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Photograph of Perry Nelson House
Photograph by Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Perry Nelson House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Perry Nelson House is a historic farmhouse in Dodge County, Minnesota; located in Concord Township, it is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from West Concord, Minnesota. The private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 16, 1982.”

Wikipedia article Perry Nelson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Nelson, Perry, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Co. Hwy. 22, West Concord, 55985
  • When was it listed? April 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Dodge County MRA
  • Township. Concord township
  • Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82002939 - 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.

Storms near this property

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Concord, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$110,000no account filed
September 2007Flash FloodWest Concord$50,000Heavy rainfall caused flooding over County Roads 24, 5, and 1. Cars stalled in flood waters and local fire department personnel had to evacuate people from nearby homes and farm, in addition to the rescue of stranded motorists.
July 2009HailWest Concord$15,000no account filed
December 2021Tornado (EF1)West Concord$10,000An EF1 tornado formed in far northern Dodge County north of West Concord and then moved northeast into Goodhue County. Two farms along the path of the tornado sustained minor damage.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down producing power outages north of a line from between West Concord and Dodge Center east to the Dodge/Olmsted county line.
October 2007FloodWest Concord$10,000Heavy rain produced flooding along the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River causing it to exceed 100 yards wide at some points. A bridge along County Road 7 caused the river to dam which also led to more flooding. Water was 2 to 3 feet deep running through fields and many roads were impassable.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$5,000A shed was blown down and a tree uprooted west of West Concord.
June 2008FloodWest Concord$2,500Sections of Highway 24 were closed between 120th Avenue and 150th Avenue due to high water from the Middle Fork of the Zumbro River.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$2,000Trees were blown down north of West Concord.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$2,000Trees were blown down west of West Concord.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$2,000Trees were blown down near West Concord.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWest Concord$2,000no account filed
September 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-A 60 mph wind gust was measured north of West Concord.
May 2017HailWest Concord-Quarter sized hail was reported northwest of West Concord.
August 2016Funnel CloudWest Concord-A funnel cloud was sighted near West Concord.
June 2013Funnel CloudWest Concord-A funnel cloud was sighted northwest of West Concord.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)West Concord-A tornado briefly touched down west of West Concord. The tornado was not on the ground long enough to produce any damage.
May 2012Heavy RainWest Concord-In about two and a half hours, 3.5 inches of rain fell in West Concord.
June 2011HailWest Concord-The hail fell for about 10 minutes.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-The Dodge County emergency manager reported a measured wind gust of 60 mph in West Concord.
September 2010Heavy RainWest Concord-Rainfall totaled 8.25 inches.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-A silo top was blown off from estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
May 2021HailWest Concord-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-no account filed
March 2005HailWest Concord-no account filed
May 2004HailWest Concord-no account filed
May 2002HailWest Concord-no account filed
May 2001HailWest Concord-no account filed
May 1998HailWest Concord-no account filed
July 1997HailWest Concord-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWest Concord-no account filed
June 1996HailWest Concord-no account filed
June 1995HailWest Concord-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dodge 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
Wasioja Historic District4.3 miles1975
West Concord High School4.8 miles2021
Mantorville Historic District5.6 miles1974
Mantorville and Red Wing Stage Road-Mantorville Section5.6 miles1991
Kasson Public School7.8 miles2007
Kasson Water Tower7.9 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002939 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dodge CountyAll 11 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.
  • 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.