Lakeland Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Kandiyohi County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 407 Litchfield Ave. SW., 302 4th St. SW., Willmar, 56201
When was it listed? February 2012
Category. building
City. Willmar city
National Register reference number. 12000006 - 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.

Fires near this property

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lakeland Hotel in 2000, burning about 44 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
Equipment and vehicle use	4

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
28 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 October 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 October 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Kandiyohi County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lakeland Hotel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Olson Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Kandiyohi County

Storms near this property

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willmar, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	1 hurt	Large tree blown onto hood of car. One passenger injured.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Willmar	$250,000	Several rounds of very heavy rainfall caused significant flooding in the town of Willmar. The first two rounds of heavy rainfall added up to locally 4-6 inches by 9 PM CST. Significant runoff caused some roads to close with basement flooding.
July 2017	Lightning	Willmar	$20,000	Early Wednesday morning, a lightning bolt struck a house in south Willmar. The lightning traveled inside the roof line of the home, which caused the insulation to catch fire. The house suffered considerable smoke damage, along with some water damage from the hoses. pitched roof.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	$20,000	Scattered trees down in a swath that extended to Atwater. Church under construction in Spicer blown down.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	There were multiple reports of tree damage in the city of Willmar.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Large branches were down on the southwest side of Willmar.
June 2024	Funnel Cloud	Willmar	-	Photo of funnel cloud submitted through social media. Time estimated via radar.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Numerous trees were blown down or uprooted in the city of Willmar.
May 2022	Hail	Willmar	-	There was a social media picture of 1.25 inch hail.
May 2022	Hail	Willmar	-	There was a social media picture of golf ball size hail.
May 2022	Hail	Willmar	-	There was a social media picture of 3 inch hail.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Several large tree branches were blown down in the city of Willmar.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Local officials reported several trees blown down in the city of Willmar.
June 2017	Hail	Willmar	-	Hail was reported by KWLM Radio.
August 2016	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	A trained spotter measured 7.23 inches of rain in Willmar.
August 2016	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	A trained spotter measured 7.87 inches of rain north of Willmar.
August 2016	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	A trained spotter measured 7.90 inches of rain southwest of Willmar.
August 2016	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	A trained spotter measured 8.09 inches of rain north of Willmar.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	A large tree was blown down in southwest Willmar.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	A large tree was toppled in Willmar.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Several large tree limbs were blown down.
June 2012	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	An observer measured 3.43 inches of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
June 2012	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	An observer measured 3.30 inches of rainfall in the last 24 hours.
March 2009	Flood	Willmar	-	Some roads partially covered in Willmar. Some low lying township roads north of Willmar covered with water.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Willmar	-	Heavy rain led to water on sevetral streets and a stalled car. A basement wall collapsed in a residential structure.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Tree down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Shed lost part of roof and wall.
September 2006	Hail	Willmar	-	Occurred on south side of city.
September 2005	Heavy Rain	Willmar	-	Low lying intersections in town were covered by water.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	A county official recorded a wind gust of of 74 MPH on the north side of town. A woman driving on Gorton Ave. had her windows blown out.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	A measured wind gust of 64 MPH was reported by the media. Branches were downed.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Willmar	-	County wide flooding. Four to eight inches were common across the region, with a number of county and township roads under water. Basements were flooded in the city of Kandiyohi, along with 12 blocks under water in Atwater. A number of cars were stalled due to flooding in a corridor from Wilmar to Atwater. Many crops were also under water.
June 2001	Tornado (F0)	Willmar	-	This was the last tornado associated with the complex that produced the Benson F2 tornado. The storm had travelled along Highway 212 from Danvers to Benson to Kandiyohi, producing numerous tornadoes, hail, and strong wind gusts.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Windspeed measured at KWLM/KQIC radio.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1998	Lightning	Willmar	-	House destroyed by fire caused by lightning strike.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Roof off building. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997	Tornado (F1)	Willmar	-	Tornado left a one mile track of damage on the south and southeast sides of Willmar. Warehouse destroyed. Roof damage to motel.
July 1997	Tornado (F1)	Willmar	-	Tornado touched down on Eagle Lake and moved ashore approximately one half mile. Several cabins and boat docks damaged.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Willmar	-	Streets flooded. Cars stranded.
July 1995	Hail	Willmar	-	Ground was white with an average of 40 hailstones per square foot. Extensive crop damage.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Willmar	-	Trees and power lines down.
May 2015	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
May 2015	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
July 2014	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Willmar	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kandiyohi 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Larson, A., & Co. Building	0.1 miles	1989
Willmar Tribune Building	0.2 miles	2007
Willmar Auditorium	0.2 miles	1991
John M. Spicer House	0.3 miles	1986
Albert H. and Jennie C. Sperry House	0.6 miles	2020
Willmar Municipal Airport	1.5 miles	2013

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 12000006 in Record Group 79.
Kandiyohi County	All 15 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.