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One of 10 National Register listings published here for Mower County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Arthur W. Wright House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wright, Arthur W., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 300 Fourth Ave. NW, Austin, 55912
- When was it listed? March 1986
- Category. building
- City. Austin city
- National Register reference number. 86000441 - 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
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Arthur W. Wright House between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Windom Wetland Management District | LOST LAKE |
| 14 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | 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 Arthur W. Wright House: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulland Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hyland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lea Sand & Gravel Plit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Austin, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 30 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 12 flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $3,200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,900,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Austin | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $60,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $50,000 | The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a wind gust of 60 mph. The winds blew down trees and power lines throughout Austin causing the entire city to lose power. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds and nickel-size hail caused $8,000 damage in the city of Austin. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Austin | $45,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Austin | $35,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Austin | $35,000 | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $25,000 | Trees were blown down and a camper destroyed on the northwest side of Austin. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Austin | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Lightning | Austin | $20,000 | A lightning strike from an early morning thunderstorm destroyed the garage at a home on the east side of Austin. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Austin | $12,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Austin | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Austin | $8,000 | Hail and high winds damaged the Mower County highway department vehicles. A restaurant under contruction was blown over. A roof air conditioner was damaged. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Austin | $7,500 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $5,000 | A semi truck was blown over on U.S. Highway 218 just south of Austin. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Austin | $5,000 | Golf ball-size hail pelted the Austin area and damaging some vehicles. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Austin | $2,500 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Austin | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,500 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Austin | $1,000 | KAAL Television in Austin reported street flooding on 4th street near Interstate 90 and along Oakland Avenue. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Austin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Austin | $500 | Golf ball-size hail pelted the Austin area and damaging some vehicles. |
| July 1994 | Hail | Austin | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | $250 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Flood | Austin | - | Heavy rain during the middle of August allowed Dobbins Creek at Austin to rise into flood stage during the afternoon on August 18th. The site crested at 11.94 ft in minor flood stage during the afternoon on August 18th before falling below flood stage during the early evening that same day. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | A semi tractor trailer truck was reported to be blown over by strong thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Minnesota State Highway 56 and 205th Street in Austin. The driver sustained non-life threatening injuries. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Austin | - | Significant rainfall later into June pushed Dobbins Creek in eastern Austin into flood stage on June 22nd. The river stage crested during the late morning hours the same day in moderate flood stage at 17.56 ft. |
| July 2022 | Flood | Austin | - | Runoff from heavy rains caused street flooding to occur in Austin. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Austin | - | Runoff from rain and melting snow pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested over a foot above the flood stage at 12.75 feet on March 14th. |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Austin | - | The mesonet equipment at Dobbins Creek measured 4.18 inches of rain. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Austin | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks near Austin. The creek crested over a foot above the flood stage at 12.82 feet. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Austin | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused water to go over Interstate 90 in Austin. The Interstate was briefly closed until the water receded. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Austin | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Austin. |
| September 2016 | Flood | Austin | - | Runoff from heavy rain pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks in Austin. The creek crested just over a foot above the flood stage at 12.63 feet. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Austin | - | Locally heavy rains caused Dobbins Creek in Austin to go out of its banks. The creek crested less than a half foot above the flood stage at 11.9 feet. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Austin | - | Quarter sized hail was reported just northeast of Austin. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Austin | - | Locally heavy rains caused street flooding to occur in the Austin area, including Interstate 90 near 11th Street. Rainfall reports indicated between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain fell in a short time. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Austin | - | Runoff from heavy rains pushed Dobbins Creek out of its banks in Austin. The creek crested a foot and a half above the flood stage at 13.01 feet. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Austin | - | In Austin, 2.36 inches of rain was measured. |
| March 2010 | Flood | Austin | - | Dobbins Creek on the east side of Austin rose over the flood stage of 11.5 feet the evening of March 11th. It crested at 10:25 p.m. on March 11th at 11.6 feet, before falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours of March 12th.||Minor flooding occurred during the time when the creek was above flood stage, however no damage was reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin Municipal airport measured a wind gust of 59 miles per hour. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Austin | - | Total rainfall through the storm was 5.12 inches. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Austin | - | The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a sixty-one mile per hour wind gust. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Austin | - | Locally heavy rains pushed Dobbins Creek near Austin out of its banks on September 23rd and 24th. The creek exceeded the flood stage by just over a foot, cresting at 12.57 feet. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Austin | - | Water covered part of the east bound lanes of Interstate 90 near mile marker 179.5. Also, some street flooding occurred in different sections of the city of Austin. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Austin | - | Quarter sized hail was estimated. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Austin | - | Golf ball size hail was reported by Emergency Manager. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Austin | - | Thunderstorm winds and nickel-size hail caused $8,000 damage in the city of Austin. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Austin | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Austin | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Austin | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Austin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Paramount Theater | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
 | Cook-Hormel House | 0.8 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86000441 in Record Group 79. |
| Mower County | All 10 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.