Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“Scott Street Pavilion is a historic park pavilion located in Columbian Park at Lafayette, Indiana. It was built in 1899, and is a rectangular, wood-frame building.”
Wikipedia article Scott Street Pavilion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Tippecanoe County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Scott Street Pavilion in 2002, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 December 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Scott Street Pavilion: 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns. | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Bratz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Casi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elwood Sales | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lafayette Portable Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Macy's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Taylor Station | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lafayette, the town this property stands in, in 143 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 68 thunderstorm wind, 37 hail, 21 flood, 6 tornado. The reports record 3 deaths and 72 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Tornado (F4) | Lafayette | 3 killed, 70 hurt, $5,000,000 | The path of the tornado was intermittent. The tornado touched down northwest of Lafayette just before midnight, and then moved northeast at a forward speed of about 60 mph. The tornado crossed into Carroll County at 1212 EST and then lifted. Eleven single family homes were destroyed, and 17 homes sustained major damage. Seven single family homes sustained minor damage. Thirteen multi-family dwellings were heavily damaged. At the Sagamore Village Estates mobile home park, 64 mobile homes were destroyed or heavily damaged, and 21 mobile homes sustained minor damage. Three additional mobile homes outside the park were also damaged. Two gas stations and a venetian blind factory were heavily damaged. Total property damage was estimated at 3.5 million dollars. An eleven year old girl was killed when the tornado destroyed her house in Pine View Farms, which is adjacent to Sagamore Village Estates. Her 37 year old stepfather was critically injured at their home, and died the next day. A 24-year old male who was working at the Lafayette Venetian Blind factory was killed when the roof collapsed on him. F11P, M37P, M24O. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | 1 hurt, $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on top of a mobile home, destroying the dwelling and injuring the occupant. Power outages were caused by wind in the area as well. |
| January 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $500,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. 30 to 40 homes were damaged by flood waters. |
| February 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $400,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Numerous homes were affected by flood waters. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F1) | West Lafayette | $200,000 | Tornado damaged several houses and blew down numerous trees and power lines near North River Road and Happy Hollow Road. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flood | Lafayette | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Lafayette | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $60,000 | A tree fell on a house and a car due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A garage also sustained damage. The winds also tore off part of a roof of a church and a trailer. The metal roof of another building was also damaged. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $50,000 | A roof was torn and raised off of the Wabash National Corporation due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Trailers were also overturned. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $50,000 | A concrete plant had it's roof blown off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The building's bay doors were open at the time. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $30,000 | A tree fell on a home in West Lafayette. No one was injured. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $21,000 | A tree was reported down on a house due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $15,000 | Numerous trees were down in multiple portions of the county due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $12,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 5th at 17:12. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $10,000 | An observation of a 30 foot long limb with a width of near 8 inches was down on a roof near the intersection of 9th and Teal Road. Numerous other branches of 2 to 3 feet long were down as well. Also, shingles were reportedly missing from a home near this location. The gusty winds lasted 2 to 3 minutes. The time damage occurred is estimated. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Lafayette | $10,000 | A lightning strike ignited a fire on South Third Street in Lafayette and reports of other possible strikes were received by fire department dispatch personnel. Power outages occurred around the city with a peak of about 1,500 powerless customers county-wide. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Lafayette | $10,000 | The Wabash River flooded in late February due to heavy rain and snow melt. High water continued into March. Crests were over 6 feet above flood stage. |
| January 2007 | Flood | Lafayette | $10,000 | The Wabash River in Tippecanoe County went back above flood during the first half of January. Crests were as high as 9.4 feet above flood stage. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Lafayette | $10,000 | The Wabash River remained above flood from late February through March, only briefly dipping below flood stage during the month before rising back above flood due to rainfall. Crests were over 9 feet above flood stage. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Lafayette | $10,000 | The Wabash River flooded in Tippecanoe County. The river crested over four feet above flood stage. |
| December 2006 | Flood | Lafayette | $10,000 | The Wabash River flooded in Tippecanoe County. The river crested at over 6 feet above flood stage. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $7,000 | Trees and utility lines were blown down on Howell Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $7,000 | Multiple mature trees were downed in downtown Lafayette due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $5,000 | Multiple tree limbs and utility lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| November 2017 | Flood | Lafayette | $5,000 | There were multiple reports of water ponding in yards across Lafayette due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $5,000 | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location with the passage of the gust front. Also, shingles were blown off of the State Farm building. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Lafayette | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. |
| May 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until June 3rd at 0049. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | West Lafayette | $5,000 | The rain and flash flooding created high water on numerous streets around Greater Lafayette Tuesday morning. It also forced the Lafayette Parks Department to close Munger Park and the city's aquatic facilities for the day. Power companies reported power outages scattered across the area that continued into the afternoon. |
| March 2006 | Hail | West Lafayette | $5,000 | Golfball sized hail damaged a Sheriff deputy's car. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $4,000 | Multiple trees, three to four inches in diameter, were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $3,000 | Tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The limbs knocked power lines down as well. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $2,000 | A gazebo was destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $2,000 | Trained Spotter estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Several tree limbs were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts west of Teal Street and US Highway 52. Additional tree limbs were downed on Third Street. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $2,000 | A 60 mph damaging thunderstorm wind gust caused tree damage. Half of a tree, six inches in diameter, and limbs, one inch in diameter, were downed. This was reported by an out of town meteorologist. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $2,000 | A tree was downed blocking both lanes of traffic near the 2300 block of North 25th Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. A tree was also downed on Elmwood Avenue, blocking one lane of traffic. |
| June 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $2,000 | This flooding is a continuation from flooding that began on May 31st at 1636 EST. The flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flood damage from May included five-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage. An addition two-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage occurred in June for a total of seven-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $1,000 | Tree downed near intersection of North River Road and US Highway 52. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on the north side of Lafayette due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| November 2011 | Flood | Lafayette | $1,000 | The Lafayette Journal and Courier reported standing water, approximately a foot deep at the intersection of Ferry and Eighth Streets, due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Other flooding in Lafayette included water at least a foot deep at the intersections of South 18th Street and Logan Avenue, as well as the intersection of Main Street and South Earl Avenue. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $1,000 | A large tree, with a diameter of a foot to a foot and a half, was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $1,000 | A power line was reported down on a street in front of Lynnwood School. The street was closed. The time this event occurred is estimated. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $1,000 | A one and a half foot diameter dead tree was blown down as the gust front from a thunderstorm came through the area. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree across State Route 43 between US Route 52 and State Route 443 near the Purdue University campus. |
| April 2002 | Lightning | Lafayette | $1,000 | Lightning struck Harrison High School and caused miscellaneous electrical related problems. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $750 | A large oak tree was uprooted in Burden Cemetery near the intersection of Route 52 and Klondike Road due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $500 | Large tree limbs of unknown diameter were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| December 2007 | Flood | West Lafayette | $500 | Heavy rain caused flooding of the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | $500 | Large tree blown down. |
| August 2014 | Flood | West Lafayette | $250 | Four to five inches of standing water was observed in a parking lot due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | - | A 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured at this location. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lafayette | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Mary Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2001 |
 | Perrin Historic District | 0.6 miles | 1979 |
 | James H. Ward House | 0.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Ninth Street Hill Neighborhood Historic District | 0.7 miles | 1997 |
 | Waldron-Beck House and Carriage House | 0.7 miles | 1984 |
 | Jefferson Historic District | 0.7 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001656 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Tippecanoe County | All 48 listed properties in this county. |
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