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Photograph of First National Bank of Gilbert
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First National Bank of Gilbert

Built in 1920 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

From the record

“The First National Bank of Gilbert is a historic bank building in Gilbert, Minnesota, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce.”

Wikipedia article First National Bank of Gilbert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 126 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2012 · category: Building · built in 1920, Neoclassical 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. 2 N. Broadway, Gilbert, 55741
  • When was it listed? July 2012
  • Category. building
  • City. Gilbert city
  • When was it built? 1920
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 12000415 - 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of First National Bank of Gilbert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 61 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
Arson/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning34
Equipment and vehicle use33
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 161 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 161 workings within 5 miles of First National Bank of Gilbert: 130 past producers, 21 producers, 8 prospects, 1 occurrence. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Auburn & Great Western MinesIron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1894
Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreePast Producer1943
Corsica MineIron, Aluminum, Silica, Manganese, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1901
Jl-47 Reserve Jl-47Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeProspect
McKinley MineIron, SilicaProducer1907
Security MineIron, Manganese, Silica, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1961
Welton MineIron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17wIron, Water, FreeProspectSurface
Rouchleau GroupIron, Water, FreePast Producer1943
Gulbranson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this property

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbert, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGilbert-A tree was blown down in Gilbert.
August 2017HailGilbert-no account filed
July 2005HailGilbert-no account filed
April 2004HailGilbert-no account filed
August 1996HailGilbert-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.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Eveleth Manual Training Center3.6 miles1980
W. Bailey House3.6 miles1980
Hotel Glode3.7 miles1980
W. T. Bailey House3.7 miles1980
Church of the Holy Family (Catholic)3.8 miles1980
Coates House3.8 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000415 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.
  • 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.