BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Le Sueur County · listed in 1975 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Geldner Sawmill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Co. Hwy. 13, Cleveland, 56017
- When was it listed? June 1975
- Category. structure
- Township. Elysian township
- National Register reference number. 75000991 - 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
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Geldner Sawmill between 2006 and 2012, burning about 3,311 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 400 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | LECENTER FIRE |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,909 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Cleveland | 2 hurt, $20,000,000 | Tornado tracked through Le Center and adjoining rural areas. Most of the businesses in the southern part of town were damaged. Buildings destroyed at county fairgrounds. 15 mobiles homes at a trailer park destroyed, another 26 suffering major damage. Over 100 farm buildings destroyed. |
| August 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Cleveland | $610,000 | Dairy barn and machine shop destroyed three miles northwest of Cleveland. Four miles east of Cleveland, machine shed, two old cattle barns, and a garage leveled on family farm. Many acres of corn flattened along the twister's path. Damages county wide only included machinery and property values. No estimates on livestock lost though several cattle were killed. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $100,000 | Several trees were blown down near Cleveland. The trees landed on homes, sheds and a car and caused substantial damage. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Between Cleveland and Le Center, isolated trees were blown down, with broken windows and roof damage to a garage. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Report of a tree down in the town of Cleveland or four miles west of St. Peter. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | A few large tree limbs were blown down south of Cleveland. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Several trees were blown down near Cleveland, Minnesota. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Nickel sized hail fell west of Cleveland. Golf ball sized hail was reported in the western portion of Le Sueur County. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Several trees toppled. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Few trees knocked over. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | South end of roof peeled off of a two-year-old log home. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cleveland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elysian Public School | 6.3 miles | 1981 |
 | Le Sueur County Courthouse and Jail | 7.9 miles | 1981 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000991 in Record Group 79. |
| Le Sueur County | All 28 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.
- 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.