BlockFrom the record
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Pope County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Ann Bickle House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Bickle, Ann, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 226 E. Minnesota Ave., Glenwood, 56334
- When was it listed? March 1997
- Category. building
- City. Glenwood city
- National Register reference number. 97000284 - 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 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ann Bickle House between 1999 and 2000, 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ann Bickle House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
55 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood, the town this property stands in, in 55 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 25 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Glenwood | $100,000 | 3 inches of rain in 45 minutes resulted in basement flooding. Damage estimate for entire county. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Glenwood | $50,000 | Small fire in Church bell tower. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | $25,000 | Several large trees, and powerlines were blown down in Glenwood, some were blocking roads. South of Kensington, several larger tree branches were blown down. Other areas along highway 55 had some tree branches blown down. Trees and powerlines also blown down on the east side of Grove Lake, with two reported pontoons flipped over on Lake Minnewaska. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Glenwood | $10,000 | Brief touchdown on the southeast shore of Lake Minnewaska. Tornado flipped over a camper and knocked down trees, some of which fell on the roof of a cabin. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Glenwood | $1,000 | A dirt berm had to be constructed on Highway 28-29 to stop flood waters from flowing across the highway near the fairgrounds on the northwest side of town. Low lying property and a few roads nearby were flooded. An estimated 2.5 inches of rain fell in 30 minutes in Glenwood. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Trees and power lines reported down in Glenwood. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Glenwood | - | A report of 1 inch hail was received via MPing. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Glenwood | - | A tornado originated on the east side of Lake Reno in Pope County. At first, it damaged about a dozen trees, but quickly became more intense and broke or uprooted several hundred trees before entering Douglas County. Maximum winds for the Pope County portion were estimated at 105 mph. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | A trained spotter had a hand held wind sensor that measured the wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Glenwood | - | A social media picture of quarter size hail was noted. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Two pontoon boats were flipped over on Lake Minnewaska near Glenwood. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | An 8 inch diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Five inch diameter tree branches downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Several trees and power lines were downed. A truck was damaged on First Avenue SW by a downed tree. A home on First Avenue NE was struck by a pine tree that was snapped off at its base. A city vehicle shed was blown apart on the north side of town and the roof was deposited 100 yards away. Several downed trees blocked South Lakeshore Drive. Several pontoon boats and the lifts they were attached to were blown into Lake Minnewaska. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Trees were downed at Lake Pelican and along the eastern shore of Lake Minnewaska. One tree was downed onto a pickup truck. Trees was also downed in the city of Glenwood, including several that were felled in Barsness Park. In addition, trees were downed at Minnewaska Golf Club just west of town. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Glenwood | - | Quarter sized hail fell between County Road 18 and Highway 29 from Starbuck to Long Beach to Glenwood. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Several trees toppled. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Numerous trees down, including one on a house. Boats and docks were thrown out of the water on the east side of Lake Minnewaska. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Glenwood | - | County wide flooding. After two bouts of heavy rain on June 22 and 23, three to four additional inches fell, resulting in widespread street and basement flooding in Glenwood. The sewer system was also overloaded. Four familes in the northwest section of Glenwood were evacuated when the water level reached a depth of four feet in their neighborhood. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Glenwood | - | Videotaped by storm chasers. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Shed down, irrigator blown over. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Few trees and power poles down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Glenwood | - | Street and basement flooding. |
| August 1998 | Flood | Glenwood | - | 3 to 4 inches of rain in less than 2 hours resulted in street flooding. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | Power poles down. Estimated windspeed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2014 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Glenwood | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pope County Courthouse | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Glenwood Public Library | 0.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Fremad Association Building | 0.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Sunset Beach Hotel | 2.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Northern Pacific Depot | 7.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Little Falls and Dakota Depot | 7.5 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000284 in Record Group 79. |
| Pope County | All 12 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.