Built in 1890 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
“The Old Greeley County Courthouse in Tribune, Kansas, is the former courthouse of Greeley County, Kansas. Built from 1889 to 1890, the courthouse was the first in Greeley County.”
Wikipedia article Horace Greeley Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Greeley County · listed in 1976 · category: Building · built in 1890, vernacular architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Greeley County Courthouse in 2017, burning under an acre 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greeley County | 39 |
| 28 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greeley County | 29 |
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greeley County | 28 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Greeley County | 8 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tribune, the town this property stands in, in 266 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 182 hail, 59 thunderstorm wind, 19 tornado, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Hail | Tribune | $500,000 | Hail (2.75 inch) was also reported 5 S Tribune at 2048 CST. The hail knocked holes in roofs, damaged windshields, and farm machinery. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Tribune | $400,000 | Large hail, high winds, and excessive rainfall caused extensive damage to wheat, corn and farm buildings. The wheat was only a week away from being harvested. USDA reports the heaviest hail damage was in a five mile wide strip across the northern and eastern sections of the county. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $81,000 | Shed damaged and 4 grain bins destroyed and thrown 800 yards. Wind speeds estimated. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Tribune | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Tribune | $25,000 | Tornado began 5 WSW of Tribune and continued into Wallace county, Kansas, crossing the county border near Road 10. EF0 damage occurred in Greeley county. After the tornado crossed into Wallace county, it damaged three unoccupied mobile/modular homes producing EF1 damage. The tornado continued to 3 S of Weskan before dissipating. Other minor damage occurred along the path, however no homes were affected. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $10,000 | Mobile home destroyed, windows broken in house, shed blown over. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $10,000 | Two grain bins damaged, several trees uprooted. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $6,250 | Four to six inch diameter tree branches broken from numerous trees. Wind speeds estimated. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $5,000 | Grain bins suffered minor damage, tree knocked over. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $1,500 | A tree was blown down in town from the thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $1,500 | Numerous tree limbs down in Tribune with a few whole trees felled in the northeast part of town. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Tribune | $1,000 | Multiple reports received of hail ranging from quarter size up to 3.5-inches in diameter in Tribune. A few car windshields were reported broken by the hail. Time is radar-estimated. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $1,000 | Power poles down |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $1,000 | Power poles down |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | $500 | A 6 inch diameter Russian Olive tree was blown over. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Tribune | $250 | The public reported that the hail broke a window. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Emergency manager reported a block to a block and a half visibility due to dust associated with thunderstorm outflow. Local mesonet winds were recorded around 45 mph gusts. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Trained spotter estimates winds around 58 mph. Supported by sending in a video. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Tribune | - | Various hail sizes noted with the largest being up to golf ball sized. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Greeley county dispatch reported pea to nickel sized hail in Tribune. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail was ongoing for a duration of 2 minutes. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Trained spotter report via social media with photos and video of quarter to half dollar size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Public report of around 1 inch diameter hail in Tribune. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Multiple reports at the location of dime to penny sized hail. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Greeley county dispatch and the public reported quarter size hail in Tribune. The hail lasted around 20 minutes and also accumulated to around 0.75 inches. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Tribune | - | Dime to penny sized hail fell over a duration of 10 minutes. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Weatherlink station 8 NNE Tribune, KS reported a gust of 58 MPH. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tribune | - | Spotter reports hail up to pennies in size covering the ground at location via social media. The hail was reported to have fallen over a 15 minute duration. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Tribune | - | Reported ping pong ball to slightly larger hail. Photos sent via social media of measured hail 1.25 to 1.75 inches in diameter. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Report of railroad crossing arm broken off at main street in Tribune. Nearby Tribune AWOS observation recorded 68 mph wind gusts a couple of minutes later. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Tribune | - | Pea to quarter sized hail fell over a duration of three minutes in the city of Tribune, Kansas. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Tribune | - | Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell in the city of Tribune over a duration of five minutes. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Tribune | - | Ping pong ball sized hail transitioning to golf ball sized hail reported at location. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Mesonet measured a 62 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Reported in town. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Unknown number of trees up to a foot in diameter were uprooted from straight-line winds. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Tribune | - | The largest hailstones ranged from half dollar to golf ball size. Many of the hailstones were nearly double the size of a quarter. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 MPH occurred along with dime size hail. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Branches up to two and a half inches in diameter were broken off the trees in town. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Tribune | - | Nickel size hail 2 inches deep fell on Highway 27. The snowplows had to be dispatched to clear the highway. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Law enforcement measured the wind gust with a hand-held anemometer at Highway 96 and County Road 7. Near zero visibility also occurred in blowing dirt as the storm outflow passed. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tribune | - | Hail report received via The Spotter Network. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Tribune | - | Rope tornado viewed from approximately 5 miles south of Tribune. Tornado location estimated from Doppler radar near Rd 20/Rd N. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tribune | - | Estimated time of report based on radar. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Law enforcement measured a 74 mph gust with a hand held anemometer about two miles south of the Greeley-Wallace county line on Highway 27. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Tribune | - | Heavy rain was also reported, including a brief power outage in town. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph along with 1-inch diameter hail. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Tribune | - | Eight inches of water flowing over roads in town. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Visibility was briefly reduced to four miles. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Tribune | - | Heavy rain was also reported along with the golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Several one to two inch diameter branches were down in the yard. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tribune | - | Hails was reported to be covering the ground. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Tribune | - | Large, dusty tornado was on the ground about 20 minutes, and remained over open fields. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Severe wind gust associated with an apparent heat burst. Temperature rose from 77F to 95F and winds gusted to 58 kts from the SE around 8 am MDT in Tribune. The dewpoint dropped from 66F to 34F during the event. No known damage. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Tribune | - | Law enforcement dashboard video showed large tornado in extreme western portion of Greeley county near the Kiowa county Colorado border with little or no damage noted due to low population density. Location estimated from Doppler radar circulation. This tornado began in Kiowa county near Towner and moved into Greeley county near Road L, moved NNE and dissipated just south of the Wallace county line. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Tribune | - | Tornado crossed into southern Greeley county from extreme northern Hamilton county and moved north, dissipating 7 miles SSW of Tribune. Tornado traveled over open county. No damage reports were received. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Tribune | - | Hail lasted two minutes. |
| July 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Tribune | - | Over open fields ... no known damage. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | Numerous 6-inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tribune | - | 4 to 6 inch diameter limbs broken |
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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000821 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greeley County | All 1 listed properties in this county. |
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