G.A.R. Memorial Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

From the record

“Memorial Hall, also known as the Algona Schoolhouse, is a historic building located in Algona, Iowa, United States. It was built as the city's first schoolhouse in 1867, and moved to this location in 1887.”
Wikipedia article G.A.R. Memorial Hall (Algona, Iowa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Kossuth County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. 122 S. Dodge St., Algona, 50511
When was it listed? January 2014
Category. building
City. Algona city
Architectural style. Italianate architecture
National Register reference number. 13001077 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of G.A.R. Memorial Hall between 2007 and 2008, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

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
14 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 March 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Kossuth County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of G.A.R. Memorial Hall: 12 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bartosh Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Dole	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Frankel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Grill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Irvington	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Irvington Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mark T Mcguire Custom Grading Pit#1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Reding Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Roethler	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Kossuth County

Storms near this property

60 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Algona, the town this property stands in, in 119 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 43 hail, 40 thunderstorm wind, 24 heavy rain, 6 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 1998	Tornado (F2)	Algona	$1,000,000	Intermittent track
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$350,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flash Flood	Algona	$120,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$100,000	Numerous downed trees some up to 18 inches in diameter across the county, some buildings damaged and numerous power lines down. A railroad crossing arm was snapped off and a garage was destroyed in Whittemore, some outbuildings and a house were damaged near town as well. Agricultural impacts as well with machinery blown over, bent up and also seed loss.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Algona	$100,000	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$75,000	no account filed
September 2018	Flash Flood	Algona	$50,000	Iowa DOT reported road closure between County Highway B55 and US 18 due to water over the road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$50,000	Kossuth County Emergency Manager reported extensive tree damage across the entire county due to straight line winds. Specifically Burt, Algona, Swea City, Luverne, and Bancroft were mentioned in the report.
April 2011	Hail	Algona	$50,000	A funnel cloud was also reported.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$50,000	Considerable tree damage in town. Many roads impassable.
October 2007	Flood	Algona	$50,000	no account filed
March 2007	Flood	Algona	$50,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Algona	$50,000	no account filed
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$50,000	no account filed
July 2005	Tornado (F0)	Algona	$30,000	Tornado touched down in field, then tracked across field hitting a 60 X 90 foot shed. The shed was 2 years old and was damaged.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$25,000	Several large trees were blown down in Algona.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Algona	$25,000	Trained spotter reported flooding on Blackford and Overmeyer Roads with water flowing.
April 2010	Hail	Algona	$25,000	no account filed
October 2007	Flood	Algona	$25,000	no account filed
May 2005	Flash Flood	Algona	$25,000	no account filed
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$20,000	Public reported trees and power lines down throughout town.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$20,000	Public reported a 30 inch diameter tree split about 5 feet above the ground. Numerous other large branches were also downed. Pea sized hail was noted at the time.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$20,000	no account filed
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$15,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$15,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$11,000	Multiple trees damaged with medium to large limbs down. One tree broken off at the base. One outbuilding damaged. Time estimated from radar.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$10,000	Emergency Manager reported power poles down within the city. Some minor flooding occurring in a known low area in the city.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$10,000	Power lines were down around town.
June 1999	Hail	Algona	$10,000	Two to three mile wide swath of hail damage
April 2010	Hail	Algona	$10,000	no account filed
April 2007	Flood	Algona	$10,000	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Algona	$10,000	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$10,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$5,000	Social media picture of medium to large tree branch sent through house roof. Time estimated from radar.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$5,000	Downed trees in the city blocking a road. One tree was 2 feet in diameter.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
March 2007	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
March 2007	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
September 2001	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
October 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Algona	$5,000	no account filed
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$3,000	Iowa Department of Transportation Road Weather Information Site.
April 2010	Hail	Algona	$3,000	Spotter arrived home from work at 1611 CST with quarter size hail still on the ground. The start time was estimated.
September 2006	Hail	Algona	$3,000	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$3,000	no account filed
September 2001	Hail	Algona	$3,000	no account filed
September 2001	Hail	Algona	$3,000	no account filed
September 2000	Hail	Algona	$3,000	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$2,000	Law enforcement reported several larger tree limbs down in Algona.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$2,000	Trained spotter reported several tree limbs of various size down and one large tree about 5 to 6 feet in diameter down. Numerous power outages as well. Time estimated by radar.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Algona	$2,000	Strong winds were bending trees and blowing patio furniture over.
June 2014	Hail	Algona	$2,000	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Algona	$2,000	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Algona	$2,000	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kossuth 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Land and Loan Office Building	0.1 miles	1998
Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex	0.2 miles	2014
William C. and Hertha Dau House	0.3 miles	1993

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 13001077 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kossuth County	All 6 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.