Lincoln Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2020 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by East and West Lincoln Ave., Elm St., Court St., West Court and South 5th St., Lincoln, 67455
When was it listed? June 2020
Category. district
Township. Elkhorn township
National Register reference number. 100005123 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Downtown Historic District in 2015, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	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 September 2015	Natural	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	10
5 March 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	62015
1 November 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	12

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

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 Lincoln Downtown Historic District: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Lewick-Molloy Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Wilson Ryan Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

60 of 155 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln, the town this property stands in, in 155 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 85 hail, 51 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 6 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 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$125,000	City is without power. Roof damage was reported and some windows were blown out.
August 2002	Hail	Lincoln	$100,000	Widespread damage to homes and vehicles.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$60,000	Emergency management reported quite a bit of tree damage in and around Lincoln. Additionally, newspaper reports indicated a large 140,000 bushel grain bin was destroyed along with other grain storage damaged in Lincoln. Furthermore, some power poles were snapped just west of Lincoln. Information courtesy of the Lincoln Sentinel-Republican.
April 2001	Tornado (F0)	Lincoln	$50,000	Minor damage to one home as well as a few trees.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$50,000	Widespread tree damage, including a large tree falling onto a truck. Roofs were damaged to several businesses including one restaurant.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$45,000	Measured wind gusts to 58 mph...produced wind damage to several structures across town. A building supply company received damage to its tin roof. A door was pulled from its frame and the glass broken at another business. A 100 year old building formerly a livery stable was nearly blown over and was later demolished, after the framework and foundation were rendered unstable. Numerous other small to large trees were also downed.
May 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Lincoln	$25,000	Multiple vortex tornado moved to the northeast across open country. Minor damage was noted at one farmstead when a sheet metal roof was blown across the road (DI1 DOD2). Otherwise, minor tree damage occurred sporadically along the path. Several cedar trees were snapped in the cemetery on the east side of Lincoln. The tornado was 100 yards wide.
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$10,000	Unspecified barn and tree damage.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$10,000	Power lines blown down. (Reported by KRSL Radio.)
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$5,000	Power lines and power poles were downed across the city of Lincoln extending east to near the Shady Bend area.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$5,000	Power lines blown down.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$5,000	Winds of 50 to 75 miles an hour lasted nearly an hour and broke a plate glass window and knocked down some power lines.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$5,000	Utility poles were blown down in town.
October 2007	Flash Flood	Lincoln	$3,000	Flash flooding stalled cars in Lincoln. Water rose up to 2 feet above bridges with 2 city streets barricaded. Flooding came within 100 feet of the Lincoln Junior/Senior High School. Sand bagging also occurred around 2 homes. One of the homes was evacuated. While 3.80 inches of rainfall fell across the area in less than 2 hours.
October 2007	Lightning	Lincoln	$3,000	Lightning struck the Lincoln County Courthouse, loosening shingles from the historic building spire and damaging computers inside.
June 2022	Flash Flood	Lincoln	$500	Law enforcement reported several rural road closures due to high water.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	$500	A trained spotter reported several small tree limbs down. Also a 12 to 14 inch diameter tree was blown down.
June 2022	Flash Flood	Lincoln	$100	Water was reported running over Kansas Highway 14.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	A trained spotter estimated this wind gust along the thunderstorm outflow.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Power was knocked out in Lincoln.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	A trained spotter estimated wind speeds of 50-60 mph and had penny sized hail as well.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 mph.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Wind gusts were estimated to be around 80 mph.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds. There was another report from a trained spotter of a 12 foot tree broken half way up. The tree was approximately six inches in diameter at the point of where the tree was snapped.
August 2023	Heavy Rain	Lincoln	-	Rain fall total 24 hours of 2.05 inches.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	This was a measured wind gust.
May 2022	Hail	Lincoln	-	Other reports of 1 inch in diameter were noted across the community also.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	The public reported the gust.
May 2021	Flash Flood	Lincoln	-	Numerous streets are flooded and impassable in Lincoln. The fire department also had to barricade roads to keep people from driving into the flooded areas. A resident also reported flooding to their basement.
May 2021	Heavy Rain	Lincoln	-	This is a 24 hour rainfall total of 5.24 inches.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	A UPS truck was blown over near highway 14 east of Lincoln. The driver was extracted and reported to be injured. They were transported via ambulance.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	A power pole was snapped.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	A power line and transformer were blown down in Lincoln at 5th and Lost St. A railroad crossing arm was snapped along with scattered reports of tree limbs down.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Very poor visibility was also reported.
May 2020	Hail	Lincoln	-	Heavy rain was also reported.
June 2020	Hail	Lincoln	-	Lots of ping pong ball sized hail at Iron Drive South of Lincoln.
May 2019	Hail	Lincoln	-	The golf ball-sized hail occurred along Highway K14.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	No damage was reported.
May 2018	Hail	Lincoln	-	Winds of 50 mph were also reported.
April 2017	Flash Flood	Lincoln	-	Water was reported over Highway 14 near Elk Drive making travel extremely hazardous.
April 2017	Hail	Lincoln	-	This was reported on Highway 14.
April 2017	Hail	Lincoln	-	One mile west of Lincoln on K-18.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Three to four in diameter tree limbs were blown out of trees.
August 2016	Flood	Lincoln	-	Numerous county roads were flooded south of Lincoln.
August 2016	Flood	Lincoln	-	Street flooding was reported in the city of Lincoln. This was a delayed report.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	No damage was reported.
August 2015	Hail	Lincoln	-	The hail was mostly nickel size with a couple of quarter size stones.
September 2014	Hail	Lincoln	-	Golf ball to tennis ball-sized hail pelted a residence at 2270 North 120th Road, but no damage was reported.
May 2014	Hail	Lincoln	-	The picture of the falling hail was sent to KSN-TV media.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	No damage was reported.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Winds ranging from 70-80 mph tore through the town of Lincoln along with heavy rains. Significant tree damage occurred.
June 2013	Hail	Lincoln	-	The golf ball-sized hail was driven by winds up to 80 mph.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Emergency management reported significant tree damage. Golf ball-sized hail also occurred.
July 2013	Hail	Lincoln	-	The ping-pong ball-sized hail was reported near 200th Road and Grain Drive.
July 2013	Hail	Lincoln	-	The quarter-sized hail was reported on Highway K-14.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	The emergency manager reported wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.
April 2010	Hail	Lincoln	-	Winds of 60 mph occurred with the hail.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	Occurred with dime size hail.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln	-	One inch diameter tree limbs downed across the city of Lincoln.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Cummins Block Building	under 500 feet	2000
Lincoln County Courthouse	0.1 miles	1976
Lincoln Carnegie Library	0.1 miles	1987
Lincoln City Park	0.4 miles	2020
Lincoln High School	0.5 miles	2020
Marshall-Yohe House	0.5 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100005123 in Record Group 79.
Lincoln County	All 15 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.
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.