BlockFrom the record
One of 35 National Register listings published here for Carver County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Mock Cigar Factory and House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 48 W. Main St., Waconia, 55387
- When was it listed? January 1980
- Category. building
- Also known as. Carver County MRA
- City. Waconia city
- National Register reference number. 80001984 - 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
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Mock Cigar Factory and House between 2007 and 2010, burning about 137 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 85 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 November 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 52 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waconia, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Hail | Waconia | $15,000,000 | Fell on the north side of Lake Waconia. Damage total is for all wind and hail damages in Carver County between 1620 and 1640. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | $100,000 | A severe squall line that moved from east to northeast across northern Carver County produced a significant swath of tree and power line damage across the city of Waconia. Several of the trees were over 12 inches in diameter. One tree landed on a car and destroyed it. Due to the significant damage to power lines, the power in Waconia was out for several hours. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Waconia | $50,000 | An NWS Survey indicated a brief EF-0, which was also observed by people nearby. The tornado touched down just off shore on the western edge of Reitz Lake, and moved inland. It caused damage to a boat lift, boat, and several trees before dissipating just north of Airport Road. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | $35,000 | Roof of old city hall partially peeled back. Few trees down. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | $2,000 | A 12 inch diameter tree was snapped at its base north of Waconia. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Waconia | - | NWS Employee reported half dollar sized hail in Waconia. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Waconia | - | NWS employee reported 3.25 inch hail in Waconia. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A thunderstorm wind gust knocked a tree down just north of Hwy 5 on the east side of Waconia. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Report of a large tree down at the Carver County Fairgrounds. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Dozens of large trees were down and power was out. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Dozens of large trees down. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Power lines were blown down in Waconia. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A 12 diameter branch was blown down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A power line was blown down near County Road 10, between County Road 30 and Waconia Parkway. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Waconia Middle School wind observation. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A measured wind gust of 52 knots was recorded west of Waconia. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A tree was blown down at Highway 7 and County Road 11. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Waconia | - | A local observer measured 3.37 inches in the last 24 hours. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Waconia | - | An observer in Waconia, Minnesota, measured 2.70 inches of rainfall over the past 24 hours. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Waconia | - | A NWS employee recorded 5.49 inches of rainfall in a six hour period. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Waconia | - | Occurred at Highway 5 and 284. Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Large trees downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Three to four inch branches severed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A large barn felled, large tree limbs severed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Twelve inch diameter tree down. Several large branches also down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Large branches down. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Waconia | - | Hail occurred one half mile south of Highway 5. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | A tree was downed onto a house. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Waconia | - | The time was estimated. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Twelve inch diameter tree toppled. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Large trees blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | 15 inch tree blown down. Golf dome deflated. Power poles blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Golf dome blown down and deflated. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | Large branches down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Waconia | - | A tornado touched down briefly and caused minor property damage to a home. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waconia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Charles Maiser House | under 500 feet | 1980 |
 | Waconia City Hall | 0.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Emile Amblard Guest House | 0.1 miles | 1980 |
 | West Main Street Houses | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | Coney Island of the West | 0.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Andrew Peterson Farmstead | 3.2 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80001984 in Record Group 79. |
| Carver County | All 35 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.