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Photograph of Kasson Municipal Building
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Kasson Municipal Building

Built in 1917 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Kasson Municipal Building, also known as Old City Hall, is a historic building located on Main Street in Kasson, Minnesota, United States. Built in 1917, it was designed by Purcell & Elmslie in the Prairie School style.”

Wikipedia article Kasson Municipal Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 11 National Register listings published here for Dodge County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1917, Prairie School architecture, by Purcell & Elmslie.

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.
  • Address. 12 W. Main, Kasson, 55944
  • When was it listed? April 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Dodge County MRA
  • City. Kasson city
  • When was it built? 1917
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • Architect. Purcell & Elmslie
  • National Register reference number. 82002942 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kasson Municipal Building: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Paulson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stussy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dodge County

Storms near this property

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kasson, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKasson$60,000Roofing material was blown off the movie theater in Kasson, allowing water to enter the building which damaged the ceiling and walls.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindKasson$50,000Part of the roof was blown off a large livestock building south of Kasson.
June 2019HailKasson$50,000Baseball sized hail fell in Kasson. The hail broke several vehicle windows and damaged the siding on houses.
June 2019HailKasson$50,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Kasson.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKasson$35,000Dodge County emergency management reported numerous large tree branches snapped and large trees uprooted in Kasson. Some minor structure damage to homes along with downed power lines was also reported from resulting tree damage.
August 2007Flash FloodKasson$30,000Flooding reported in Kasson.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKasson$25,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKasson$20,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindKasson$3,000Trees were damaged in Kasson.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindKasson$2,000Trees were blown down in Kasson.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindKasson$1,250no account filed
June 2001HailKasson$800no account filed
May 1994HailKasson$500Walnut-size hail fell just south of Kasson or 14 W Rochester.
April 2026HailKasson-Emergency management reported quarter sized hail 1 mile south of Kasson.
April 2025HailKasson-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail in Kasson.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKasson-The mesonet station 2 miles east of Kasson observed a 74 mph wind gust.
July 2024HailKasson-The public reported dime sized hail near Kasson.
June 2024HailKasson-The public reported quarter sized hail.
May 2022HailKasson-Hail ranging in size from quarter up to ping pong ball fell in Kasson.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindKasson-A 72 mph wind gust was measured by a mesonet station east of Kasson.
June 2019Heavy RainKasson-In Kasson, 7.5 inches of rain fell.
June 2019HailKasson-Up to quarter sized hail was reported just south of Kasson.
June 2019HailKasson-Quarter sized hail was reported in Kasson.
June 2019HailKasson-Half dollar sized hail was reported just east of Kasson.
July 2019Heavy RainKasson-In Kasson, 4.8 inches of rain fell.
July 2019Heavy RainKasson-Near Kasson, 6.8 inches of rain fell.
September 2018Heavy RainKasson-Near Kasson, 5.1 inches of rain fell.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindKasson-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Kasson and the power was out in portions the city.
April 2017HailKasson-Quarter sized hail was reported east of Kasson.
August 2016Funnel CloudKasson-Several reports of funnel clouds were received from the Kasson area.
August 2016Funnel CloudKasson-More funnel clouds were sighted in Kasson.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKasson-An estimated 65 mph wind gust occurred just west of Kasson.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindKasson-A wind gust of 67 mph occurred near Kasson.
May 2014HailKasson-Quarter sized hail fell in Kasson.
September 2019HailKasson-no account filed
April 2017HailKasson-no account filed
May 2011HailKasson-no account filed
August 2010HailKasson-no account filed
August 2007HailKasson-no account filed
August 2006HailKasson-no account filed
June 2001HailKasson-no account filed
August 2000HailKasson-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindKasson-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindKasson-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
Eureka Hotel0.1 miles1982
Jacob Leuthold Jr. House0.1 miles1982
Kasson Water Tower0.2 miles1976
Kasson Public School0.3 miles2007
Mantorville Historic District2.6 miles1974
Mantorville and Red Wing Stage Road-Mantorville Section2.6 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002942 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.
  • 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.