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Cushing Hotel

Built in 1867. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Cushing Hotel is a historic hotel in Afton, Minnesota, United States, established in 1867 to cater to railroad workers, lumbermen, and travelers. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 for its local significance in the theme of commerce.”

Wikipedia article Cushing Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1867.

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. 3291 St. Croix Trail Ave., S., Afton, 55001
  • When was it listed? January 1985
  • Category. building
  • City. Afton city
  • When was it built? 1867
  • National Register reference number. 85000098 - 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cushing Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources223
8 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources105
6 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020157
2 May 1992Equipment and vehicle use80 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources77

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cushing Hotel: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 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
Barton Pit No 713Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit No 766 and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Pit No 714Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeland Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mayer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Red Brick Road Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A F Partridge Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Black Bass Bar Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glenmont Road Dolomite Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Afton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
May 2001HailAfton$1,000,000Damage incurred to vehicles, buildings and trailers at a Washington County park.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAfton-Two trees down in the city of Afton. Time estimated via radar.
May 2012HailAfton-One inch diameter hail was reported at the Afton Marina, in Afton, Minnesota.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAfton-A local trained spotter measured a 54 knot wind gust near Afton, Minnesota.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindAfton-A building was damaged.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindAfton-Few trees down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAfton-Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Erastus Bolles House1.7 miles1982
Newington Gilbert House1.9 miles1982
Mitchell Jackson Farmhouse2.5 miles1982
John T. Chyphers House4.0 miles1971
Capt. John Oliver House4.9 miles1977
John P. Furber House6.3 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85000098 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington CountyAll 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.