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Emmett Butler House

Built in 1916 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Emmett Butler House is a historic house in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. It was built in a simplified Colonial Revival mode in 1916 for Emmett Butler, a local leader and an executive in Minnesota's influential Butler Brothers Construction Company.”

Wikipedia article Emmett Butler House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 126 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1916, Colonial Revival architecture.

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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Butler, Emmett, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 2530 3rd Ave., W., Hibbing, 55746
  • When was it listed? December 1980
  • Category. building
  • City. Hibbing city
  • When was it built? 1916
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80004349 - 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

475 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Emmett Butler House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 301 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
Arson/incendiarism301
Debris and open burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use35
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 184 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 184 workings within 5 miles of Emmett Butler House: 153 past producers, 15 prospects, 14 producers, 2 plants. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Albany MineIron, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, AluminumPast Producer1903
Hibbing Taconite MineIron, SilicaProducer1976
Niagra No.1 Reserve St-11Iron, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Aluminum, ManganeseProspect
South Tener MineIron, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, AluminumPast Producer1928
Carson Lake Reserve H-58Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1919
North Eddy MineIron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, AluminumPast Producer1902
Gogebic DepositIron, Water, FreeProspect1848
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 21wIron, Water, FreeProspect
Whitney PitIron, Water, FreePast Producer1974
Campbell A&B ReservesIron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, FreeProspect

Every working recorded in St. Louis County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hibbing, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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 1996LightningHibbing$400,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing$80,000no account filed
August 1998LightningHibbing$10,000no account filed
June 2025Flash FloodNorth Hibbing-Water was flowing over a road and caused a washout on the road in Hibbing.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHibbing-An approximately 8-inch diameter pine tree was down along with multiple other branches.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A photo was received of a large birch tree down over a road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A photo was received showing a large pine tree that was snapped approximately 5 feet up from the base. Other nearby trees were still standing.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Hibbing-A large maple tree was snapped and fell over a porch.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-A video was received showing streets completely covered with water at least a foot deep and perhaps deeper in some spots.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-A video was received showing Business Highway 169 completely covered with at least a foot of water, perhaps more in some spots. The water was up to the front steps of some homes.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-Minnesota Highway 37 and US Highway 169 were covered in water and closed near the roundabout from the church to the car wash.
June 2024Flash FloodHibbing-Water was covering a residential driveway to the top of the observer's rain boots.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A large tree was down on the road at the spotter's location.
August 2020Flash FloodHibbing-Numerous reports of flooded roadways were received in Hibbing along US 169 along with many city streets as well.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A few trees were down in Hibbing with at least one partially blocking a street.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHibbing-A power line was downed during the storm and laying across a portion of Townline Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Several large trees were knocked down with some falling onto a house, damaging its chimney and siding.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Widespread wind damage occurred with many trees uprooted and snapped-off.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Trees were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Trees were blown down.
June 2000HailHibbing-The hail was observed in Voyageurs National Park.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHibbing-Thunderstorm winds from 61 to 70 kts (70-80 mph) tipped over boats and caused power outages.
June 2025HailHibbing-no account filed
May 2011HailHibbing-no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodNorth Hibbing-no account filed
June 2007HailHibbing-no account filed
July 2003HailHibbing-no account filed
April 2003HailHibbing-no account filed
April 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
April 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
June 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
June 2002HailHibbing-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
May 2001HailHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHibbing-no account filed
August 1998HailHibbing-no account filed
May 1998HailHibbing-no account filed
June 1996HailHibbing-no account filed
July 1996HailHibbing-no account filed
August 1996HailHibbing-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Louis 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
Mitchell-Tappan House0.4 miles1980
Delvic Building0.5 miles1980
East Howard Street Commercial Historic District0.5 miles1993
Hibbing City Hall0.5 miles1981
Androy Hotel0.6 miles1986
Hibbing High School0.6 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80004349 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Louis CountyAll 126 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.