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Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex

Built in 1931 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

From the record

“Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex are historic buildings located in Algona, Iowa, United States. It opened as Algona High School in 1931, and it served that purpose until 1970 when a new high school building opened on the south side of town.”

Wikipedia article Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Kossuth County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1931, modern architecture, by Proudfoot & Bird.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 213 & 301 S. Harlan St., Algona, 50511
  • When was it listed? December 2014
  • Category. building
  • City. Algona city
  • When was it built? 1931
  • Architectural style. modern architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Proudfoot & Bird
  • National Register reference number. 14001006 - 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 Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex 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/undetermined2

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
14 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot 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 Algona Junior and Senior High School Building and High School Building Annex: 11 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bartosh PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Corn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
DoleSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frankel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
IrvingtonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irvington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mark T Mcguire Custom Grading Pit#1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Reding PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RoethlerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Tornado (F2)Algona$1,000,000Intermittent track
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlgona$350,000no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodAlgona$120,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAlgona$100,000Numerous 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 2006Flash FloodAlgona$100,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAlgona$75,000no account filed
September 2018Flash FloodAlgona$50,000Iowa DOT reported road closure between County Highway B55 and US 18 due to water over the road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAlgona$50,000Kossuth 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 2011HailAlgona$50,000A funnel cloud was also reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindAlgona$50,000Considerable tree damage in town. Many roads impassable.
October 2007FloodAlgona$50,000no account filed
March 2007FloodAlgona$50,000no account filed
May 1998HailAlgona$50,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindAlgona$50,000no account filed
July 2005Tornado (F0)Algona$30,000Tornado 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 2010Thunderstorm WindAlgona$25,000Several large trees were blown down in Algona.
June 2010Flash FloodAlgona$25,000Trained spotter reported flooding on Blackford and Overmeyer Roads with water flowing.
April 2010HailAlgona$25,000no account filed
October 2007FloodAlgona$25,000no account filed
May 2005Flash FloodAlgona$25,000no account filed
September 2018Thunderstorm WindAlgona$20,000Public reported trees and power lines down throughout town.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindAlgona$20,000Public 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 2006Thunderstorm WindAlgona$20,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAlgona$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlgona$15,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAlgona$11,000Multiple trees damaged with medium to large limbs down. One tree broken off at the base. One outbuilding damaged. Time estimated from radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlgona$10,000Emergency Manager reported power poles down within the city. Some minor flooding occurring in a known low area in the city.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindAlgona$10,000Power lines were down around town.
June 1999HailAlgona$10,000Two to three mile wide swath of hail damage
April 2010HailAlgona$10,000no account filed
April 2007FloodAlgona$10,000no account filed
June 2004HailAlgona$10,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAlgona$10,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAlgona$5,000Social media picture of medium to large tree branch sent through house roof. Time estimated from radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindAlgona$5,000Downed trees in the city blocking a road. One tree was 2 feet in diameter.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAlgona$5,000no account filed
March 2007HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
March 2007HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAlgona$5,000no account filed
September 2001HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
October 2000Thunderstorm WindAlgona$5,000no account filed
September 1999HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
September 1999HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
May 1998HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
August 1998HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAlgona$5,000no account filed
April 1994HailAlgona$5,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAlgona$3,000Iowa Department of Transportation Road Weather Information Site.
April 2010HailAlgona$3,000Spotter arrived home from work at 1611 CST with quarter size hail still on the ground. The start time was estimated.
September 2006HailAlgona$3,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAlgona$3,000no account filed
September 2001HailAlgona$3,000no account filed
September 2001HailAlgona$3,000no account filed
September 2000HailAlgona$3,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindAlgona$2,000Law enforcement reported several larger tree limbs down in Algona.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindAlgona$2,000Trained 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 2010Thunderstorm WindAlgona$2,000Strong winds were bending trees and blowing patio furniture over.
June 2014HailAlgona$2,000no account filed
July 2012HailAlgona$2,000no account filed
April 2010HailAlgona$2,000no 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Land and Loan Office Building0.1 miles1998
William C. and Hertha Dau House0.2 miles1993
G.A.R. Memorial Hall0.2 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 14001006 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Kossuth CountyAll 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.