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Photograph of G. Kerndt and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13
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Kerndt G., and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

From the record

“Kerndt and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13 is a historic complex located in Lansing, Iowa, United States. The four Kerndt brothers were all German immigrants who settled in the Lansing area by 1854.”

Wikipedia article G. Kerndt and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Allamakee County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Front St., Lansing, 52151
  • When was it listed? October 1979
  • Category. building
  • Township. Lansing township
  • National Register reference number. 79000881 - 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

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kerndt G., and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13 between 1998 and 2020, burning about 63 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resources1903 DRY RIDGE DR. LANSING, IA 52151, IA
12 May 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources232020
28 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 April 2018Debris and open burning7.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMISSISSIPPI RIVER
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Allamakee County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Kerndt G., and Brothers Elevator and Warehouses, No. 11, No.12 and No. 13: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Stone. 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
Kraemer QuarryStoneUnknown
Prospects Near LansingLeadOccurrenceGalena
Dee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Everson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hjelle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Johnson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Manning QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pedritti QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allamakee County

Storms near this property

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lansing, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 5 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
June 2013Flash FloodLansing$6,400,000Mudslides occurred over the eastern section of the county from Lansing to north of Harpers Ferry covering portions of County Road X52. Other flash flooding occurred over much of the county. A campground in the Yellow River State Forest had to be evacuated with 80 campers moved to community building in Harpers Ferry. No injuries occurred, but one car was swept away by flood waters on Little Paint Creek. In Waukon, a number of businesses had water up to two feet deep in them with basements completely filled with water. The flooding also caused the utility company to shut off natural gas service to about 60 customers to prevent the possibility of gas leaks to appliances that could have been submerged and pilot lights extinguished. Homes in the Lansing area were damaged by the mudslides with a least one home knocked off its foundation and evacuations of other homes were required along Wall Street.
August 2016Flash FloodLansing$513,000Runoff from heavy rain caused flooding to occur in Lansing along Clear Creek. Two people had to be rescued when the cabin they were sleeping in was moved off its foundation. The cabin became lodged against some trees allowing rescuers to reach them with a boat. The cabin was destroyed. 5.2 inches of rain was reported around 130 a.m. The runoff also caused a mudslide to occur north of Lansing.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLansing$50,000no account filed
July 2024FloodLansing$31,000Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Lansing into flood stage in June and continued into July. The river stage crested during the early morning on July 5th in minor flood stage at 18.06 ft.
June 1998HailLansing$20,000no account filed
June 2024Flash FloodLansing$10,000The public reported a mud slide caused a block wall to come down on X52 and the rail track next to it. Mud debris was reported to be on the train track.
June 2024Flash FloodLansing$5,000Emergency management reported mudslides along Highway 26 outside of Lansing.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLansing$5,000Trees and branches were blown down in Lansing. Boat docks were damaged when the wind pushed some boats several feet upstream and onto the shore.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLansing$5,000no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLansing$1,500Trees were blown down on the north side of Lansing.
June 2024Flash FloodLansing$1,000A couple of small mudslides were reported near Lansing. Clear Creek was also reported to be out of its banks.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLansing$800no account filed
May 2004HailLansing$500no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLansing$200no account filed
June 2024FloodLansing-Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at Lansing into flood stage on June 30th. The river stage continued to rise through the end of the month while remaining in minor flood stage.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindLansing-Emergency management reported tree branches down on State Highway 26.
April 2023FloodLansing-Significant upstream runoff from the combination of rainfall and melting snow pushed the Mississippi River at Lansing into flood stage on April 21st. The crest of 19.61 ft on April 28th was 2.61 ft over flood stage. Multiple streets in town were closed, including the Black Hawk Bridge connecting Lansing, Iowa to Wisconsin Highway 35 from April 25th to May 4th.
May 2023FloodLansing-Significant upstream runoff from the combination of heavy rainfall and rapidly melting snow resulted in the fourth highest crest on record in Lansing towards the end of April. Subsequent dry conditions allowed the Mississippi River to slowly recede and drop below minor flood stage in Lansing on May 4th.
April 2019FloodLansing-High flows along the Mississippi River caused flooding to occur in Lansing during the early part of April. The river crested just under a foot above the flood stage at 17.89 feet on April 4th.
April 2019FloodLansing-A second round of runoff from rain and snowmelt caused renewed flooding to occur along the Mississippi River in Lansing. The river crested just under a foot above the flood stage at 17.83 feet on April 26th.
June 2015HailLansing-Quarter sized hail fell northwest of Lansing.
July 2009HailLansing-no account filed
June 2008HailLansing-no account filed
April 2006HailLansing-no account filed
May 2004HailLansing-no account filed
April 2002HailLansing-no account filed
April 2001HailLansing-no account filed
May 2000HailLansing-no account filed
May 2000HailLansing-no account filed
July 1997HailLansing-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allamakee 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

6 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
Lansing Stone School0.1 miles1973
Kerndt, G., & Brothers Office Block0.2 miles1982
Old Allamakee County Courthouse0.2 miles1983
Lansing Main Street Historic District0.4 miles2014
Lansing Fisheries Building0.5 miles1991
Old East Paint Creek Lutheran Church7.0 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 79000881 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Allamakee CountyAll 21 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.