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Photograph of Charles P. Noyes Cottage
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Charles P. Noyes Cottage

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“Noyes Cottage was a summer home of Saint Paul pharmacist, Charles P. The cottage is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Charles P. Noyes Cottage, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 134 National Register listings published here for Ramsey County · listed in 1976 · 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.
  • Listed as. Noyes, Charles P., Cottage - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 4735 Lake Ave., White Bear Lake, 55110
  • When was it listed? December 1976
  • Category. building
  • City. White Bear Lake city
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 76001070 - 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

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Charles P. Noyes Cottage between 2000 and 2019, burning about 122 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use12 acresMinnesota Department of Natural ResourcesRED ARROW
3 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 May 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 May 2018Natural4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 May 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 May 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Ramsey County

Storms near this property

28 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Bear Lake, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 1998LightningWhite Bear Lake1 killedOne man died because of lightning strike while under a tree.
July 2011Flash FloodWhite Bear Lake$500,000Several main highways, and secondary roads had significant flooding, with up to four feet of standing water in northern Ramsey County.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Two trees down on the north side of White Bear Lake.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Multiple trees and branches down on the southern side of White Bear Lake. Time estimated from radar.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-A boat was damaged on a boat lift. A few large trees were snapped off above the ground.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Several reports of multiple trees blown down in the White Bear Lake area.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Several large tree branches were blown down north of White Bear Lake.
May 2011HailWhite Bear Lake-Hail fell just east of Goose Lake.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-A trained spotter reported several large tree limbs blown down in White Bear Lake.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Several 6-12 inch diameter trees were blown down along Highway 61 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
May 2008HailWhite Bear Lake-At Highway 61 and Otter Lake Rd.
August 2007HailWhite Bear Lake-Near Highway 96.
June 2005HailWhite Bear Lake-Quarter sized hail fell near Highway 96 and Otter Lake Road.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Several large trees over 1 foot in diameter were downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-A tree was downed onto power and telephone lines near the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Fourth Street.
August 2005LightningWhite Bear Lake-Lightning struck a home and a nearby tree on Whitaker Street. The bolt that struck the home damaged electrical equipment inside. The bolt that struck the tree caused the tree to split in two, and one of the pieces fell through a window.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Numerous large branches down.
June 2001HailWhite Bear Lake-Hail occurred in the city of Shoreview.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWhite Bear Lake-Numerous large trees down. Major roof damage to residence due to falling tree. Windows broken in several homes. Large signs down at Belair and County Road E.
May 2022HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
July 2019HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
July 2019HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
August 2007HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
August 2007HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
August 2007HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
July 2000HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
June 1999HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed
September 1999HailWhite Bear Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ramsey 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76001070 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Ramsey CountyAll 134 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.