BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Lac qui Parle County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Madison City Hall
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 404 6th Ave., Madison, 56256
- When was it listed? August 1985
- Category. building
- City. Madison city
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- Architect. Buechner & Orth
- National Register reference number. 85001820 - 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.
Storms near this property
60 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 29 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $400,000 | Barn blown down, killing one horse. Tree and shed damage. Approximately 8 miles of wind damage. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $50,000 | Several buildings in Madison sustained damage, with roofs ripped off and debris blocking roads. Power was out for nearly two hours. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | $20,000 | Numerous trees down, especially on south side of town. Few grain bins blown over. Tree fell on the roof of county museum. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Madison | - | The hail measurement was provided by a broadcast meteorologist. Time estimated via radar. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Madison | - | This tornado moved across the southeast section of Madison. A house had its roof removed, a camper was rolled, and three light poles at the baseball field were bent over. One of the poles had the cement support ripped out of the ground. There was also extensive tree damage. Maximum winds were estimated at 100 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Numerous machine sheds and other buildings were destroyed or sustained major damage. The survey team noted a definite divergent pattern, indicating downburst. The greatest damage was several miles southeast of Louisburg, where a machine shed was obliterated, resulting in the 100 mph (87 knot) wind estimate. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Madison | - | A trained spotter measured 5.55 inches of rain in Madison. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Several trees were snapped in Madison. |
| August 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Madison | - | Local law enforcement officials and other spotters observed a rope-like tornado occasionally touching down southwest of Madison. A damage survey noted a path through corn fields. It also knocked down several large trees and branches, dissipating near the northwest end of the Madison golf course. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down at the Madison County Golf Course. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Scattered trees and power lines reported toppled in portions of Madison. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Tree damage reported. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Many trees one foot or more in diameter toppled, along with numerous branches of 6 inches in diameter or more, across the East side of town. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Wood fence snapped and tin roof damaged at radio station. Numerous trees downed around town, with many roads blocked. Flag pole, power lines and road signs felled. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Ten inch diameter tree downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Uprooted trees. Light tower bent over at baseball field. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Madison | - | Hail occurred on west side of town. Hail stripped bark off several trees. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Madison | - | Three inches reported in one hour, with 3.42 inches of total rain for the event. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Baseball dugout blown down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | Some farmers around Dawson experienced large hail for 35 minutes, which decimated crops. The hail swath of golf ball size was about 2 miles wide, from just southeast of Madison, to the west side of Dawson, then to about 3 miles southeast of Dawson. From that point, one inch diameter hail continued to four miles west of Boyd. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Large branches down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | A tree and several branches were downed onto roads and yards in town. The most concentrated area of damage was near 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue, including a tree that fell on a vacant house. A construction site about 5 miles southwest of Madison suffered building damage. Grain bins were also damaged in the area. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Twelve inch diameter tree down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Large tree branch fell on roof of house. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Car blown off road. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Estimated winds. Trees down, some on houses and sheds. Trailer flipped. Forty foot KLQP-FM relay tower downed. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Lightning | Madison | - | Lightning strike killed one sheep. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | Power poles knocked down. Grain bin destroyed. Large tree blown over onto house. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madison | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Madison | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Madison | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Madison Carnegie Library | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Lac qui Parle County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001820 in Record Group 79. |
| Lac qui Parle County | All 9 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.
- 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.