Built in 1907 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Cloud County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1907, Renaissance Revival architecture.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Brown Grand Opera House between 2015 and 2018, burning about 1,608 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 30 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
| 19 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 437 |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 9 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cloud County | 5 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 5 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 136 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concordia, the town this property stands in, in 87 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 44 hail, 34 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 1993 | Hail | Concordia | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds ripped shingles off houses and downed trees in a 4 mile path near Concordia. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | $10,000 | Near Clyde, a front porch was ripped off of a new construction home. Also half of a tin roof was ripped off, brick and mortar cracked on all four corners of house, and some rafters cracked and split. A 53 foot trailer was blown onto its side with all the contents spilled-out. Windows were blown out of an old house with steel rod posts and pipes sheered off. The barn roof was lifted up and rafters were broken in the metal shed. The ASOS station at Concordia measured a 67 mph wind gust prior to most of the damage occurring. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Concordia | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | $6,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged outbuildings on a farm. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Concordia | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Concordia | $1,000 | Lightning struck the city library in Concordia and ignited a fire which did minor damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Concordia | $500 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Concordia | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Concordia | - | Quarter size hail. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Measured on personal weather station. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Six inch healthy tree limbs down. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Structural damage at the fairgrounds, damage to a building off of Highway 81 and two to three inch tree limbs down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Report of large tree limbs down in town. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Concordia | - | Hen egg sized hail reported. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Concordia | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Measured at mesonet station k5cnc us-81. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Recroded at mesonet station k5cnc us-81. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Large tree limb down, as reported on Facebook. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Tree limb damage with up to 12 inches diameter limbs down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Personal weather station measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | A tree was reported down. The size was unknown. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Multiple tree limbs were down across the city. Size and health of limbs were not reported. Time was estimated by radar. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Property owner reported numerous 6 inch diameter Oak limbs blown down. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Trees 18 inches in diameter were snapped and numerous 3-5 inch limbs are down. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Concordia | - | Numerous streets were flooded in town. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Wind gusts measured. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Large tree down in the city of Concordia. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | ASOS in Concordia measured a 61 mph wind gust. A trained spotter also reported 60 mph wind near Clyde. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Concordia | - | Concordia also reported power outages. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Concordia | - | Hail lasted for 5 minutes with the largest stone 1.5 inches in diameter. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Law enforcement officer reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | Large branches were blown off of trees in Concordia. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | ASOS measured 60 mph wind at Concordia airport. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Concordia | - | Heavy rain across the town of Concordia lead to flash flooding. Water was reported to be rinning over streets up to the crown of the curb, approximately five inches deep. A trained spotter in Concordia measured 0.75 inches in thirty minutes, and a second reported 2.30 inches in one hour. Other local spotter in the warned area reported a storm total 3.52 inches, and a storm total 4.10 inches. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | Reported penny sized hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | Two reports of baseball size hail. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Concordia | - | Water was reported to be flowing over roadways across portions of Cloud County east of Concordia, including near the intersections of 160th and Union, 260th and Milo, and 145th and Teal. Local newspapers reported that portions of north Broadway Street experieced damage as a result of the flood waters. Just over two inches of rain fell in Concordia. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | Trained spotters along the path of this cell reported between penny and quareter size hail. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | Hail from half dollar to golf ball size was reported along the storm's path. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Concordia | - | Heavy rains caused runoff that overflowed highway 28 and caused it to be closed for several hours. |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Concordia | - | Several streets in Concordia were flooded and impassable from heavy rains. Highway 9 had water over the roadway in several areas including near Macyville, southwest of Concordia. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Concordia | - | Flooding was reported for a time mostly on roads in the county. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Concordia | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Union Pacific Railroad Depot | 0.2 miles | 2004 |
 | Bankers Loan and Trust Company Building | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
 | Nazareth Convent and Academy | 0.5 miles | 1973 |
 | Republican River Pegram Truss | 5.2 miles | 1990 |
 | County Line Bowstring | 7.4 miles | 1990 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000747 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Cloud County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
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