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Photograph of Crawford County Courthouse
Photograph by Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Crawford County Courthouse

Built in 1922 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“The Crawford County Courthouse in Girard, Kansas is a Classical Revival-style courthouse built in 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.”

Wikipedia article Crawford County Courthouse (Kansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Crawford County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1922, Neoclassical architecture, by Tonini & Bramblet.

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

The listing

  • Address. 111 E. Forest, Courthouse Square, Girard, 66743
  • When was it listed? April 2009
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of Kansas MPS
  • Township. Crawford township
  • When was it built? 1922
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Tonini & Bramblet
  • National Register reference number. 09000225 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

16 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Crawford County Courthouse between 2015 and 2018, burning about 28 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks1

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 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service183
6 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-081
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-058
30 April 2015Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service28
5 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service016-046
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-030
23 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service016-064
11 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service15

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Girard, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 14 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. 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
July 2013Flash FloodGirard$250,000Numerous travel trailers at the fairgrounds near Girard were flooded with estimated depth of 3 to 4 feet.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGirard$200,000no account filed
May 2013HailGirard$100,000Tennis ball size hail damaged cars and some roofs.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGirard$50,000Several large tree limbs were downed. Multiple transformers blew as a result of winds and tree limbs.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindGirard$50,000There were several videos on social media and eyewitnesses that indicated a microburst occurred in the town of Girard. The microburst produced damage across the town with multiple power lines blown down and large tree branches. There was a roof at the Ace Hardware that was partially blown off. There were a couple reports of trees that had fallen on houses as well. There were no injuries reported.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGirard$20,000Several power lines were reported down in town.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindGirard$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew off a portion of a roof and damaged a grain bin.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGirard$15,000A few large limbs were downed, including one on a power line causing power outages.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindGirard$10,000Estimated 100 mph winds uprooted and snapped numerous trees, destroyed a large metal machine building and damaged several others buildings in Girard. Winds diminished but continued to intermittently down trees and limbs from Girard into the Mulberry area.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindGirard$8,000no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindGirard$5,000A large tree limb was reported down on a home causing minor roof damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGirard$5,000Several power lines were blown down in Girard.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGirard$5,000Several power lines were blown down in Girard. Winds were estimated between 60 to 70 mph and pea sized hail was also reported.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGirard$5,000Telephone poles were blown down and buildings were damaged by strong thunderstorm winds in the Girard area.
April 1996HailGirard$250no account filed
May 2025HailGirard-Report of quarter size hail.
July 2023Heavy RainGirard-The Co-Op observer in Girard reported 3.46 inches of rain in 24 hours.
September 2023HailGirard-Quarter sized hail was reported.
September 2021HailGirard-Quarter sized hail was reported.
February 2020Heavy RainGirard-The Co-op Observer GIRK1 in Girard reported a 24 hour rainfall of 2.20 inches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGirard-Several power lines were reported down on south Ozark Street.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGirard-A home weather station recorded a 64.6 mph wind gust.
June 2019Flash FloodGirard-Brief flooding occurred on Saint Johns Street due to heavy rainfall in Girard.
May 2019Heavy RainGirard-The 24 hour rainfall accumulation measured by a Cooperative Observer was 4.11 inches. The rain began on April 30th.
September 2019Heavy RainGirard-A cooperative observer reported 2.78 inches of rain in 24 hours.
July 2018HailGirard-Quarter-sized hail fell near Crawford Hills Golf Course.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGirard-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed several limbs at the Girard Municipal Golf Course.
August 2017Flash FloodGirard-Excessive rainfall caused several rural roads to flood across the county.
August 2017Flash FloodGirard-Water was over the roadway on 610 Road just west of the cemetery.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGirard-Several large trees were blown down in Girard.
November 2015HailGirard-Quarter sized hail was reported at Natures Corner Preschool.
June 2014Flash FloodGirard-Numerous low water crossings were flooded across the county.
July 2013Flash FloodGirard-Numerous low water crossings were flooded throughout the county.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindGirard-A power pole was leaning over the road due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Flash FloodGirard-The emergency manager reported flooding near a low water crossing.
June 2007Flash FloodGirard-Widespread flash flooding occurred in response to another round of storms.
June 2007Flash FloodGirard-Flash flooding continued over Crawford County.
March 2007FloodGirard-Heavy thunderstorms, which continued to move over the same area, caused flooding to occur across the county. Several rural roads and low water crossing were underwater and impassable to motorists.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindGirard-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few large tree limbs.
June 2005Flash FloodGirard-Heavy thunderstorms caused flash flooding near the intersection of roads 590 and 70.
September 2005Tornado (F0)Girard-KOAM TV storm spotters observed several brief tornado touchdowns across rural sections of northwest Crawford County.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Girard-A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a small tornado briefly touched down north of Girard. Several trees were downed...however...no structural damage occurred.
April 2004Flash FloodGirard-Several roads and low water crossings werer inundated with flash flood waters county wide.
September 2003Flash FloodGirard-Law enforcement officials observed several streets and low water crossings flooded near the community of Girard.
June 1995HailGirard-All main highways were closed and numerous cars were in ditches.
May 2018HailGirard-no account filed
May 2018HailGirard-no account filed
June 2017HailGirard-no account filed
February 2017HailGirard-no account filed
March 2015HailGirard-no account filed
November 2015HailGirard-no account filed
May 2013HailGirard-no account filed
May 2013HailGirard-no account filed
February 2009HailGirard-no account filed
June 2009HailGirard-no account filed
March 2008Thunderstorm WindGirard-no account filed
May 2007HailGirard-no account filed
March 2006HailGirard-no account filed
June 2005HailGirard-no account filed
September 2005HailGirard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
St. John's Episcopal Churchunder 500 feet2009
State Bank of Girard0.1 miles2009
S-W Supply Company0.2 miles2009
J.E. Raymond House0.2 miles2007
Girard Carnegie Library0.2 miles1987
Leonard, J.T and Anna, House0.4 miles2017

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 09000225 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Crawford CountyAll 23 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.
  • 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.