BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Le Sueur County · listed in 1981 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Elysian Public School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 4th and Frank Sts., Elysian, 56028
- When was it listed? February 1981
- Category. building
- Also known as. Le Sueur County MRA
- City. Elysian city
- National Register reference number. 81000677 - 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
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Elysian Public School in 2006, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 November 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Storms near this property
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elysian, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 8 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Elysian | $250,000 | The EF-0 tornado that formed in northern Waseca County continued to move northward across the western sections of Elysian in Le Sueur County, where two small empty grain bins were blown into a field. Also, a small metal shed was blown across Highway 60 in the same area. ||As the tornado continued to track north of Lake Francis, the damage pattern became more complex, and some damage signatures were associated with downburst winds. However, the damage pattern was such that it impossible to discern between the tornado damage and any downburst damage. Therefore there is no separate entry for thunderstorm wind damage at this point. ||The path length of the tornado in Le Sueur County was approximately 3.7 miles, which ended at the St. Peters Church two miles north of Lake Francis. Although most of the damage was associated with uprooted trees and roof damage to homes, numerous boat docks and lifts along the northern shore of Lake Francis were picked up and tossed into the adjacent properties. ||Based on damage, winds were estimated at 80 mph, and the total path length across Waseca and Le Sueur Counties was 6.54 miles. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian | $100,000 | The city of Elysian had significant wind damage as power lines and big trees were blown down throughout the city. Some of the trees landed on homes and on vehicles, producing damage. The storm was also to blame for boats overturning on Lake Francis. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian | $100,000 | There was lots of damage in Elysian, including numerous large trees down, including 7 that were blocking the main roads. Other reports included; shingles off two homes, broke rafters in garage, and damage to three boat docks on Lake Francis. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian | $25,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Elysian. Waterville had roof damage to a business and a home had its garage door blown off. The severe winds were related to the initial outflow from the squall line. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down across southern Le Sueur County, from north and northeast of Madison Lake to Kilkenny. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian | - | Power lines and a transformer were damaged between Elysian and Waterville. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian | - | Large branches and a power line down. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Elysian | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Elysian | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Dehn House | 5.2 miles | 1982 | |
| Union Hotel | 5.4 miles | 1982 | |
 | Geldner Sawmill | 6.3 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000677 in Record Group 79. |
| Le Sueur County | All 28 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.