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Photograph of Rush County Courthouse
Photograph by Ammodramus, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Rush County Courthouse

Built in 1889 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“The Rush County Courthouse in La Crosse, Kansas was built in 1888. Located at 715 Elm St., it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.”

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

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Rush County · listed in 1972 · category: Building · built in 1889, Romanesque Revival 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. 715 Elm St., La Crosse, 67548
  • When was it listed? April 1972
  • Category. building
  • Township. La Crosse-Brookdale township
  • When was it built? 1889
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 72000524 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

16 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Rush County Courthouse between 2017 and 2020, burning about 37 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRush County43059
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresRush County42575
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service183169
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRush County41697
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
3 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreRush County40212
28 May 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service181928
9 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRush County39800

Every fire recorded in Rush County

Storms near this property

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Crosse, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 29 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 2005HailLa Crosse$500,000The hail broke out 20 windows at the Rush county courthouse. Two patrol cars had their windshields broken out. Windows were also broken out of the St. Michaels Catholic Church...along with numerous homes and businesses.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse$30,000Twenty 26 power poles were blown down along highway 183 closing the highway between Rush Center and La Crosse.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse$30,000no account filed
May 2008FloodLa Crosse$12,000Water was out of the banks of Sand Creek and flooded some of the streets in the area.
May 1998HailLa Crosse$2,000Hail swath of 7 miles wide produced total devastation to some of the native grasses and destroyed most of the wheat. A USDA report indicated some hail up to softball size but gave no specific information.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse$1,000Tree blown down.
May 2021HailLa Crosse-Most of the hail was dime sized and the hail covered the road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-Numerous tree limbs were blown down.
May 2012Tornado (EF2)La Crosse-This tornado may have been another satellite tornado based on spotter video and from the damage survey moved north through trees but yet was east of the larger wedge tornado.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)La Crosse-This tornado made brief contact (about 30 seconds).
June 2004Tornado (F0)La Crosse-This landspout was also witnessed by a pilot
July 1999Flash FloodLa Crosse-Heavy rain flooded and closed the 9th street bridge.
July 1999Flash FloodLa Crosse-Heavy rain flooded the 1st street bridge.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-Power lines and large tree branches down.
May 2023HailLa Crosse-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-no account filed
July 2011HailLa Crosse-no account filed
May 2008HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-no account filed
August 2006HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 2004HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 2004HailLa Crosse-no account filed
July 2004HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 2004HailLa Crosse-no account filed
August 2004HailLa Crosse-no account filed
August 2004HailLa Crosse-no account filed
July 2003HailLa Crosse-no account filed
April 2001HailLa Crosse-no account filed
May 2001HailLa Crosse-no account filed
May 2001HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 2000HailLa Crosse-no account filed
May 1999HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 1998HailLa Crosse-no account filed
March 1998HailLa Crosse-no account filed
May 1998HailLa Crosse-no account filed
July 1998HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 1998HailLa Crosse-no account filed
August 1997HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 1996HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 1996HailLa Crosse-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-no account filed
July 1996HailLa Crosse-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-no account filed
August 1996HailLa Crosse-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLa Crosse-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rush 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

3 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
Sand Creek Tributary Stone Arch Bridge2.9 miles2014
Miller Farmstead4.3 miles2012
Lone Star School, District 644.9 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000524 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Rush CountyAll 6 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.