St. Benedict's Catholic School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

From the record

“Benedict's Catholic School is a historic school building located at 524 1st Street West in Roundup, Montana. The school was built in 1920-21 to serve the children of Roundup's Catholic immigrant community.”
Wikipedia article St. Benedict's Catholic School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Musselshell County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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.
Address. 524 First St., W, Roundup, 59072
When was it listed? July 1988
Category. building
Census division. Roundup
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 88001120 - 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

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of St. Benedict's Catholic School between 2007 and 2017, burning about 423 acres in total. 3 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	5
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	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
4 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14 acres	Southern Land Office	4TH
29 July 2014	Natural	102 acres	Billings Field Office	BENDER ROAD FIRE
22 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Southern Land Office	RIVER WALK
22 July 2014	Natural	20 acres	Billings Field Office	PARADISE FIRE
19 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Southern Land Office	RED ROCK KLEIN
15 July 2007	Natural	6.0 acres	Billings Field Office	WELL
31 May 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Billings Field Office	GOLF COURSE
20 April 2009	Debris and open burning	280 acres	Billings Field Office	GOLF COURSE

Every fire recorded in Musselshell County

Storms near this property

60 of 135 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roundup, the town this property stands in, in 135 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 104 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 3 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
July 1998	Flash Flood	Roundup	$200,000	A slow moving thunderstorm with heavy rain caused water to run over roads on the east end of Roundup. Over one inch of rain fell during a ten minute period. The Roundup Tribune reported that several basements were flooded.
May 1999	Tornado (F0)	Roundup	$25,000	Eyewitnesses reported seeing a funnel cloud pass over Roundup, and a tornado touchdown north of US12 1 mile east of Roundup. Several trees were downed, a chicken shed was demolished and several sections of wood fencing were destroyed.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	$10,000	A strong thunderstorm downed several trees and a few power lines in and around Roundup.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	$3,000	2.00 inch hail reported along with broken windows. A hay bale was blown 50 yards.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	$1,000	Wind gusts to 60 mph damaged several large construction signs.
July 2025	Flood	Roundup	-	Spotter reported flooding of drainage ditches and streets. Water flowing up over lawn at hospital in Roundup.
July 2025	Hail	Roundup	-	Quarter size hail reported.
July 2025	Heavy Rain	Roundup	-	Got 1.27 ins in 30 minutes. Flooding on property.
June 2019	Hail	Roundup	-	Quarter size hail was reported 5 miles west of Roundup.
May 2018	Hail	Roundup	-	Seven windows were broken in a home.
May 2018	Hail	Roundup	-	Some broken windows were reported.
May 2018	Hail	Roundup	-	There was widespread golf ball to tennis ball size hail in Roundup. Please see Episode Narrative for this event.
May 2018	Hail	Roundup	-	There was widespread golf ball to tennis ball size hail in Roundup. Please see Episode Narrative for this event.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Please see Episode Write-up.
June 2013	Hail	Roundup	-	Pea to quarter size hail with winds estimated at 50 mph were reported.
June 2013	Hail	Roundup	-	Pea to quarter size hail was reported.
June 2013	Hail	Roundup	-	Hail was quarter to half dollar size and was accompanied by 50 mph winds.
June 2013	Hail	Roundup	-	Hail was nickel to quarter size and was accompanied by winds estimated at 70 to 80 mph.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts brought down large tree branches.
May 2007	Hail	Roundup	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	Several trees and power lines were blown down by 70 mph winds. This resulted in some blocked roadways.
June 2007	Hail	Roundup	-	The golf ball size hail persisted for 20 minutes.
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Roundup	-	Spotter was looking north towards Roundup and observed a funnel briefly.
June 2007	Hail	Roundup	-	Pea to nickel size hail fell with this storm.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	Bull Mountain Divide DOT
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	Roof damage
August 2006	Hail	Roundup	-	Grain bin destroyed.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Flash flooding reported on Horsethief Road.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Flash flood near Mile Marker 30 caused a motorist to take an alternate route home.Water over U.S. Highway 87.
August 2002	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Flash flood occurred near Mile Marker 30 on U.S. Highway 87
July 2001	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Water continued to cover the roadways and the reservoirs were overflowing.
July 2001	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Water covered the roadways
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	80 mph thunderstorm wind gust...trees down in the Bull Mountains
July 2001	Hail	Roundup	-	Hail completed covered the ground
July 2001	Hail	Roundup	-	Hail completly covered the ground
July 2001	Hail	Roundup	-	Nickel size hail two feet deep
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	60 mph wind resulting in downed trees
August 1999	Flash Flood	Roundup	-	Flash Flooding was reported in the coulees draining into the Musselshell River along the border between Golden Valley and Musselshell Counties. Water 2 to 3 feet deep covered roadways and ripped out fences.
August 1999	Hail	Roundup	-	Half dollar size hail reported.
June 1999	Hail	Roundup	-	Several spotters reported nickel to dime size hail in southern Musselshell County.
August 1999	Hail	Roundup	-	Silver Dollar size hail reported.
August 1999	Hail	Roundup	-	Dime size hail reported near Roundup.
June 1999	Funnel Cloud	Roundup	-	Spotters indicated a funnel cloud on US-87.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	Musselshell County Sheriff reported 65 mph wind gusts. Several large tree branches and street signs were blown down.
June 2024	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2020	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2020	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2020	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Roundup	-	no account filed
February 2017	Flood	Roundup	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
June 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Roundup	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Musselshell 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
	Roundup Central School	under 500 feet	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88001120 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Musselshell 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.
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.
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.