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Photograph of Virginia City Hall
Photograph by McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Virginia City Hall

Built in 1924 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“Virginia City Hall is the seat of government for Virginia, Minnesota, United States. It was designed by architect Frederick German and built from 1923 to 1924.”

Wikipedia article Virginia City Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 126 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1924, Colonial Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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. 327 First St. S, Virginia, 56676
  • When was it listed? May 2004
  • Category. building
  • When was it built? 1924
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 04000539 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Storms near this property

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2021LightningVirginia$50,000A home on the 200 block of 5th Street South in Virginia was struck by lightning around 4:55AM CDT causing extensive damage. The home's electrical system was heavily damaged along with heavy damage to the exterior of the home. Firefighters were on scene for about 3 hours surveying the extent of the damage.
June 2025Flash FloodVirginia-Streets were flooded with water up to the rims of an SUV about 5 inches deep.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindVirginia-A large pine tree was down across 5th Avenue in Virginia.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindVirginia-A large tree was uprooted.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindVirginia-Numerous trees were blown down from Virginia, Mt. Iron, Ely, and Babbit. More trees and telephone poles were downed in the Vermilion Lake area at these specific locations: Birch Point, Mud Creek, Fraser Bay, and Pine Island.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindVirginia-Trees were blown down from Virginia to Hibbing.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindVirginia-Trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindVirginia-Several trees were blown down at Little Lake Fourteen. Wind speed is estimated.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindVirginia-Streets in a four-block area were blocked by fallen trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindVirginia-Thunderstorm winds toppled a 25-foot amateur radio antenna.
June 2024HailVirginia-no account filed
August 2017HailVirginia-no account filed
July 2012HailVirginia-no account filed
July 2011HailVirginia-no account filed
July 2003HailVirginia-no account filed
June 2002Flash FloodVirginia-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindVirginia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000539 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Louis CountyAll 126 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.
  • 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.