BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Renville County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lars Rudi 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. Rudi, Lars, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. CR 15, Sacred Heart, 56285
- When was it listed? July 1986
- Category. building
- Township. Sacred Heart township
- National Register reference number. 86001924 - 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 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lars Rudi House between 2014 and 2016, burning about 148 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 108 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | TEACHERS WF |
| 13 April 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lars Rudi House: 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hetle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delano Granite Future Quarry | Granite | Prospect | ||
| View Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this property
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sacred Heart, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Lightning | Sacred Heart | $500,000 | A lightning bolt struck a church in Sacred Heart, Minnesota. The lightning started a fire and destroyed the church which was built 140 years before. No one was injured, but the church was a total loss. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | $50,000 | Damage occurred north of Sacred Heart, and south of County Road 11. There was a metal roof that was blown several feet from its foundation and had its roof peeled off. Plus, several large trees were blown down. In addition, the farm had some of their corn flattened. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | $25,000 | Severe straight-line winds blew down a large grain bin near Sacred Heart and blocked part of Highway 212. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | $5,000 | A few large trees were blown down between Sacred Heart, and Renville, including a large tree that fell on a house in Renville. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Sacred Heart | - | A storm chaser filmed a brief tornado. It broke a few large branches before moving into an open field and dissipating. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | Photos were sent to the NWS. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | A picture of 1 hail that fell north of Sacred Heart. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Several power lines were blown down northwest of Sacred Heart. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | A few reports of downed trees and power lines from near Sacred Heart, south to the Minnesota River. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Sacred Heart | - | An individual measured 5.40 inches of rain in Sacred Heart. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | A large tree was blown down on Highway 212 in Sacred Heart. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | A power line was blown down, along with several large tree branches scattered across the town of Sacred Heart. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Several large tree branches, up to six inches in diameter, were blown down northeast of Sacred Heart. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | A tractor trailer was blown over on Highway 212 west of Sacred Heart. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Sacred Heart | - | Several inches of rainfall occurred between 10 PM CST to 12 Midnight CST across a large area of Renville County. A section of Highway 212 near Sacred Heart was closed due to the flood waters. Some areas along Highway 212 had knee deep water during the height of the storm. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | Penny sized hail fell for 5 minutes. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Six inch diameter branches were downed in Ericson Township. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Trees blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Ballpark damaged. Trees uprooted and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacred Heart | - | Street lamps blown over. Estimated windspeed. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Sacred Heart | - | 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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Joseph Brown House Ruins | 5.6 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001924 in Record Group 79. |
| Renville 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.
- 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.