BlockFrom the record
One of 28 National Register listings published here for Le Sueur County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Needham-Hayes House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Off Railroad St., Le Sueur, 56058
- When was it listed? March 1982
- Category. building
- Also known as. Le Sueur County MRA
- Township. Ottawa township
- National Register reference number. 82004698 - 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 Needham-Hayes House 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Needham-Hayes House: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gopher State Sandstone Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Silica Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Johnson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mullenaheur Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
20 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Le Sueur, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | $25,000 | Several large trees and power lines were blown down. In addition, some structural damage occurred to a building. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | $1,000 | There were a number of large tree limbs blown down near Le Sueur. One that was 12 inches in diameter. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Multiple large trees were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Le Sueur | - | Nearly 3 inches of rain fell in northern Le Sueur county. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | There was a swath of large hail, which moved from Le Sueur, northeast to around Heidelberg. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Several trees were blown down in Le Sueur. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | Several county roads, including 116, 117, 188 and 28 were closed due to excessive rainfall and washout roadways. There were also reports of trees downed along roads due to the saturated soils and gusty winds. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | Crop damage was reported due to the combination of strong winds and hail across northern Le Sueur County. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | The underpass on Bridge Street was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | Large trees toppled in residential yard, along with thirty foot steel windmill. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | Highway 13 barricaded near Montgomery. A few roads were also barricaded near Le Sueur. Rainfall totaled 6 inches in Le Center. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | Twelve thousand acres of crop damage reported just north and east of the city, as reported by the Le Sueur Free Press. The County Emergency Manager reported most of the damage occurred in Tyron and Lexington townships. There was 100 percent loss to much of the corn, soybeans and small grain crops according to University of Minnesota Extension Agent Dave Pfarr. Reports of tennis ball (2.5 inch) and baseball size hail (2.75 inch) were described in the newspaper, but time and location were not given. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Le Sueur | - | At least six inches of water on roads. Gravel washed out of parking lots. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | At least 25 large trees were downed across Le Sueur. One tree fell onto a home at Nichols Court and caused considerable damage to the roof and an upstairs bedroom. Another tree blocked County Road 112. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Sueur | - | A machine shed was blown over. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Le Sueur | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ottawa Township Hall | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
| John Rinshed House | 0.2 miles | 1982 | |
 | Trinity Chapel-Episcopal | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
| Charles Schwartz House and Barn | 0.8 miles | 1982 | |
 | Broadway Bridge | 4.0 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82004698 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.