Central School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Itasca County · listed in 1977 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. N. Pokegama and 4th St., Grand Rapids, 55744
When was it listed? August 1977
Category. building
City. Grand Rapids city
National Register reference number. 77000746 - 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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Central School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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 burning	112
Arson/incendiarism	47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Recreation and ceremony	14
Smoking	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
4 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
30 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 July 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
24 July 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 July 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 June 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 June 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Itasca County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Central School: 22 past producers, 12 prospects, 10 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Fargo Reserve H-5	Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica	Prospect
Lind-Greenway Mine	Iron, Water, Free	Past Producer	1890, 1940
Bovey-Delaittre Reserve H-27	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Prospect
Marr Reserve X-57	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Prospect
Pokegama Reserve X-56	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Prospect
Tioga No.2 Mine	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Past Producer	1955
Brink Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Brink Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bud Seigel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Casper Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Itasca County

Storms near this property

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Rapids, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 35 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 6 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 1999	Lightning	Grand Rapids	1 hurt	no account filed
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	$200,000	Many streets and roads were impassable and closed due to downed large trees and power lines. Extensive street flooding also took place.
August 2022	Flash Flood	Grand Rapids	$10,000	A video was received showing cars driving through 6 to 12 inches of water covering portions of Highways 169 and 2 through Grand Rapids. Several cars were stalled out in the roadway.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	$1,000	Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed a metal shed and blew down four-inch tree limbs.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Multiple mature pine trees were down along US Highway 2 in Grand Rapids.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	A birch tree was snapped off 10 feet above the ground.
August 2020	Flash Flood	Grand Rapids	-	Multiple areas of flooding were reported in and near downtown Grand Rapids along US 169 and NE 5th St.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Multiple trees were blown down in the area. The largest trees were 2' to 3' in diameter.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	A 12 inch diameter tree fell into power lines and caused a power outage.
June 2012	Flash Flood	Grand Rapids	-	Many roads are flooded and impassable in town.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Widespread severe wind damage occurred. Many roads were closed and impassable because they were blocked by fallen trees.
July 2012	Flash Flood	Grand Rapids	-	Widespread street flooding and some roads were under water throughout the Grand Rapids area.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Widespread severe wind damage occurred, with many large trees uprooted and power lines down along 20 miles of US 2. Sustained winds were well over 60 mph.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	More than a dozen trees, each 8 inches in diameter, were blown down.
June 2011	Heavy Rain	Grand Rapids	-	Three inches of rain fell in 18 hours, but most fell between 700 AM and 900 AM CST.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Trees were blown down.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	A twelve inch diameter tree was blown down on a house.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	A twelve-inch inch diameter tree was blown down across Highway 48. Power outages from falling trees and limbs were reported county-wide.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Large trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2007	Flash Flood	Grand Rapids	-	Law enforcement reported 2 to 3 feet of water over U.S. Highway 169.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Trees were blown down, some fell on power lines.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Trees were blown down between Grand Rapids and Cohasset.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Poplar trees were blown down.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Trees were blown down and power was lost.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Trees and power poles were blown down.
July 2003	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	The hail fell at Balsam Lake.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Large trees were blown down.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	A tree and many branches were blown down. The wind speed is estimated.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Several trees up to 16 inches in diameter were blown down on the west side of town.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Thunderstorm winds reaching 64 kts (74 mph) toppled many trees.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	Numerous large trees were blown down along Highway 169.
June 2022	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
July 2008	Funnel Cloud	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 2002	Flash Flood	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
August 1997	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
September 1996	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Grand Rapids	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Itasca 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
Church of the Good Shepherd	5.8 miles	1980
Coleraine Methodist Episcopal Church	5.9 miles	1982
Coleraine Carnegie Library	6.0 miles	1980
Canisteo District General Office Building	6.0 miles	1982
General Superintendent's House	6.1 miles	1982
Coleraine City Hall	6.1 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 77000746 in Record Group 79.
Itasca County	All 19 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.