Sibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“The Sibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail are two adjacent government buildings in Gaylord, Minnesota, United States. They were built in 1916 and serve as the seat of government for Sibley County.”
Wikipedia article Sibley County Courthouse and Sheriff's Residence and Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Sibley County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 400 Court St. and 319 Park Ave., Gaylord, 55334
When was it listed? December 1988
Category. building
City. Gaylord city
National Register reference number. 88003071 - 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

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gaylord, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 8 tornado, 5 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
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	$50,000	A machine shed was completed destroyed on a farm 3 miles southeast of Gaylord, near the intersection of County Road 13, and 62. There were also power lines blown down in Gaylord. Two cows also perished at this farm.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	$15,000	A 20 foot tall tree was snapped, and fell onto a minivan in Gaylord.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	$15,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down near Gaylord, Minnesota.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	$1,000	A 10 inch diameter tree was snapped and landed on a power line.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Report of trees down in the town of Gaylord.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Multiple trees and branches up to 20 inches in diameter were down.
June 2020	Flash Flood	Gaylord	-	Several local officials and trained spotters indicated the excessive rainfall caused numerous roads to flood between Gibbon, Winthrop, and Gaylord. Flood waters came out of the middle branch of the Rush River, and over the golf course in Winthrop. Even as the flood waters receded several roads were closed or partially reopened.
July 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Gaylord	-	Large branches were lofted when the tornado went through a line of trees, but otherwise the tornado moved across corn and bean fields. The tornado was captured on video by a storm chaser and a local resident.
July 2020	Tornado (EF0)	Gaylord	-	A brief tornado was filmed by a storm chaser. It hit a few trees and knocked down some large branches.
August 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Gaylord	-	A tornado developed east-northeast of Winthrop and tracked toward the west-northwest. It flattened some corn, uprooted trees, and caused other tree damage. Near the end of its path, it destroyed a structurally compromised barn. The maximum wind speed is estimated to have been 80 mph. Most of the path was determined through a combination of NWS storm survey and reviewing high-res satellite imagery.
August 2017	Tornado (EF1)	Gaylord	-	The strongest tornado of the day developed in northern Nicollet county and lifted into\|Sibley county. This was a multi-vortex tornado. Video shows one vortex struck a farmstead directly causing significant damage to trees and out buildings.
August 2017	Tornado (EF0)	Gaylord	-	A tornado moved across corn fields. It was recorded on video by a storm chaser. Placement of tornado track was based on video and high-res satellite imagery.
June 2014	Heavy Rain	Gaylord	-	A local observer had a 12 hour rainfall report of 4.87 inches.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Several large trees were blown down along County Road 21.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	A large tree was uprooted on Division Street in downtown Gaylord.
May 2012	Heavy Rain	Gaylord	-	A local observer measured 3.46 inches in the last 24 hours.
May 2012	Heavy Rain	Gaylord	-	A local observer measured 3.85 inches in the last 24 hours.
June 2012	Hail	Gaylord	-	Crop damage was reported due to the combination of strong winds and hail around Gaylord.
May 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Gaylord	-	A storm chaser and trained spotters saw a brief tornado touch down west of Gaylord, Minnesota. No damage occurred. This tornado was video taped by the chaser.
June 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Gaylord	-	Tornado touched down briefly in an open field.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Measured with anemometer.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Trees downed along County Road 10 from two to three miles west of Gaylord. A report from KARE-TV described trees felled at a local farm just outside Gaylord, along with shingle damage to the farmer's home.
August 2006	Hail	Gaylord	-	Dime to nickel size hail covered the ground in Transit Township, section 23.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Several large trees, power lines, and many branches were downed across the city. Trees fell onto homes on Division Street and Seventh Street. Six trees were lost on the Gaylord Game Protective League grounds just east of town. A branch nearly 2 feet in diameter fell onto a car on Fourth Street. The roof of the visitors dugout at Walsh Field was blown off. The high winds continued for nearly 15 minutes according to the city police.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Medium sized trees were downed onto County Road 52 by Rice Lake.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Numerous trees and power lines down. Wall collapsed at a concrete block building. Minor roof damage to business.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Large tree blown over. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Garage blown down. Garage was under construction. Estimated windspeed.
July 1995	Tornado (F0)	Gaylord	-	Tree damage at farmstead.
April 1994	Hail	Gaylord	-	Severe thunderstorms dropped golf ball-size hail at Gaylord and strong thunderstorm winds tore a canopy from a local Inn and debris was blown onto several homes. Two persons were injured and damage to three homes was reported.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	A number of trees were uprooted by strong winds.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Gaylord	-	Several trees were uprooted by strong thunderstorm winds.
October 2023	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
October 2023	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
July 2022	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
August 2020	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
August 2020	Funnel Cloud	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
March 2014	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
July 1999	Funnel Cloud	Gaylord	-	no account filed
July 1999	Funnel Cloud	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
September 1998	Hail	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 1998	Funnel Cloud	Gaylord	-	no account filed
June 1996	Funnel Cloud	Gaylord	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sibley 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Gaylord City Park	0.5 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88003071 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sibley 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.
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.