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Photograph of Great Northern Railway Depot
Photograph by Andrew Filer, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Great Northern Railway Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“Mayville station is a historic train station on Front St. in Mayville, North Dakota. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Great Northern Railway Depot.”

Wikipedia article Mayville station (North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Traill County · listed in 1977 · 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. Front St., Mayville, 58257
  • When was it listed? October 1977
  • Category. building
  • City. Mayville city
  • National Register reference number. 77001033 - 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

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Great Northern Railway Depot between 2013 and 2020, burning about 6 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 burning3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceCR#14 & JCT CR#19 DITCH FIRE
7 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service14
16 April 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceHANSON FARM 477A 154 AVE NE

Every fire recorded in Traill County

Storms near this property

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayville, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMayville$100,000A brick silo was blown over onto a parked farm truck.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMayville$20,000A radio station had it's roof partially blown off. Rain then damaged equipment inside.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMayville$10,000A grain bin was torn from its foundation and blown a mile away.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMayville$5,000A 61 foot grain auger was blown over.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMayville$1,000Trees were blown down.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMayville-Power lines down in Mayville. Winds estimated at 75 mph. Time estimated via radar.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMayville-Numerous trees down in Mayville, power outages, and cars under trees. Time estimated.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMayville-Trees down in Mayville, no injuries. Power is out, empty grain bins blown about and blocking HWY 200.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMayville-Video relayed from the media of a tree on a car in Mayville. Time estimated.
June 2023HailMayville-Quarter-sized hail reported in Mayville.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMayville-NDAWN measurement 2 east of Mayville.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMayville-The NDAWN 2E of Mayville reported a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMayville-Received a report of power out, medium to large tree branches snapped, and a roof vent blown off, via social media.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMayville-Three 4100 bushel grain bins and a conveyor system were damaged on the north side of Mayville. Scattered trees were blown down over Traill County.
July 2017HailMayville-Wind gusts to 50 mph accompanied the hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMayville-Large branches and power lines were blown down.
July 2015Funnel CloudMayville-The funnel cloud was viewed from six miles west of Buxton.
June 2015Funnel CloudMayville-A persistent wall cloud with funnel were observed near Mayville.
June 2012HailMayville-Numerous quarter to walnut sized hail fell along with strong winds and brief heavy rains.
June 2012HailMayville-A few dime to nickel sized hail fell.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMayville-The wind broke an apple tree in half.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMayville-Tree tops were snapped off 20 feet above ground level.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMayville-Trees were blown down in Mayville.
July 2002Flash FloodMayville-Over six inches of rain fell at Mayville, flooding several city streets.
August 2002Flash FloodMayville-Street flooding was reported.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Mayville-A brief touchdown was reported along Interstate 29.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Mayville-A brief touchdown was reported.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMayville-70 mph winds were reported.
June 2019HailMayville-no account filed
July 2017HailMayville-no account filed
May 2004HailMayville-no account filed
May 2004HailMayville-no account filed
June 2004HailMayville-no account filed
June 2003HailMayville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMayville-no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodMayville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Traill 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

6 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Goose River Bankunder 500 feet1985
Grinager Mercantile Buildingunder 500 feet1985
Lura Building0.1 miles1985
Mayville Public Library0.1 miles1977
First National Bank0.1 miles1985
Union Block0.1 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77001033 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Traill CountyAll 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.
  • 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.