BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Chisago County · listed in 1980 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Franconia Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- Address. Roughly Cornelian, Summer and Henry Sts., Taylors Falls, 55074
- When was it listed? June 1980
- Category. district
- Township. Franconia township
- National Register reference number. 80000406 - 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
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Franconia Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2019 | Fireworks | 1.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0124 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20D0111 |
| 3 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19G0107 |
| 11 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 00A2015 |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Franconia Historic District: 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Rock Products Inc Dresser Jct | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Osceola | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Osceola | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Dresser Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dresser Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Herberg Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Osceola Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Osceola Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this property
5 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylors Falls, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylors Falls | - | Several dozen trees were uprooted or broken, with some landing on houses, sheds, and vehicles. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylors Falls | - | Trees down |
| July 2023 | Hail | Taylors Falls | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Taylors Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Taylors Falls | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Munch House | 0.4 miles | 1976 | |
 | Interstate State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Campground | 2.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Angel's Hill Historic District | 2.7 miles | 1972 |
 | Interstate State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic District | 3.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Taylors Falls Public Library | 3.3 miles | 1970 |
 | Munch-Roos House | 3.4 miles | 1970 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80000406 in Record Group 79. |
| Chisago County | All 17 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.