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Photograph of Menno Community Hall
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Menno Community Hall

Built in 1937 (rustic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

From the record

“Menno Community Hall, near Kendall, Kansas, was built during 1936-1937 as a Works Progress Administration project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.”

Wikipedia article Menno Community Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2003 · category: Building · built in 1937, rustic architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NE4, NE4, NE4, NE4, S. 15, T. 26S, R. 49W, Kendall, 67857
  • When was it listed? March 2003
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. New Deal-Era Resources of Kansas MPS
  • Township. Lamont township
  • When was it built? 1937
  • Architectural style. rustic architecture
  • National Register reference number. 02001700 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Storms near this property

60 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kendall, the town this property stands in, in 79 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 56 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1993HailKendall$5,000no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindKendall$1,000A cattle feed bunk was blown 1/4 of a mile.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindKendall-Strong thunderstorms wind gusts were measured by a mesonet station.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Kendall-Damaged outbuilding and power poles. Reported as a tornado with picture but could be a tornado or landspout.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindKendall-Damaged outbuilding and power poles.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindKendall-Mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 60 MPH.
September 2021HailKendall-Most of the hail was small but the ground was completely covered as the hail lasted up to 10 minutes.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindKendall-There were some broken windows in vehicles and buildings from flying tree limbs.
August 2017Heavy RainKendall-Rainfall was 3.26 inches.
May 2016HailKendall-The hail covered the ground.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindKendall-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindKendall-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
April 2012HailKendall-The hail stones were mainly quarter sized but there were a few larger.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKendall-Winds were estimated at 60 MPH.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKendall-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKendall-Winds were estimated to be 60 mph.
June 2010HailKendall-There was also 50 to 60 mph winds with the hail.
July 2007Heavy RainKendall-Rainfall of 3.10 inches was reported.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindKendall-Eighteen power poles were blown down
June 2003HailKendall-No reports of damage, but there should have been.
May 2002HailKendall-The hail covered the ground.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKendall-Two to three inche diameter branches down.
May 2021HailKendall-no account filed
May 2021HailKendall-no account filed
May 2020HailKendall-no account filed
May 2020HailKendall-no account filed
May 2020HailKendall-no account filed
August 2019HailKendall-no account filed
May 2018HailKendall-no account filed
June 2017HailKendall-no account filed
April 2015HailKendall-no account filed
July 2015HailKendall-no account filed
July 2015HailKendall-no account filed
June 2014HailKendall-no account filed
August 2013HailKendall-no account filed
August 2013HailKendall-no account filed
July 2013HailKendall-no account filed
April 2010HailKendall-no account filed
April 2010HailKendall-no account filed
April 2010HailKendall-no account filed
June 2010HailKendall-no account filed
July 2010HailKendall-no account filed
May 2010HailKendall-no account filed
May 2008HailKendall-no account filed
May 2007HailKendall-no account filed
June 2006HailKendall-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKendall-no account filed
June 2005HailKendall-no account filed
June 2005HailKendall-no account filed
May 2004HailKendall-no account filed
June 2004HailKendall-no account filed
June 2003HailKendall-no account filed
June 2003HailKendall-no account filed
October 2002HailKendall-no account filed
October 2002HailKendall-no account filed
June 2002HailKendall-no account filed
June 2000HailKendall-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindKendall-no account filed
July 1999HailKendall-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindKendall-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02001700 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hamilton CountyAll 2 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.
  • 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.