BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Grant County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Scofield, Anna J. Memorial Auditorium and Harold E. Thorson Memorial Library
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 117 Central Ave., N., Elbow Lake, 56531
- When was it listed? May 2015
- Category. building
- Also known as. Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1943 MPS; Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1943 MPS
- City. Elbow Lake city
- National Register reference number. 15000212 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Scofield, Anna J. Memorial Auditorium and Harold E. Thorson Memorial Library between 1995 and 2005, burning about 147 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2000 | Other causes | 13 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | BLAKESLEY |
| 17 March 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 109 acres | Fergus Falls Wetland Management District | POMMEDETER |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scofield, Anna J. Memorial Auditorium and Harold E. Thorson Memorial Library: 2 producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hanson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
38 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elbow Lake, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 16 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $500,000 | Numerous large ash and spruce trees snapped or uprooted around town. One of 4 large 100k bushel steel grain bins was blown down at the Elbow Lake cooperative grain elevator. Wind gusts likely ranged from 70 to 90 mph for several seconds. Time estimated based on radar. The Elbow Lake wind sensor went offline due to widespread power outages. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $500,000 | Numerous large ash and spruce trees snapped or uprooted at the Tipsinah Mounds Campground. Damaging downburst winds impacted much of Erdahl Township with wind gusts from 70 to 90 mph. Two storage building were blown down near the Tipsinah Mounds Golf Course. Report augmented by NWS damage survey. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $100,000 | A few large branches were blown down in shelterbelts across northern Pomme de Terre Township. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $10,000 | A farm north of Elbow Lake was hit hard by the strong wind. An empty grain bin was pushed across a road and several others were damaged. A shed door was also pushed in by the wind. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $10,000 | Strong wind blew several trees over and took the roof off a barn. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $4,000 | Eight to ten inch diameter branches were blown down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $3,000 | Numerous trees around Elbow Lake were blown over in the strong wind. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $2,000 | Power poles were downed. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | $2,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | Peak wind was measured at the elbow lake airport /ky63/ posted on the one minute observations. |
| July 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Elbow Lake | - | A funnel cloud was viewed near the cloud base. |
| September 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Elbow Lake | - | A funnel cloud was reported west of highway 59 near Elbow Lake in Stony Brook Township. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | A few large tree branches were blown down around town. The peak wind measured at the Elbow Lake airport was 54 mph. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Elbow Lake | - | A persistent wall cloud and funnel were observed between Elbow Lake and Ashby. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | Several six to eight inch diameter tree branches were blown down in Elbow Lake. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | A few three to five inch diameter tree branches were broken down around town. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | The hail lasted for five minutes. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | Many trees were blown down around Pomme de Terre Lake. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | A large tree was split in two by the strong wind. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | The hail fell on the north end of town. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Elbow Lake | - | Water flowed across Highway 59. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbow Lake | - | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Elbow Lake | - | Highway 79 was under water from the heavy rain. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Elbow Lake | - | The railroad tracks in Elbow Lake were under water from the rain. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Elbow Lake | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Grant County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Roosevelt Hall | 7.1 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000212 in Record Group 79. |
| Grant County | All 3 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.