Chase Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 1980 · 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. 329 Cleveland Ave., Walker, 56484
When was it listed? June 1980
Category. building
Township. Shingobee township
National Register reference number. 80001994 - 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Chase Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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	84
Arson/incendiarism	54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24
Recreation and ceremony	22
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Power generation/transmission/distribution	10
Smoking	5
Other causes	2
Fireworks	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 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	OLD HOUSE FIRE
6 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	MYSTERY
29 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	PINE POINT
15 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	BURNING STUMP
8 August 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	WHITE WOLF
7 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	WALKER HEIGHTS FIRE
5 August 2019	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	LAKE MAY
5 August 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Chippewa National Forest	POPPLE DOCK

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chase Hotel: 1 producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Sixth Lake Rd Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this property

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walker, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 19 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 waterspout. 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 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Numerous trees were snapped and blown over. One tree was uprooted.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Tree and structure damage was reported in the city park.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Damage was reported at the marina.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	A gust of 64 mph was recorded by the Walker Ambient Weather Station on First Point Drive.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down in Shingobee Township.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Sporadic wind damage occurred, with a few medium size trees snapped off.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Several large trees were blown down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Trees were blown down and a boat lift was thrown 50 feet.
September 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	High thunderstorm winds moved across the Barnum Lake, Webb Lake, and Woman Lake areas, knocking down hundreds of trees. Wind speed is estimated.
July 2025	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
September 2008	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
September 2007	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	no account filed
July 1998	Waterspout	Walker	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Walker	-	no account filed
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Walker	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Conservation Building	0.9 miles	2003
	Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives	2.6 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80001994 in Record Group 79.
Cass County	All 13 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.