Photograph of Hormel Historic Home — Photograph by McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Cook-Hormel House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Hormel Historic Home, also known the Cook-Hormel House or simply The Hormel Home, is a historic Italianate style home with Classical Revival facade located in Austin, Minnesota. The home was built in 1871 and was added to the U.S.”
Wikipedia article Hormel Historic Home, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Mower 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.
Address. 208 4th Ave., NW, Austin, 55912
When was it listed? August 1982
Category. building
City. Austin city
National Register reference number. 82002989 - 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

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cook-Hormel House between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	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
4 May 2018	Fireworks	under an acre	Windom Wetland Management District	LOST LAKE
14 March 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Mower County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cook-Hormel House: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ulland Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hyland Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lea Sand & Gravel Plit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Mower County

Storms near this property

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 30 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 12 flood, 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$3,200,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$1,900,000	no account filed
May 2001	Tornado (F1)	Austin	$150,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$60,000	no account filed
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$50,000	The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a wind gust of 60 mph. The winds blew down trees and power lines throughout Austin causing the entire city to lose power.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds and nickel-size hail caused $8,000 damage in the city of Austin.
June 1998	Hail	Austin	$45,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Austin	$35,000	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Austin	$35,000	no account filed
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$25,000	Trees were blown down and a camper destroyed on the northwest side of Austin.
May 2000	Hail	Austin	$25,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$25,000	no account filed
June 2013	Lightning	Austin	$20,000	A lightning strike from an early morning thunderstorm destroyed the garage at a home on the east side of Austin.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$20,000	no account filed
March 1998	Hail	Austin	$12,000	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Austin	$10,000	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Austin	$8,000	Hail and high winds damaged the Mower County highway department vehicles. A restaurant under contruction was blown over. A roof air conditioner was damaged.
May 2000	Hail	Austin	$7,500	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$5,000	A semi truck was blown over on U.S. Highway 218 just south of Austin.
July 1994	Hail	Austin	$5,000	Golf ball-size hail pelted the Austin area and damaging some vehicles.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$2,500	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Austin	$2,500	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Austin	$2,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$1,500	no account filed
August 2007	Flash Flood	Austin	$1,000	KAAL Television in Austin reported street flooding on 4th street near Interstate 90 and along Oakland Avenue.
May 2006	Hail	Austin	$1,000	no account filed
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$1,000	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$1,000	no account filed
July 1994	Hail	Austin	$500	Golf ball-size hail pelted the Austin area and damaging some vehicles.
July 1994	Hail	Austin	$500	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	$250	no account filed
August 2025	Flood	Austin	-	Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed Dobbins Creek at Austin to rise into flood stage during the afternoon on August 18th. The site crested at 11.94 ft in minor flood stage during the afternoon on August 18th before falling below flood stage during the early evening that same day.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	-	A semi tractor trailer truck was reported to be blown over by strong thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Minnesota State Highway 56 and 205th Street in Austin. The driver sustained non-life threatening injuries.
June 2024	Flood	Austin	-	Significant rainfall later into June pushed Dobbins Creek in eastern Austin into flood stage on June 22nd. The river stage crested during the late morning hours the same day in moderate flood stage at 17.56 ft.
July 2022	Flood	Austin	-	Runoff from heavy rains caused street flooding to occur in Austin.
March 2019	Flood	Austin	-	Runoff from rain and melting snow pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested over a foot above the flood stage at 12.75 feet on March 14th.
September 2019	Heavy Rain	Austin	-	The mesonet equipment at Dobbins Creek measured 4.18 inches of rain.
September 2019	Flood	Austin	-	Runoff from heavy rains pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested over a foot above the flood stage at 12.82 feet.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	-	The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a wind gust of 60 mph.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Austin	-	Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over Interstate 90 in Austin. The Interstate was briefly closed until the water receded.
April 2017	Hail	Austin	-	Quarter sized hail fell in Austin.
September 2016	Flood	Austin	-	Runoff from heavy rain pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks in Austin. The creek crested just over a foot above the flood stage at 12.63 feet.
June 2015	Flood	Austin	-	Locally heavy rains caused Dobbins Creek in Austin to go out of its banks. The creek crested less than a half foot above the flood stage at 11.9 feet.
May 2015	Hail	Austin	-	Quarter sized hail was reported just northeast of Austin.
July 2015	Flood	Austin	-	Locally heavy rains caused street flooding to occur in the Austin area, including Interstate 90 near 11th Street. Rainfall reports indicated between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain fell in a short time.
May 2013	Flood	Austin	-	Runoff from heavy rains pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks in Austin. The creek crested a foot and a half above the flood stage at 13.01 feet.
October 2013	Heavy Rain	Austin	-	In Austin, 2.36 inches of rain was measured.
March 2010	Flood	Austin	-	Dobbins Creek on the east side of Austin rose over the flood stage of 11.5 feet the evening of March 11th. It crested at 10:25 p.m. on March 11th at 11.6 feet, before falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours of March 12th.\|\|Minor flooding occurred during the time when the creek was above flood stage, however no damage was reported.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	-	The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin Municipal airport measured a wind gust of 59 miles per hour.
September 2010	Heavy Rain	Austin	-	Total rainfall through the storm was 5.12 inches.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Austin	-	The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a sixty-one mile per hour wind gust.
September 2010	Flood	Austin	-	Locally heavy rains pushed Dobbins Creek near Austin out of its banks on September 23rd and 24th. The creek exceeded the flood stage by just over a foot, cresting at 12.57 feet.
July 2010	Flood	Austin	-	Water covered part of the east bound lanes of Interstate 90 near mile marker 179.5. Also, some street flooding occurred in different sections of the city of Austin.
August 2007	Hail	Austin	-	Quarter sized hail was estimated.
August 2007	Hail	Austin	-	Golf ball size hail was reported by Emergency Manager.
April 1994	Hail	Austin	-	Thunderstorm winds and nickel-size hail caused $8,000 damage in the city of Austin.
March 2017	Hail	Austin	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Austin	-	no account filed
April 2015	Hail	Austin	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Austin	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mower 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Arthur W. Wright House	0.8 miles	1986
	Paramount Theater	1.0 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82002989 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Mower County	All 10 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.