGermantown$1,990,000Hail sized ranged from 1.00 to 2.00 inches in diameter.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGermantown$50,000A heating unit was ripped off the roof of a building as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area.
August 1996LightningGermantown$50,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGermantown$10,000Multiple trees were downed at the Blackstone Creek golf course as a strong thunderstorm moved through the area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGermantown$10,000Tress and power lines were reported to be blown down by powerful thunderstorm winds by the public in Germantown.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGermantown$5,000Intense thunderstorm winds gusting to 70 mph knocked down trees and caused minor property damage in Germantown (Washington county).
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGermantown$3,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGermantown$2,000no account filed
April 2026FloodGermantown$1,000Some street flooding in Germantown.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGermantown$1,000A large tree down.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGermantown$1,000Estimated wind gust of 60 mph and small branches down.
April 2026HailGermantown-Trained spotter reports 1.25 inch diameter hail southeast of Germantown.
April 2026HailGermantown-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail southeast of Germantown.
April 2026HailGermantown-Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Germantown.
June 2023HailGermantown-Hail with diameter of 0.50 TO 0.75 inches.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Germantown-A very sporadic damage path of small branches and twigs down.
September 2021HailGermantown-no account filed
September 2021HailGermantown-no account filed
May 2018HailGermantown-no account filed
September 2016HailGermantown-no account filed
May 2012HailGermantown-no account filed
May 2006HailGermantown-no account filed
September 2006HailGermantown-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed
March 2000HailGermantown-no account filed
June 2000HailGermantown-no account filed
July 2000HailGermantown-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindGermantown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Jacob Schunk Farmhouse4.0 miles1983
Tischer, Wilhelm Blacksmith Shop4.3 miles2023
Messer-Mayer Mill5.2 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83004324 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 30 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.