Minnehaha Grange Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

From the record

“Minnehaha Grange, No. 398 was organized on December 23, 1873, with members from Edina Mills, Richfield Mills, St. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, commonly known as the Grange, is an organization dedicated to the principles of "progressive agriculture" for the "social fraternity of the farmers".”
Wikipedia article Minnehaha Grange Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 192 National Register listings published here for Hennepin County · listed in 1970 · category: Building.

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. Eden Ave. at Hwy. 100, Edina, 55436
When was it listed? October 1970
Category. building
City. Edina city
National Register reference number. 70000914 - 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

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Minnehaha Grange Hall in 2015, burning about 10 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
Other causes	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
1 April 2015	Other causes	10 acres	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	HYLAND LAKE

Every fire recorded in Hennepin County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Minnehaha Grange Hall: 6 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bury and Carlson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Edina Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hedberg Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highway 18 Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hopkins Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mapco S and G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Hennepin County

Storms near this property

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edina, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 23 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain. 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 2013	Flash Flood	Edina	$500,000	Several local officials, trained spotters and the general public observed flash flooding across southern Hennepin County due to 2, to locally 5.2 inches of rain that fell between 4 AM CST to 8 AM CST. Flooding was widespread along area creeks and streams, especially around Lake Harriet where local bike paths and low areas around golf courses were under one to two feet of water during the height of the storm. Kings Highway along Lake Harriet was also closed for a short period of time due to flood waters. An official rainfall report (CoCoRaHS) of 5.15 inches fell west of Eden Prairie Shopping Mall, and the Flying Cloud Airport received 4.53 inches in 3 hours.
July 2011	Lightning	Edina	$100,000	A home was struck by lightning and caught fire on the 7000 block of Schey Drive, in Edina, Minnesota.
August 2016	Lightning	Edina	$15,000	Early Tuesday morning, August 30th, lightning struck a home in South Minneapolis and caused a fire in the roof. Two adults and two children escaped unharmed as the fire broke out. The fire was concentrated in the attic.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Trees down, including some on Valley View Rd in Edina.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Large trees down.
August 2020	Hail	Edina	-	There were a few reports of large hail, up to golf ball size, the occurred around Edina and Richfield. Local radar indicated that the hail was likely more widespread in southern Hennepin County but due to the time of night it wasn't reported. There were also reports of tree limbs blown down across the area where the hail fell.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A large tree, 28 inches in diameter, was blown down at Highway 100 and 70th, in Edina.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Edina	-	A local weather observer reported that parts of Highway 62, at Penn Avenue were completely underwater during the height of the heavy rainfall event.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A measured wind gust of 58 knots was reported by a private weather station near Edina.
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Edina	-	A measured rainfall amount of 4.15 inches fell in less than 3 hours.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A 20 inch diameter tree was blown down on 52nd Avenue and Drew Avenue South.
May 2013	Hail	Edina	-	Quarter size hail was reported at 76th Street and France Avenue in Edina.
May 2013	Hail	Edina	-	Penny size hail was reported in Edina, just west of Highways 62 and 100.
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	Golf ball size hail fell near Highway 494 and France Avenue.
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	Quarter size hail fell near the intersection of 74th and Xerxes Street.
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	Hen egg size hail fell near Bryant Park, along Highway 212 and Crosstown 62.
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	Hen egg size hail fell one mile north of the intersection of 494 and France Avenue.
May 2012	Heavy Rain	Edina	-	A local observer measured 3.08 inches in the last 24 hours.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A 6-inch diameter tree branch was blown down near 53rd and Upton in Edina.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A few large tree limbs were blown down around Edina.
May 2011	Hail	Edina	-	There were multiple reports of golf ball size hail, as well as a 1.9 inch hailstone that was photographed and measured.
May 2011	Hail	Edina	-	There were multiple reports of large hail, including near the intersection of Highways 62 and 100.
May 2011	Hail	Edina	-	Hail fell on the west side of Lake Harriet, near 44th St and Vincent Ave S in Minneapolis.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A large tree was uprooted.
May 2008	Hail	Edina	-	Highway 100 and 50th. Significant damage to trees and vegetation.
May 2008	Hail	Edina	-	Occurred near Highway 100 and Interstate 494.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Three inch branch down at Highway 62 and Tracy Avenue.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Retired NWS employee reported at least eight uprooted large trees downed\|in a concentrated area on Hibiscus Avenue near Lake Edina Park.
July 2008	Hail	Edina	-	Hail occurred at Highway 100 and Hennepin County Rd.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Eighteen inch diameter tree down near I-494 and Highway 100.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Roof damage to a tall apartment building. Portion of roof blew off and damaged a few vehicles. Occurred on the southeast side of Edina.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Dozens of trees down, including near Highway 62 and France Avenue.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Trees were downed. The time was estimated.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Hundreds of trees downed from Edina to Richfield, including across south Minneapolis and Bloomington. Many trees fell on cars and houses while many other trees blocked roads.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	About 60 trees knocked down at Braemar Golf Course.
May 1998	Hail	Edina	-	5 foot diameter trees also blown down in possible microburst. Some trees snapped in half.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Power lines and trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
March 1998	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hennepin 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
Cahill School	under 500 feet	1970
Country Club Historic District	0.5 miles	1982
Bridge No. 90646	0.5 miles	2016
George W. Baird House	0.6 miles	1980
Jonathan Taylor Grimes House	1.1 miles	1976
Milwaukee Chicago St. Paul and Pacific Depot	1.8 miles	1969

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 70000914 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hennepin County	All 192 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.