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Herington Carnegie Public Library

Built in 1915 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

One of 48 National Register listings published here for Dickinson County · listed in 1987 · category: Building · built in 1915, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: 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. 102 S. Broadway, Herington, 67449
When was it listed? June 1987
Category. building
Also known as. Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
City. Herington city
When was it built? 1915
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 87000953 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

77 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Herington Carnegie Public Library between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,333 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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	34
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Other causes	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	1
Natural	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
27 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Dickinson County	not named
21 September 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Dickinson County	not named
1 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Dickinson County	not named
1 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Dickinson County	not named
20 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Dickinson County	not named
14 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Dickinson County	not named
11 August 2003	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Dickinson County	not named
5 July 2015	Arson/incendiarism	105 acres	Kansas Forest Service	2015096

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this property

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herington, the town this property stands in, in 65 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 30 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning, 3 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
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	$5,000,000	Extremely strong thunderstorm winds caused extensive tree damage, blew the roof off of an implement company and dropped it on several large tractors and combines, and blew an above ground pool full of water off of it's foundation.
August 2005	Flash Flood	Herington	$80,000	Police closing some streets due to deep and fast flowing water.
September 1997	Hail	Herington	$50,000	no account filed
August 1998	Lightning	Herington	$30,000	no account filed
October 2002	Lightning	Herington	$3,000	Lightning struck a house and started a fire that did minor damage.
August 1998	Lightning	Herington	$2,000	Lightning struck a church and a residence doing minor damage at each place.
August 1998	Lightning	Herington	$2,000	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Herington	$1,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	$1,000	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	$1,000	no account filed
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Winds were estimated by trained spotter.
April 2026	Hail	Herington	-	They also estimated 50 to 55 mph wind gusts.
May 2025	Hail	Herington	-	Quarter size hail in Herington.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Ten to 12 inch tree limbs down on the north side of town.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Power lines and trees down in and around the town of Herington.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Estimated 65 mph wind gust along gust front tore off one foot in diameter branch of tree.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Gust measured by personal weather station.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Multiple 20 to 30 inch diameter trees split on west side of town. Winds estimated at 70 mph or higher.
May 2023	Hail	Herington	-	Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2023	Hail	Herington	-	Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Report of numerous large trees and branches down and power lines down in Herington.
May 2022	Hail	Herington	-	Nickel sized hail reported.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Report of 7 inch tree limb down.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Herington	-	Report of street flooding in Herington, with some roads closed. Unknown amount of water on roadways. Also reports of flooding along highway 4 near Herington.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Herington	-	Water over Highway K4 for about 1/4 to 1/2 of a mile, just north of Herington.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Wind gust reported through the Herington middle school mesonet.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	Public estimates winds of 60 mph.
July 2010	Flood	Herington	-	Water over K4 Highway in several places was reported near and west of Herington. Also, Union Road, north of Herington, and Highway 43, north of hope, had water over the roadway.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	A trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	A tree fell on a home.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	There were several reports of power lines down in town, and shingles reported to have been torn off of several homes.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	A modular home was rolled on it's side.
April 2002	Hail	Herington	-	High winds generated by distant thunderstorms knocked down large tree limbs.
May 2002	Funnel Cloud	Herington	-	A funnel cloud was sighted 1 mile west of Herington.
May 2002	Funnel Cloud	Herington	-	A funnel cloud was sighted 2 miles west of Herington.
August 1998	Lightning	Herington	-	Lightning struck a residence but caused no damage.
June 2015	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
September 2002	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Herington	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Herington	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	US Post Office-Herington	0.1 miles	1989
	William and Minnie Liggett House	0.5 miles	2023

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 87000953 in Record Group 79.
Dickinson County	All 48 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.