John P. Furber House

Built in 1871 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Furber House is a historic house in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, United States, built in 1871, the same year Furber officially platted the 20-year-old settlement. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for having local significance in the theme of community planning and development.”
Wikipedia article John P. Furber House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1871, Italianate architecture.

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. Furber, John P., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 7310 Lamar Ave., Cottage Grove, 55016
When was it listed? April 1982
Category. building
Also known as. Washington County MRA
City. Cottage Grove city
When was it built? 1871
Architectural style. Italianate architecture
National Register reference number. 82003074 - 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 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of John P. Furber House between 2012 and 2017, burning about 16 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
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	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
1 April 2017	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 March 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge	INNOVATION

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of John P. Furber House: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Afton Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cottage Grove Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Noltiemeyer Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Noltiemeyer Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Riggs Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cottage Grove, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 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
October 2005	Lightning	Cottage Grove	2 hurt	A lightning strike hit a home in the 7900 Block of 71st Street. The bolt caused an immediate explosion, and injured two 50 year olds who owned the home. The individuals were transported to Regions Hospital, where they were listed in fair and stable condition on the 5th. The fire destroyed the residence and caused some damage to neighboring residences.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	$800,000	no account filed
July 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Cottage Grove	$100,000	A NWS Storm Survey indicated that an EF1 tornado occurred in far southern Washington County, in a rural area, north of Hastings, Minnesota. \|\|The tornado spun up 5 miles north of Hastings, Minnesota, and tracked eastward for 3.2 miles until it moved across the St. Croix River, and into Wisconsin. Extensive tree damage occurred along its path, with the heaviest damage on top of the bluff as it moved across the St. Croix River into Wisconsin. A few farm outbuildings were also damaged. The tornado had a maximum speed of 100 mph, with a maximum width of 400 yards.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	$25,000	Scattered trees were downed across the southern part of Washington County from south of Cottage Grove, northeast to near Afton. In addition, there were sporadic reports of power outages due to power lines downed.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	$20,000	Several large trees and power lines were blown down in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
September 2024	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	Report from Mping.
August 2021	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	A public report of quarter size hail relayed from a local TV Meteorologist.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Multiple trees were blown down near Cottage Grove.
October 2016	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	A swath of 0.75 inch hail occurred in the southern part of Washington County from Cottage Grove, east to the Wisconsin border.
June 2014	Heavy Rain	Cottage Grove	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.00 inches was reported.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	A private weather station reported a wind gust of 58 mph near Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Several large tree branches were blown down.
May 2006	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	Hail occurred at Fire Station Number 2, located near the center of town.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Limbs up to 4 inches in diameter fell onto power lines.
July 2005	Lightning	Cottage Grove	-	Lightning struck a home near the intersection of Highway 61 and Jamaica Avenue. The resulting fire caused minor damage to the structure.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Trees and power lines were downed. A silo was damaged.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Few trees and power lines down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Few trees and power lines down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	Large branches down. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	1000 trees lost. 29 homes uninhabitable. 548 homes sustained damage. Estimated windspeed.
August 2023	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
September 2016	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
September 2016	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
July 2010	Funnel Cloud	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Cottage Grove	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Cordenio Severance House	1.2 miles	1976
Charles Spangenberg Farmstead	2.7 miles	1978
Grey Cloud Lime Kiln	5.6 miles	1978
Cushing Hotel	6.3 miles	1985
Erastus Bolles House	6.8 miles	1982
Newington Gilbert House	6.8 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82003074 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 42 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.