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Photograph of Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building
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Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building

Built in 1891 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building is a historic building in Little Falls, Minnesota. It was built in 1891 as a headquarters for the Pine Tree Lumber Company, headed by Charles Weyerhaeuser and Richard Musser.”

Wikipedia article Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Morrison County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1891, 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.
  • Address. 735 1st St., NE, Little Falls, 56345
  • When was it listed? September 1985
  • Category. building
  • City. Little Falls city
  • When was it built? 1891
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 85001991 - 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

212 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 burning91
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
8 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
14 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Morrison County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pine Tree Lumber Company Office Building: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Iron, Silica. 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
Mississippi River Area ClaysTitanium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Iron, SilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Morrison County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Falls, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 2 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls$75,000Significant wind damage occurred to city-owned property of the Little Falls Golf Course. There were 53 trees lost to the storm, along with several large branches. There were also several buildings damage to the local Little Falls Community School District. Dozens of trees were also broken or uprooted in the southeast part of town. A damage survey by the NWS was performed and it appeared to have been downburst damage.
June 2001Flash FloodLittle Falls$20,000Little Elk River in Randall overflowed. Skunk River in Pierz overflowed and undermined Park Road bridge. Many highways and basements flooded.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Trees down in the Little Falls with a measured wind gust of 65 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A few trees were down, including one on a power line.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Tree down on the 700 block of 6th St NE. Time estimated via radar.
June 2022Heavy RainLittle Falls-Storm total from overnight thunderstorms 4.00 inches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A measured wind report from a private weather sensor.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-There were numerous reports of downed trees in the Little Falls area.
July 2019HailLittle Falls-There were reports of hail throughout the county, with the largest hailstone being ping pong ball size in Little Falls.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was blown onto a house in Little Falls.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was blown down across a road in Little Falls.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Several trees were blown down in Little Falls.
June 2013Heavy RainLittle Falls-Storm total rainfall amount of 3.73 inches was measured near Little Falls.
March 2010FloodLittle Falls-Highway 10 bridge was closed due to an ice jam.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Dozens of trees also reported down in vicinity.
August 2007HailLittle Falls-Hail covered the ground.
August 2007HailLittle Falls-Hail covered the ground.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Two trees down in and near spotter residence. Additional trees and power lines down on the west side of town.
June 2007HailLittle Falls-Heavy rain also reported.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was reported felled in Belle Prairie Township.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Tree limbs were downed in the southwest part of town.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Two hangars, a maintenance garage, and the roof of the terminal building were damaged by winds measured at 78 MPH at the airport in the southeast corner of town. A large tree also fell onto a truck at the airport. In town, Oak trees up to 40 feet tall and several branches were blown down.
August 2005HailLittle Falls-Penny sized hail falling along Highway 27 stopped traffic.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-A tree was downed between two homes on 7th Street SE.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Several trees were downed, including one in Pine Grove Park.
June 2001HailLittle Falls-This was the last severe report from a series of storms that formed in Douglas County near Rose City, produced a tornado 3 E Long Prairie in Todd County, and moved into Morrison County.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Grove of trees felled.
July 2000FloodLittle Falls-Two to three inches rain in less than two hours caused minor street flooding, with two vehicles stranded.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Trees blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Estimated winds, trees down.
July 1999Tornado (F0)Little Falls-Large trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLittle Falls-Trees down from thunderstorm winds.
May 2022HailLittle Falls-no account filed
May 2022HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2016HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2009HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2008HailLittle Falls-no account filed
May 2006HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 2006HailLittle Falls-no account filed
September 2002HailLittle Falls-no account filed
September 2002HailLittle Falls-no account filed
June 2001Funnel CloudLittle Falls-no account filed
June 2001HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 1999HailLittle Falls-no account filed
June 1997HailLittle Falls-no account filed
July 1995HailLittle Falls-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morrison 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
Little Falls Carnegie Library0.5 miles1980
Church of Our Savio-Episcopal0.5 miles1980
Little Falls Commercial Historic District0.6 miles1994
Northern Pacific Railway Depot0.6 miles1985
Morrison County Courthouse0.6 miles1978
Burton-Rosenmeier House1.0 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85001991 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Morrison CountyAll 15 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.