Washington County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

From the record

“Washington County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. It was built in 1908, and is a two-story, Renaissance Revival style brick building with a hipped roof.”
Wikipedia article Washington County Courthouse (Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2011 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 102 N. Missouri St., Potosi, 63664
When was it listed? October 2011
Category. building
Township. Breton township
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 11000765 - 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Washington County Courthouse between 1992 and 2018, burning about 955 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 were 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	82
Debris and open burning	55
Arson/incendiarism	11
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
24 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	128791-11043-09242015-1506
24 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	128792-11043-09242015-1214
22 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
9 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
31 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
1 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
2 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
7 May 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	137652-11043-05072016-2152

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 82 workings within 5 miles of Washington County Courthouse: 75 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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	Recorded
Pierce and Willoughby's Diggings	Barium-Barite, Lead	Past Producer
Potosi	Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Iron	Past Producer	1763
Strawberry Diggings	Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	Residual
Wolf Quarry	Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron	Past Producer
Krueger Zinc Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead and Zinc	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Unknown -Ba and Pb	Lead, Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Bee and Scott Diggings	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown - Lead and Zinc	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unknown-Lead and Zinc	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Potosi, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 50 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 7 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
October 2004	Tornado (F1)	Potosi	7 hurt	The 1st in a series of 5 small tornadoes struck just northeast of Potosi along Highway 21. The Potosi Lumberyard was severely damaged. Seven people were injured with one kept overnight at a local hospital.
April 1993	Tornado (F1)	Potosi	$500,000	A small tornado initially touched down near the intersection of Highway P and State Road 8, damaging a door and windows of a large garage. The tornado then traveled across a city park damaging several trees, sections of a chain-linked fence, and several advertisement bill boards. Before lifting numerous trees were downed, several mobile homes were flipped, and minor roof damage was caused to a service station just east of the intersection of State Roads 8 and 21.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	$300	Large trees and power lines were blown down just south of Potosi.
November 2024	Heavy Rain	Potosi	-	A Cocorahs station 3.2 W Potosi measured 8.8 inches of storm total rainfall between November 4th and 5th.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines from Potosi to Mineral Point.
April 2015	Tornado (EF1)	Potosi	-	The tornado formed and caused damage on the west side of Potosi. Roof shingles were blown off several church buildings, trees were downed, and a mobile home used for storage was destroyed. The tornado moved east-southeast down High Street in Potosi causing roof damage to several businesses, downed trees, power lines and business signs. The tornado crossed Highway 21 and continued along Highway 8 causing tree damage in the Spring Town Road area. About a half mile east of the Potosi city limits the tornado destroyed a building at a saw mill along Highway 8. The tornado continued for about another half mile causing tree damage and then dissipated.
April 2015	Flash Flood	Potosi	-	Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding in Potosi. Mine A Breton Creek overflowed its banks in town onto Jefferson Street. Several water rescues had to be made in this area.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Potosi	-	Up to two inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including Highway E between Blackwell and Cadet.
January 2007	Flood	Potosi	-	Several inches of rain caused flooding of small creeks and streams and low-water crossings mainly across southern Washington County.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down some trees and power lines.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Several of the trees fell onto homes and businesses causing minor to moderate damage. Also, some roofs were partially blown off causing minor damage.
April 2005	Hail	Potosi	-	A storm spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Potosi.
April 2005	Hail	Potosi	-	A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail in Potosi.
April 2005	Hail	Potosi	-	Local law enforcement reported nickel size hail in Potosi.
May 2005	Hail	Potosi	-	Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail in Potosi for several minutes.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	The local newspaper reported some trees down in Potosi from thunderstorm winds.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	Local law enforcement reported scattered trees down.
May 2004	Hail	Potosi	-	The local fire department reported golfball size hail.
June 2004	Hail	Potosi	-	Local law enforcement reported nickel size hail.
October 2004	Tornado (F0)	Potosi	-	The second tornado struck 1 mile northeast of Potosi along State Route E. One mobile home and a storage building were damaged. Several trees were either snapped off at the trunk or uprooted.
October 2004	Tornado (F0)	Potosi	-	The third tornado was first observed in an open field about 1.5 miles east northeast of Potosi. A few large trees were either uprooted or snapped off.
August 2004	Hail	Potosi	-	A cooperative observer reported golfball size hail west of Potosi.
April 2003	Hail	Potosi	-	Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2003	Hail	Potosi	-	Storm spotters reported golfball size hail south of Potosi.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	Local law enforcement reported power lines down and transformers damaged.
March 2002	Hail	Potosi	-	The public reported a brief period of golfball size hail in Potosi.
May 2002	Hail	Potosi	-	Storm spotters reported nickel size hail in Potosi.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some trees and power lines in Potosi. At least 200 customers lost electric power.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	The County Sheriff reported trees down along Highway 185.
April 1998	Hail	Potosi	-	A severe storm spotter reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 1997	Hail	Potosi	-	Skywarn spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 1997	Hail	Potosi	-	Skywarn spotters reported 1 inch hail.
May 1995	Hail	Potosi	-	The county sheriff reported quarter-size hail.
April 1994	Hail	Potosi	-	Reported by a county sheriff deputy.
March 2025	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
March 2009	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
March 2008	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Potosi	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Potosi	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
	George Cresswell Furnace	7.6 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 11000765 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 5 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.