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
Kasota Village Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Cherry and Webster Sts., Kasota, 56050
- When was it listed? February 1981
- Category. building
- Also known as. Le Sueur County MRA
- City. Kasota city
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
- National Register reference number. 81000680 - 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
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kasota Village Hall in 1996, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Kasota Village Hall: 13 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline & Moses Qsuarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| North Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Henroy Komstz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lundin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Earth Co Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J V White Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kasota Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kasota, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 30 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Tornado (F3) | Kasota | 1 killed, 30 hurt, $20,000,000 | The F3 tornado that began in Nicollet County at 1630 CST moved into Le Sueur County near the northern city limits of Kasota. Over 100 homes suffered some damage, dozens of homes had major damage, and three were completely leveled. The tornado moved east-northeast for about ten miles in Le Sueur County, then turned and moved east-southeast until dissipation. Hundreds of farm animals were killed, including 200 cows at a large dairy. Approximately five thousand acres of corn and soybeans were estimated to be ruined across the county. A State Farm spokeswoman said the company expected 4,500 homeowner claims and 8,000 auto claims from the storm. Some information provided by the Star Tribune newspaper. A 91 year old man perished in the upper floor of his home when a tree crashed through the roof. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Kasota | $1,100,000 | There were multiple reports of road closures due to high water and debris along the Minnesota River. In the southeast part of Le Sueur County, some residents in the town of Waterville, Minnesota had to evacuate their homes along Lillian Street due to rising waters of the local lake. The city council declared the town a disaster area and had volunteers help them fill sandbags to stop further damage to homes. As lake levels rose, several homes were surrounded by water from the nearby lakes, and a few will be completely destroyed. The city closed four streets and parts of three others due to the flooding. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | $50,000 | Scattered trees were blown down from just east of St. Peter to the Cleveland area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | $25,000 | Several six to eight inch diameter trees were blown down across southwest Le Sueur County between the towns of Kasota, St. Peter and Cleveland. One tree landed on a house. Power lines were also blown down which knocked out power to several hundred customers throughout the southwest part of the county. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | $15,000 | There was roof damage east of Kasota, on the south side of Lake Emily, along with trees blown down near Kasota. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Kasota | - | Report received via NWS Chat. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Kasota | - | There was a 18 hour rainfall report near Kasota of 5.94 inches. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Kasota | - | Highway 22 was closed due to flood waters south of Kasota, between County road 140 and 298. Based on the amount of rainfall that occurred in a few hours before midnight, more county roads were probably impassable for short periods of time. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Kasota | - | Numerous roads were closed for several days due to snow melt, and the flood waters that develop from it. Rapidly runoff led to impassable roads, especially along streams and creeks along county roads. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | Several trees were blown down in Kasota. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | A power pole was blown down northeast of Kasota. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Kasota | - | Runoff from torrential rainfall that occurred across most of southern Le Sueur County Wednesday night, September 21st, caused numerous roads to remain impassable and closed. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Kasota | - | Several reports of penny, up to ping pong size hail was observed from Kasota, to just east of St. Peter, Minnesota. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Kasota | - | Numerous roads were closed due to excessive rainfall that fell on September 22nd and 23th. The major areal flooding didn't recede until late Saturday when most of the small streams and creeks had crested and only mainstem rivers remained flooded. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | Tree down on power pole. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | The roof was partially blown off a tavern. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Kasota | - | Ground white. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | Trees down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | Few trees down. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Kasota | - | The Owatonna People's Press reported that hail piled up like snowdrifts. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kasota | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Kasota | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Kasota | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Kasota | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kasota Township Hall | 0.1 miles | 1981 |
 | Bridge No. 4846 (1) | 1.1 miles | 1981 |
 | Broadway Bridge | 2.4 miles | 1999 |
| John R. Andrews House | 2.9 miles | 1978 | |
| John Rinshed House | 6.4 miles | 1982 | |
 | Trinity Chapel-Episcopal | 6.4 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 81000680 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.
- 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.