Built in 1927 (Arts and Crafts movement). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
One of 68 National Register listings published here for Door County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1927, Arts and Crafts movement.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The chapter on Ephraim Village in History Of Door County Wisconsin The County Beautiful, published 1917 names Ephraim. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
The history of the Ephraim community starts down in Milwaukee in the yea 1849. At that time there was a man by the name of M. Olson from Farsund, Norway, who lived there. There was at that time no Scandinavian congregation in Milwaukee, but this Olson was a splendid singer and used to gather his countrymen together in their homes for common worship. As Mr. Olson was in sympathy with the faith and practices of the Unitas Fratrum - the United Brethren, or Moravians, as they are commonly called, he wrote to the Moravian organization in Norway to see if a minister of that faith could be found who would come to Milwaukee and take charge of the work which he had started.
Passage source: History Of Door County Wisconsin The County Beautiful, published 1917.
The organization of this first Moravian congregation in the West was solemnly effected Monday, October 22, 1849. As this is the organization of the Moravian congregation now at Ephraim a list of the original members is given below, most of whom later moved to Ephraim:
Passage source: History Of Door County Wisconsin The County Beautiful, published 1917.
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 Ephraim Village - 8,722 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Ephraim Village Hall between 1998 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 324 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 81 |
| 23 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 88 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 61 |
| 6 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 170 |
| 13 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 42 |
| 22 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 51 |
| 15 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 132 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ephraim Village Hall: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Jarman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Josephs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ephraim, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephraim | $431,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed and uprooted multiple trees in Ephraim. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. The thunderstorms produced $431,938 worth of damage and debris clean up across central and northern parts of Door County. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Ephraim | $75,000 | Heavy rainfall flooded basements, resorts, and campgrounds, and damaged roads in the Sister Bay, Fish Creek, and Baileys Harbor areas. In excess of 6 inches of rain in Baileys Harbor caused nearly every home there to sustain a backup from the sewage disposal plant. Flood waters damaged documents at the Ephraim Historical Society. The flooding also washed out shoulders of several roads in the area. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Ephraim | - | A tornado briefly touched down near Ephraim in Peninsula State Park at 3:54 PM CDT. The most significant damage was an uprooted tree with the NWS on the low end of the damage scale due to saturated ground. The tornado crossed into Eagle Harbor as a waterspout at 3:55 pm CDT. Total path length is estimated to be 0.25 miles long, with a width of 32 yards. Peak wind estimated to be around 73 mph. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ephraim | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines on highway 42 from Fish Creek to Ephraim, making the road impassable. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| October 1997 | Lightning | Ephraim | - | A second storm produced a lightning strike later in the evening, striking a 40-foot pine tree. The bolt worked its way to a nearby cottage, causing a fire which damaged the kitchen and roof. Damage amount unknown. |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Ephraim | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ephraim | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Ephraim | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hillside Hotel | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Peter Peterson House | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Gibraltar District School No. 2 | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Free Evangelical Lutheran Church-Bethania Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Ephraim Moravian Church | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
| Anderson Dock Historic District | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000663 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Door County | All 68 listed properties in this county. |
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