Warsaw Courthouse Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Kosciusko County · listed in 1993 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by W. Main, W. Lake, Center and S. Indiana Sts. and the alleys behind Indiana, Market, Lake and Main Sts, Warsaw, 46580
When was it listed? September 1993
Category. district
Township. Wayne township
National Register reference number. 93000952 - 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.

The ground it stands on

9,168 words

The chapter on Wayne Township in Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887 names Warsaw. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The tirst settlements were made during the summer of 1834, by Peter Warner, William Kelly, John Knowles, Arnold Cain, William C. (iraves, James Robinson and James Comstock, all of whom located west of Warsaw. The following year Metcalf Peck, Daniel Webb, Charles Sleeper, John AV. Morris, Andrew R. Willis and John Pittenger located.

Passage source: Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887.

Warsaw was named by Hon. John B. Chapman, in honor of the capital of Poland. Although this beautiful city did not pass through such fearful ordeals as did its namesake, yet the conflicts that ensued befoi'e the county seat was finally located, at times bade fair to open hostilities between rival villages.

Passage source: Biographical and Historical Reocrd of Kosciusko County, published 1887.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Wayne Township - 9,168 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Warsaw Courthouse Square Historic District (Boundary Increase): 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Warsaw Street Dept.	Stone	Producer
Fuller's Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
G. and G. Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kosciusko Co. Hwy. Dept.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kosciusko County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warsaw, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 55 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	1 killed	Emergency management officials reported a large, rotten tree fell onto the bedroom of a mobile home in the Fairlane Mobile Home Park. Two adults and two children were inside the home at the time. One child escaped the impacted room, but a 14 year old male did not and was subsequently killed.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$500,000	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TOWN. ONE HOME COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY LARGE FALLEN TREE WHICH CRUSHED THE THEN UNOCCUPIED HOME. A TENTS AT THE COOK CHAPEDL CHURCH WERE BLOWN AWAY AND NEVER FOUND. SEVERAL OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS FROM FALLEN TREES AND LIMBS.
September 2000	Lightning	Warsaw	$150,000	Lightning struck a barn causing a fire which gutted the barn and its contents.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$50,000	Antennas and trees were downed, and roofs were damaged.
May 2007	Lightning	Warsaw	$40,000	Fire officials were dispatched to a residence in the Harrison Landing subdivision of Warsaw where lightning struck a house. The fire was contained within 30 minutes. No one was injured in the fire. Damage was estimated at around $40,000.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$20,000	Several trees are down in the neighborhood. Some of the trees are blocking the road.
August 2001	Lightning	Warsaw	$20,000	Lightning apparently started a fire which destroyed a barn near the intersection of CR 450S and County Farm Road. The remains of the barn were discovered around 1:20 am EST by a Kosciusko County Sheriff's deputy on routine patrol.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$15,000	A maple tree fell onto a business in Winona Lake causing roof damage to the building.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$10,000	Tree and power lines down near CR 300 E and Old US 30.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$10,000	Trees down at Lake Street. Power is out over eastern Warsaw.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Warsaw	$10,000	Several roads in the northern part of the county, including the city of Warsaw, had up to a foot of flowing water on them. 5 roads in Warsaw were closed for a period of time.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$6,000	An off duty NWS employee found a 12 inch diameter tree had fallen on a mobile home on Wexford Place in Warsaw. The report initially came in from the Warsaw Times Union newspaper. The west side of the structure suffered damage as branches penetrated the roof. Damage is estimated around $6,000.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$3,500	Three large trees down.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Tree limbs of 1 to 2 feet in diameter were snapped at 920 Anchorage Rd.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$2,000	Large tree on a power line.
April 2026	Hail	Warsaw	$1,000	Amateur radio reports 1 inch hail at the Stonehenge Golf Course.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	Two foot diameter tree down.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$1,000	A tree down across road.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	$500	Numerous tree limbs were downed around town.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An NWS Employee estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Multiple trees down in the Warsaw and Winona Lake area.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Local media shared pictures of several large tree branches blown down.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The public reported tree branches were blown down with the top portion of a chimney being blown off the roof.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Local fire officials reported roof damage to the Economy Lodge on the east side of Warsaw. Numerous trees were reported down in both Warsaw and Winona Lake.
August 2018	Tornado (EF1)	Warsaw	-	An NWS survey of damage confirmed a low end EF-1 tornado touched down in Warsaw \|just southeast of Pike lake and moved through a subdivision causing mainly tree damage. The tornado crossed US-30 and paralleled County Road 75 N, continuing to uprooted trees, snapping tree trunks and topping trees. Several homes and cars were impacted by tree debris. In addition several power poles were snapped. Minor \|roofing and siding damage occurred to some homes as well. The tornado curved to the south slightly, eventually lifting east of North County Road 450 East. Wind speeds were estimated at around 90 mph. \|\|The tornado occurred along the northern edge of a broader wind damage\|swath of up to 250 yards. Damage here was much more sporadic with\|estimated winds of 60-65 mph.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Local law enforcement estimated wind gusts to 70 mph.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An off duty NWS employee reported a tree limb was blown down.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The public reported a healthy, one foot diameter tree was blown down onto a garage.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	A trained spotter reported a large oak tree limb down near County Road 225 East and 100 North.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The public reported a tree was blown down across 7th Street and Kings Highway.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The public reported over a dozen trees and tree limbs were blown down along the Winona Lake Cycling and Walking trails.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Emergency management officials reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Law enforcement officials reported a tree was blown down onto Wooster Road.
July 2014	Hail	Warsaw	-	Public reports of one half to three quarter inch diameter hail were received.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	The public reported a one foot diameter tree limb down onto a residence.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust. Penny size hail was also observed.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An off duty NWS employee estimated 55 to 60 mph winds with the outflow from a thunderstorm, with small tree limbs were falling.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	A trained spotter reported multiple trees and power lines down in the Warsaw area. Estimated wind gusts of 65 to 70 mph occurred for approximately 7 minutes.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees were blown down in Warsaw, Winona Lake and northern portions of the county.
May 2011	Hail	Warsaw	-	The public reported pea to nickle size hail falling on the southwest side of Warsaw for six minutes.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An off duty NWS employee reported large branches down west northwest of Warsaw.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An off duty NWS employee reported a ten inch diameter branch down southeast of Warsaw.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An off-duty NWS employee reported a tree branch down onto a power line.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Law enforcement officials reported tree limbs and power lines down across the southern half of the county.
December 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	A nearly 40 foot tall tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Several trees were blown down with a 75 mph wind gust being recorded just south southwest of North Webster.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Several large trees down.
May 2005	Heavy Rain	Warsaw	-	2.45 inches of rain reported between 630 and 730 pm EST. Ponding of water noted on roads in the area.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	An off duty NWS employee estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH in Warsaw.
July 2004	Hail	Warsaw	-	Reported on US 30.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Trees reported knocked down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	A trained spotter reported large tree limbs down west of Warsaw.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Law enforcement reported trees were reported blown down in Warsaw, Leesburg and Milford.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Tree blown down on SR 25.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Trees blown down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Two oak trees completely uprooted at the corner of High and Market Streets in downtown Warsaw.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Trees blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Trees down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts of 55 to 60 MPH reported by an off-duty NWS employee.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Warsaw	-	WIND DAMAGE - POWER LINES DOWN AT SR-25 AND CR-100 SOUTH AND NEAR ETNA GREEN.

Every storm recorded in Kosciusko 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
Warsaw Courthouse Square Historic District	under 500 feet	1982
Kosciusko County Jail	under 500 feet	1978
Little Crow Milling Company Factory	0.2 miles	2018
East Fort Wayne Street Historic District	0.4 miles	1993
Warsaw Cut Glass Company	0.4 miles	1984
Justin Zimmer House	1.8 miles	1991

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 93000952 in Record Group 79.
Kosciusko County	All 17 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.