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One of 7 National Register listings published here for Mille Lacs County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ephraim C. Gile House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Gile, Ephraim C., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 311 8th Ave., S., Princeton, 55371
- When was it listed? August 1985
- Category. building
- City. Princeton city
- Architectural style. Gothic Revival
- National Register reference number. 85001907 - 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
199 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Ephraim C. Gile House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,034 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 were 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 | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ephraim C. Gile House: 3 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcminn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sanford Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sanford Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Princeton, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 17 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $50,000 | Several street lights and large trees blew down across Princeton, Minnesota, some knotted down several power poles on the east side of the city. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $20,000 | A tin roof blew off a business in Princeton. The roof came off in three large pieces and landed in an adjacent parking lot. It appears to have been tin sheets placed over the shingles. The shingle roof was still in place. The tin landed on an SUV in the parking lot and caused damage to the vehicle. A few power poles, and power lines were also blown down in Princeton. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $20,000 | Numerous trees down, some on homes and vehicles, in a swath that continued into Isanti County, from 12W to 2 SW Cambridge. |
| April 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Princeton | - | Funnel cloud reported west of Hwy 169 and Hwy 95 just west of Princeton. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 65 mph knocked down a large tree knocked onto structure. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | There were reports of scattered trees blown down around Princeton. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Princeton | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud east of Highway 169. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Numerous trees were blown down just north of Princeton. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | A large tree was uprooted on Highway 95, west of Princeton, Minnesota. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Several large trees were blown down across Highway 95. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Princeton | - | Occurred along Highway 95. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Numerous trees down, including some on vehicles and power lines. Semi truck tipped over. Bleachers at fairgrounds were ripped apart. A roof was blown off a used car building, and a few windows were blown out at an apartment complex. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Tree uprooted. Large tree branches down. Power lines down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Estimated winds. Power lines down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Numerous large branches and powerelines felled. Estimated Winds. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Princeton | - | Thunderstorm winds of 50 to 60 mph also reported. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Princeton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Robert C. Dunn House | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Great Northern Depot | 0.3 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001907 in Record Group 79. |
| Mille Lacs County | All 7 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.