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One of 36 National Register listings published here for Weld County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Windsor Milling and Elevator Co. Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The listing
- Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 301 Main St., Windsor, 80550
- When was it listed? September 1998
- Category. building
- Census division. Windsor
- National Register reference number. 98001129 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
250 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Windsor Milling and Elevator Co. Building between 2010 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 | 204 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | WINDSOR |
| 28 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District | N/A |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Windsor Milling and Elevator Co. Building: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this property
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windsor, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 35 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 3 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1998 | Lightning | Windsor | $500,000 | Lightning struck a colonial style home south of Windsor. The ensuing fire caused extensive damage to the home making it unliveable. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Windsor | $500,000 | Half dollar-size hail caused major damage to homes and businesses as well as vehicles and crops in Windsor (14 miles southeast of Fort Collins). |
| May 2015 | Flood | Windsor | $250,000 | Widespread minor to moderate lowland flooding was observed along the Cache La Poudre River. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Windsor | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Lightning | Windsor | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | $190,000 | Intense thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage to the exterior of a garage shop along with scores of livestock shelters. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Windsor | $50,000 | Heavy produced flash flooding in and around Milliken to west of Windsor. Storm totals in these areas ranged from 2.5 to 5.0 inches. Several road closures were in place due to standing water. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Windsor | $50,000 | Torrential rain and hail produced flash flooding in and around Greeley and Windsor. The storm produced widespread flooding and inundated crops, county roads and city streets. Numerous roadways were closed due to flood waters. One woman had to be rescued when she was trapped in her vehicle by 3 ft of rushing water. Several homes and basements were flooded when nearby ditches overflowed. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Windsor | $25,000 | Both the Cache La Poudre and South Platte Rivers crested over a foot above flood stage. In Greeley, 6th Avenue was closed due to flooding. The water levels forced the closure of Weld County Road 53. The waters also flooded some nearby homes and farmland. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Windsor | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Flood | Windsor | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Windsor | $10,000 | Heavy rain, up to 2.4 inches, produced flooding on O Street, west of Weld County Road 33. In Windsor, extensive street flooding inundated homes and stalled several cars; forcing numerous road closures until the floodwaters subsided. |
| May 2024 | Flood | Windsor | - | U.S. Highway 34 closed in both directions between county road 15 and county road 17 due to flooding. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Intense thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and snapped limbs. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | An intense thunderstorm wind gust downed three power poles and several fences. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Windsor | - | A small tornado touched down a damaged a tractor trailer. In all, up to 9 non-supercell tornadoes developed along a boundary that stretched from around Denver International Airport to near Barr Lake, in central Adams County, then extended into south central Weld County. |
| October 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Windsor | - | A small tornado touched down but did no damage. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Windsor | - | Lightning ignited a fire on the roof of a residence. The fire burned a 10-foot by 10-foot hole in the roof and was confined to the roof and rafters. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Microburst winds flipped over 2 metal barns, or lean-tos, and tore the siding off a nearby trailer. The barns were lifted 4 feet off the ground and blown 6 to 8 feet. No one was injured, but a dog received a broken leg when one of the barns flipped over on him. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Windsor | - | Large hail, coupled with strong thunderstorm winds, broke numerous car and house windows in the Gill vicinity. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | Thunderstorm winds broke eight-inch-diameter tree branches in Windsor (14 miles southeast of Fort Collins). Also, heavy rain filled a roadside ditch in Windsor, and eroded 25 feet of gravel roadway. Heavy rain flooded the basements of two homes in Jamestown (31 miles south southeast of Fort Collins). Thunderstorm winds, estimated at 60 mph (52 knots) broke tree limbs in Jamestown. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Windsor | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Windsor | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Windsor Town Hall | 0.2 miles | 1999 |
 | First Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 2004 |
| Artesia Farm | 3.9 miles | 2018 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001129 in Record Group 79. |
| Weld 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.