Argos Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

“Argos Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Argos, Indiana. The district encompasses 21 contributing buildings in the central business district of Argos.”
Wikipedia article Argos Downtown Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 2001 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. W side of Michigan St, bet. Smith and Williams, E side bet. Smith and Walnut, Argos, 46501
When was it listed? September 2001
Category. district
Township. Walnut township
National Register reference number. 01000991 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Argos Downtown Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
	Eddy Lake Marl Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
	White Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this property

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argos, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Argos	$500,000	The initial touchdown of the tornado was located a large grove of trees along Maple Rd. west of Argos and proceeded rapidly southeast to the southeast side of Argos. The tornado skipped along its track, snapping and uprooting numerous trees, downing power poles and lines and damaging some structures. Two businesses on the south side of Argos, near the intersection of US 31 and State Rd 10 suffered moderate damage. The roof of the Topp Industries plant suffered damage. A McDonalds/BP Station suffered metal siding and roofing damage along with the removal of a few gas pumps. A stationary police cruiser was spun by a combination of the strong winds and a sign post striking the car. Neither the officer, nor anyone else in the path of the tornado was injured. The tornado lifted southeast of this point. Exact damage figures were not available, but are estimated to be at least $500,000.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	$50,000	A 150 year old barn was destroyed, as well as a 200 foot section of roof of adjacent work shop being ripped off. Trees were also reported down around Argos. Damage is estimated around $50,000.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	$10,000	Large shed destroyed.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	$3,000	Conservation officer reported to county sheriff that trees and power lines were down.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	$2,000	A tree branch about 2 feet in diameter was snapped.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	$1,000	Large limbs down on Kenilworth Rd in Argos.
June 2023	Hail	Argos	$1,000	no account filed
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	A INDOT mesonet site northwest of Argos recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
June 2021	Hail	Argos	-	Public report relayed by WNDU through Twitter.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	The public reported numerous trees down in the area. A large wooded playset was tossed several yards.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	The public reported a six to twelve inch diameter tree limb was blown down onto a home.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	Law enforcement officials reported a large tree was blown down. DOWN.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	The public reported a tree snapped at the base and fell onto a power line.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	Emergency management officials reported trees was blown down across Yearick and 1st Streets.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	Numerous trees, tree limbs, power lines and poles were reported down across the county, including Argos, Plymouth, and Bourbon. No reports of significant structure damage were received.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Argos	-	Tree blown over.
June 2023	Hail	Argos	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Argos	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Argos Northside Historic District,	0.3 miles	2017
Argos Izaak Walton League Historic District	2.8 miles	2011
Lewis and Sarah Boggs House	2.8 miles	2012
Sults-Quivey-Hartman Polygonal Barn and Farm	4.9 miles	2019
Jacoby Church and Cemetery	5.1 miles	2007
Marshall County Infirmary	6.4 miles	2000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 01000991 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marshall County	All 34 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.
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.