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Photograph of Riley Lucas Bartholomew House
Photograph by McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Riley Lucas Bartholomew House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Riley Lucas Bartholomew House is a historic house museum in Richfield, Minnesota, United States, originally the home of prominent early Minnesotan Riley Bartholomew (1807-1894). The Richfield Historical Society operates the house as the Bartholomew House Museum adjacent to their Richfield History Center.”

Wikipedia article Riley Lucas Bartholomew House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 192 National Register listings published here for Hennepin County · listed in 1978 · 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. Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 6901 Lyndale Ave., S., Richfield, 55423
  • When was it listed? November 1978
  • Category. building
  • City. Richfield city
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 78001545 - 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

73 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Riley Lucas Bartholomew House between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,343 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Recreation and ceremony45
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLACKDOG EAST
24 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBOARDWALK
26 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBASS PONDS 3
20 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeIKES
17 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeCLEVELAND
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeBLUE WATER
7 July 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeCEDAR AVE 3
6 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Valley National Wildlife RefugeCEDAR PLANK

Every fire recorded in Hennepin County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riley Lucas Bartholomew House: 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edina PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hedberg Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mapco S and G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hennepin County

Storms near this property

49 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield, the town this property stands in, in 49 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 30 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2009Tornado (EF0)Richfield$500,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that an EF-0 Tornado tracked from near East 53rd Street and Park Avenue in South Minneapolis, to near the Convention Center in Downtown Minneapolis. Most of the damage was confined to large trees blown down, or damage to roofs and buildings/houses as the trees fell on the structures. Most of the eyewitnesses reported swirling above, and strong winds at the surface. At the widest and strongest portion of the tornado, wind speeds were estimated between 75 and 85 mph.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRichfield$250,000Several trees were blown down or uprooted in Richfield. There was also significant tree damage in the Fort Snelling cemetery. At least 50 mature trees were damage or uprooted in the cemetery adjacent to the MSP airport.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindRichfield$1,000A large tree was uprooted in Richfield.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Measured by Hennepin County Meteorologist.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Measurement from state agency meteorologist's personal weather station.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Delayed report, time estimated from radar of 6 to 12 inch diameter branches down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Measured by a meteorologist.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRichfield-A large tree branch was down. A photo was provided.
August 2023HailRichfield-A picture was shared on NWS chat by an emergency manager of 2 inch hail.
August 2020HailRichfield-Trained spotters reported 1.00 to 1.25 inch hail from northern Richfield to the extreme eastern part of Bloomington, just south of MSP International Airport.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRichfield-A few large tree limbs were blown down between 84th and 85th Street along Blaisdell Ave South in Bloomington.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRichfield-A few large tree limbs were blown down near 40th Street and Nicollet, in South Minneapolis.
June 2014Flash FloodRichfield-Significant street flooding was reported by the public and law enforcement across the cities of Bloomington and Richfield as locally 4 to 6 inches of rain fell between 3 AM to 9 AM LST.
July 2013Heavy RainRichfield-A measured rainfall amount of 3.00 inches fell in less than 3 hours.
May 2013HailRichfield-Quarter size hail was reported at Highway 494, and Nicollet Avenue in Richfield.
August 2013HailRichfield-Golf ball size hail fell at the intersection of 76th and 11th Street in Richfield.
May 2011HailRichfield-Occurred near Interstate 35W and 54th St in South Minneapolis.
May 2011HailRichfield-Hail fell at 46th Street and Nicollet Avenue in South Minneapolis.
June 2010Flash FloodRichfield-Flood waters caused Nicollet Road South of American Blvd to close in Bloomington, Minnesota.
May 2008HailRichfield-Occurred at I-35W and 74th.
May 2008HailRichfield-Hail occurred at 35W and 74th.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Tree toppled at occurred at 35W and 74th.
September 2007Heavy RainRichfield-Heavy rain produced two feet of standing water at the intersection of 66th and Portland, where two cars were stranded.
July 2007HailRichfield-Hail decreased to nickel size at 1500 CST, then ended five minutes later.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Eight trees up to 12 inches in diameter and numerous branches were downed.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Branches up to 4 inches in diameter were downed.
June 2002HailRichfield-At Highway 62 and Interstate 35W.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRichfield-About one dozen trees downed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRichfield-Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997HailRichfield-Hail reported at intersection of Interstate 35W and highway 62. Strong winds also knocked down numerous trees.
July 1997HailRichfield-Hail reported just west of MSP International Airport.
August 2023HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2022HailRichfield-no account filed
August 2020HailRichfield-no account filed
September 2020HailRichfield-no account filed
August 2013HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2012HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2012HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2012HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2012HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2011HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2011HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2011HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2011HailRichfield-no account filed
May 2010HailRichfield-no account filed
July 2008HailRichfield-no account filed
July 2008HailRichfield-no account filed
September 2007HailRichfield-no account filed
August 2007HailRichfield-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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Washburn Park Water Tower2.3 miles1983
Harry W. Jones House2.3 miles1976
Charles and Grace Parker House2.6 miles1992
Floyd B. Olson House2.7 miles1974
Nokomis Knoll Residential Historic District2.8 miles1999
Arthur and Edith Lee House3.2 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001545 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hennepin CountyAll 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.