Joseph M. Miller Mausoleum

Built in 1917. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

From the record

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 2018 · category: Building · built in 1917.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Miller, Joseph M., Mausoleum - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. .8 mi. N of jct. of MO 131 & 2nd St., Holden, 64040
When was it listed? January 2018
Category. building
Township. Madison township
When was it built? 1917
National Register reference number. 100002036 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

The ground it stands on

16,581 words

The chapter on Madison Township in The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 names Holden. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

In 1855 there were no settlements between the present site of Holden and Isaac Hanna's, which latter place is about fifty or a hundred yards south of the southern township line. Most of the settlers lived north of the present site of Holden and a few west. These settlers lived near the two branches of Pin Oak and were very few in number.

Passage source: The History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881.

The population of this township in 1876, according to census, was 2,1.70, and in 1881 it had increased to 2,931. Since then the population has increased still more rapidly, especially in Holden, giving to this town a population nearly equal to the whole town in 1880.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Madison Township - 16,581 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

30 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Joseph M. Miller Mausoleum between 2015 and 2018, burning about 550 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Debris and open burning	7
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	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
8 April 2017	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 April 2015	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	124390-05161-04232015-1423
7 March 2015	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	121300-05161-03072015-1137
5 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	119944-05161-03052015-1354
30 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	121677-05161-03302015-1500
22 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	121333-05161-03222015-1311
22 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	121331-05161-03222015-1659
22 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	121313-05161-03222015-1826

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Joseph M. Miller Mausoleum: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this property

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holden, the town this property stands in, in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 8 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 3 injuries. 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 2024	Lightning	Holden	1 killed, 1 hurt	A 53 year old man was struck by lightning in the parking lot at the conclusion of the Holden, MO Rodeo. The lightning strike was fatal.
June 2024	Lightning	Holden	1 killed	A 53 year old man was killed when struck by lightning in the parking lot outside of the Holden Chamber of Commerce Rodeo around 11 pm CDT on Friday, June 28th, 2024.
June 2005	Tornado (F1)	Holden	2 hurt, $1,100,000	F1 tornado touched down 5 miles southwest of Holden and then moved northeast across Route 131 before skipping to and then lifting 3 miles west southwest of Centerview. The biggest impact was at the Miller Training Stables on Route 131. Two women received minor injuries when their house was lifted off the foundation. Six horses were killed and 42 were injured. Three barns, the residence, and 3 cars were heavily damaged or destroyed. There were also several other homes and barns damaged by the tornado before it lifted.
February 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Holden	$200,000	EF1 tornado touched down 5 miles south of Holden at 5:18 PM CST and moved north-northeast 2 miles, before lifting 3 miles south of Holden at 5:21 PM CST. The tornado damaged two homes, one business, and several farm buildings. Power lines and trees were also downed.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$50,000	A trailer was destroyed, and another home sustained roof damage.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$25,000	Several barns destroyed and numerous trees down. Also minor damage to homes.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$10,000	A barn was severely damaged by thunderstorm winds southwest of Holden.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$5,000	Numerous reports of trees and power lines down.
May 2000	Tornado (F1)	Holden	$5,000	A storm spotter with the Holden Fire Department observed a tornado 7 miles south of Holden that remained on the ground for two minutes, moving northeast. Several trees and power lines were downed by the storm.
October 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$2,000	Damage to several buildings.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$2,000	A severe thunderstorm moved through Central Johnson County producing wind gusts up to 60 mph three miles north of Centerview knocking down large tree limbs. Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Holden.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	$1,000	Trees and power lines down.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Downed wires and power outages near County Road U.
September 2023	Hail	Holden	-	Mping report of quarter sized hail in Holden.
September 2023	Hail	Holden	-	Quarter sized hail reported in Holden.
July 2020	Flood	Holden	-	NWS employee reported water over Highway 58 just west of Holden.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Powerlines were down in the city of Holden.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	NWS Employee reported 60 mph winds.
April 2019	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Water covered Highway 58 half mile east of Holden.
April 2019	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Water covered Highway 58, a half mile east of Holden.
June 2019	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Mud and debris covered a segment of road along Road U along the creek, just east of Holden.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	An outbuilding was destroyed near Holden.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Large tree limbs were down near Holden.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Water was over the road on HWY 58, about a mile and a half east of Holden.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Water was over the road in Holden at the 300 block of E 10th St, near S Clay St.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	A tree fell on top of a mobile home with three people trapped inside. There were no known injuries from this event.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	A few small tree limbs around 2 to 3 inches were snapped near Holden.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Trees were damaged near Highway 58 and 1001st street.
March 2014	Hail	Holden	-	Hail was measured after the storm ended and stored in a Casey's Gas station.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Severe thunderstorms produced 70 to 80 mph straight line winds, lifting several outbuildings from their foundations, snappomg power poles and several 18 to 24 inch trees. One of the trees fell on to a house and damaged the house.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Water was reported to be flowing over the road, one mile west of Holden.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Holden	-	One lane of Highway 58 closed due to high water.
November 2006	Hail	Holden	-	Nickel sized hail at the intersection of Highway 131 and Highway 2.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Holden	-	Flooding on Southwest 100th and Southwest 200th roads near Pin Oak Creek.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Law enforcement reported one inch hail and wind gusts estimated to 60 mph.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked a roof off a building. Trees and power poles down. No power or telephone service to town.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Law enforcement officials reported downed trees and power lines.
June 1998	Hail	Holden	-	A television meteorologist from Kansas City reported dime-size hail at the intersection of Route 2 and Route O 8 miles southeast of Holden.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	Numerous large trees were knocked down.
March 2020	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
March 2020	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
April 2001	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	no account filed
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
May 1996	Tornado (F1)	Holden	-	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Holden	-	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Holden	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
	Pleasant View School	4.2 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100002036 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Johnson County	All 22 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.