Edina Double Square Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 1999 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly along portions of Main and E. Lafayette Sts., Edina, 63537
When was it listed? July 1999
Category. district
Township. Center township
National Register reference number. 99000902 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Edina Double Square Historic District: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, 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
Knox Co, Stone Co Quarry-Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Vaughn Quarry	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Knox County

Storms near this property

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edina, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	$5,000	Several utility poles and lines were blown down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	$500	Power lines were blown down in Edina and 1.64 inches of rain fell in about 45 minutes. The Baring Fire Department also reported trees and power lines down.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Edina. Knox County Dispatch also reported one tree down in the town of Baring.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town.
October 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree branch onto Highway 15 about a mile north of Edina.
November 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm winds blew a carport off of its foundation just northwest of Edina off of Highway P. Several power lines and tree limbs were blown down in the area.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs as well as a few trees, especially in Edina and just northeast of Colony.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a power pole on Highway T just south of Highway 6.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A semi was blown off of Highway 6 just southwest of Edina. No injuries were reported.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Some power lines were downed south of Edina.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Large tree limbs were blown down across Highway 15 between Edina and Novelty.
May 2004	Hail	Edina	-	The Sheriff Department reported 3/4 inch hail.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	The third severe thunderstorm in two days downed more trees in Edina.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed some old, large trees in Edina.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Local law enforcement reported utility lines down south of Edina.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Storm spotters reported trees down blocking Highway 15 south of Edina.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	Law enforcement officials reported a carport blown over and power lines down north of Edina.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	A cooperative weather observer reported wind gusts to 60 mph.
September 2019	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
September 2001	Hail	Edina	-	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Edina	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Knox 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
	Edina Double Square Historic District	under 500 feet	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99000902 in Record Group 79.
Knox County	All 2 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.
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.