BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Lac qui Parle County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Dawson Armory and Community Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 676 Pine St., Dawson, 56232
- When was it listed? May 1995
- Category. building
- Township. Riverside township
- Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 95000615 - 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
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dawson, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 24 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flood | Dawson | $425,000 | Spring snow melt with rapid warming brought ice jams and flooding to portions of West Central Minnesota. On the 14th, Lac Qui Parle county officials reported flooded township roads west of the intersection of roads 212 and 75 (along the West Fork of the Lac Qui Parle River). The ice jam responsible for the flooding was west of the city of Dawson. The Dawson Sentinel reported plenty of damage to the Helgeson Bridge southeast of Dawson. Three quarters of the bridge was toppled. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | $250,000 | Severe winds destroyed a machine shop north of Dawson. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A metal shed was destroyed and several trees were broken. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Roof covering was partially removed from a house, part of the the top of a grain bin was blown away, dozens of trees were broken, and part of a large metal shed lost its roof and walls. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Numerous trees and power lines blown were blown down near Dawson. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Several large trees were uprooted or snapped above ground level near Dawson. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Several large tree branches were blown down in Dawson. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Dawson | - | In addition to the hail, some crop damage was reported from the Emergency Manager. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Many large trees toppled across town, along with large branches. Several large trees also reported downed across local roads. Several automobiles also reported blown into ditches. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Dawson | - | Houses and vehicles sustained damage. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dawson | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Dawson | - | A grove of trees was damaged in the tornado's path, along with a few shingles and planks that were torn off a barn, including a small amount of siding ripped off a house. The tornado was accompanied by large hail, very heavy rain, and damaging rear flank downdraft wind. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Rear flank downdraft adjacent to the tornado downed numerous large trees and caused minor building damage. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Dawson | - | A deputy sheriff reported quarter sized hail. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | A large tree was downed along Chestnut Street. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Path up to 1 mile wide. Crop Damage. Large trees down. Power lines down. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Trees down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Large tree branches down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Few trees down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Numerous trees down. Corn flattened. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Trees, power lines down. Winds estimated. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dawson | - | Many cars damaged at automobile lots. Roof, siding and shed damage. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Dawson | - | Large tree also sheared in half due to strong winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dawson | - | Tree damage. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dawson | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Dawson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dawson Carnegie Library | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Commercial Bank Building | under 500 feet | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95000615 in Record Group 79. |
| Lac qui Parle 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.
- 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.