BlockFrom the record
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Prowers County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Holly Gymnasium
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. N. Main St., Holly, 81047
- When was it listed? April 2007
- Category. building
- Also known as. New Deal Resources on Colorado's Eastern Plains MPS
- Census division. Holly
- National Register reference number. 07000344 - 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
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Holly Gymnasium between 1994 and 2013, burning about 520 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 11 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 12 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 6 June 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Prowers County | not named |
| 5 May 1994 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 4 April 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Prowers County | not named |
| 27 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Holly Volunteer Fire & Ambulance District | UNKNOWN |
| 20 March 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Baca County Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Holly Gymnasium: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this property
60 of 103 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly, the town this property stands in, in 103 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 73 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF3) | Holly | 2 killed, 9 hurt, $4,000,000 | With a maximum rating of EF3 and a maximum damage path width of 900 yards, the tornado raced through Holly, causing two fatalities and nine injuries. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $80,000 | South of Holly, a powerful microburst flipped over five center pivot irrigation systems both west and east of Highway 89. Two grain bins were destroyed and one severely damaged. Several vehicles at houses just north of the grain bins had their windows blown out, and a camper trailer was toppled on its side. Twenty power poles had to be replaced along County Road DD west of Highway 89 around a mile south of Holly. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $30,000 | A microburst destroyed a hay barn. The debris damaged two vehicles...a tractor...baler...swather...and stack wagon. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | $10,000 | Power lines were downed around Holly. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holly | - | A public source reported hail of one inch in diameter. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Holly | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.03 inches. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Large tree down in Holly, Colorado. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Time of occurrence. Additional information regarding damage in Holly, Colorado which occurred late this afternoon. 15-20 homes with visible roof damage, shingles blown off. 7 large trees blown down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | A spotter reported 70 mph plus winds that snapped trees and branches in the city park. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | One inch tree limbs were broken and shingles were blown off. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Holly | - | A few hailstones up to baseball sized. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Holly | - | Trained spotters reported a tornado south of Holly, CO. The tornado lasted 5-7 minutes before lifting near the town of Holly. No damage reported as the tornado moved through open fields. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Holly | - | Public report of 1 inch hail. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Several large tree branches blown down. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Holly | - | A persistent wall cloud and funnel clouds where seen with a storm moving westward. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | Minor damage occurred to tree limbs and weaker structures. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Holly | - | A slow-moving landspout tornado occurred over a wheat field and caused no damage, although it can very close to hitting a fleeing wheat combine. Two other weaker landspout tornadoes occurred simultaneously within a mile of the aforementioned landspout tornado. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Holly | - | A small short-lived tornado occurred, and there was no known damage. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | Also...winds estimated around 55 MPH with this thunderstorm...causing 3 inch diameter limbs to be broken. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Holly | - | Two to 5 inches of rain in only a few hours caused several inches of water to flow over roadways as well numerous road washouts...mainly 3 to 10 miles south and southwest of Holly. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | Hail occurred for 45 minutes and completely covered the ground several inches deep. |
| September 2004 | Flash Flood | Holly | - | Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding of Horse Creek and West Wildhorse Creek. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Holly | - | A brief tornado over open country caused no known damage. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Holly | - | A spotter reported dime-size hail fell west of Holly (27 miles east of Lamar). |
| May 2022 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Holly | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Holly City Hall | 0.2 miles | 2003 |
 | Holly Santa Fe Depot | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
 | Holly SS Ranch Barn | 0.4 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000344 in Record Group 79. |
| Prowers County | All 16 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.