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One of 28 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Bown-Corby School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 412 N. 2nd St., Marion, 66861
- When was it listed? April 2015
- Category. building
- Also known as. Public Schools of Kansas MPS
- Township. Centre township
- Architect. S.S. Voigt
- National Register reference number. 15000146 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
16 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Bown-Corby School between 2015 and 2020, burning about 964 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 35 |
| 6 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 4 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 18 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Marion County | 22 |
| 17 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 26 |
| 13 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marion County | 18 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marion County | 19 |
Storms near this property
60 of 67 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marion, the town this property stands in, in 67 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 30 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $100,000 | Minor damage sustained to boats and docks at Glen Elder Lake Marina, widespread tree damage, power lines downed. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Marion | $50,000 | Main street in Marion was flooded for a short time. Numerous county roads were flooded. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Marion | $50,000 | Initial touchdown occurred over eastern Marion Reservoir at approximately 1535. Moving northeast at 30 kts, the tornado passed near Lincolnville and then just to the east of Lost Springs where it crossed into southwest Morris County. Extensive damage was inflicted upon one home just southeast of Lost Springs where the garage was destroyed and part of roof was lost. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $20,000 | A powerful thunderstorm produced widespread tree and some structural damage in and around the town of Marion. In Marion, the roof of a metal building was blown off, causing additional damage to nearby cars and businesses. Also, a roof on a building near the city's water tower was blown off. Information courtesy of the Marion County Record newspaper. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $10,000 | Power poles and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $7,500 | One fourth of a barns roof was blown off. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $3,000 | Tree limbs were reported down in town. Some minor awning damage occurred to a house. Reported via Kake TV on Twitter. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | $500 | Landspout tornado. Cosmetic damage to outbuildings |
| June 1994 | Hail | Marion | $50 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | The report was an image relayed from emergency management. This was a delayed report with the time estimated via radar. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | This report was relayed via emergency management. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | The report was received via mPing. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | The largest hailstone was baseball size, although dime to tennis ball size hailstones fell for 10 minutes. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Picture sent via social media of a couple of 4-inch tree limbs down in Marion. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Emergency manager had a measured wind gust of 59.7 (60 mph) in Marion. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Marion | - | Significant flooding over the roadway both north and south of the intersection of Remington Road and 230th Street. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Emergency manager estimated wind gusts around 60 mph. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Marion | - | The report of quarter-sized hail was relayed by emergency management. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Law enforcement reported a large metal dumpster was moved and flipped onto a road. Winds were estimated to be around 60 to 65 mph at time. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | A trained spotter estimated 50 to 60 mph wind with pea sized hail. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Marion | - | Rainfall in the past 24hours of 2.41 inches. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | There was an estimated six-inch tree branches down at the Marion County Courthouse. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | There was a report of a roof partially blown off at the municipal airport in Marion. |
| September 2023 | Flood | Marion | - | Emergency manager reports street flooding in the city of Marion. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Marion | - | A public report was relayed from the broadcast media. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | This was an estimated wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Damage occurred to power poles and lines. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Marion | - | Picture sent in via Facebook. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Marion | - | Picture sent in via Twitter. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Marion | - | A picture was submitted via Facebook. The hail was estimated to be barely larger than quarters. The time of the event was estimated based on radar. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | No damage was reported. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | A delayed report was received from an employee with The Marion County Record of wind damage across Marion County. The worst damage occurred across the northern half of Marion County; most of it to trees and power lines. Some of the trees were large but there were no specifics as to their diameters. Most of the town of Marion was reported with no power after the storm. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Marion | - | The public reported nickel to quarter sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Six to eight in tree limbs were reported down in town. Also some sporadic power outages were noted. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Marion | - | Remington Road was flooded in and around 230th Street. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Marion | - | Reports of minor street flooding were noted in Marion and other locations across the county. Rain reports around 3 inches were noted in Marion. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Marion | - | Heavy rains caused street flooding. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | A trained spotter estimated the gust. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Marion | - | Widespread flooding across the county with several county roads closed. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | - | Brief touchdown. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Marion | - | Landspout tornado. Remained over open country. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | Numerous trees and power lines blown down. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Marion | - | MUD CREEK FLOODED OLD HWY 56 |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Marion | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elgin Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1978 |
| Donaldson and Hosmer Building | 0.2 miles | ||
 | Marion County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Hill Grade School | 0.4 miles | 1976 |
| Marion County Park and Lake | 2.9 miles | 2002 | |
 | Island Field Ranch House | 6.9 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000146 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 28 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.