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US Post Office-Grafton

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Grafton Post Office in Grafton, North Dakota, United States, is a Colonial Revival building completed in 1932. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as U.S.”
Wikipedia article Grafton Post Office (Grafton, North Dakota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Walsh County · listed in 1989 · 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.
Listed as. US Post Office--Grafton - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 506 S. Griggs Ave., Grafton, 58237
When was it listed? November 1989
Category. building
Also known as. US Post Offices in North Dakota, 1900-1940 MPS
City. Grafton city
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
Architect. James A. Wetmore
National Register reference number. 89001756 - 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

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Grafton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
26 September 2020	Debris and open burning	20 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	COUNTY ROAD 10 SWEENEY
11 September 2019	Smoking	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	COLLETTE TREE
26 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	68TH AVE NE
9 May 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	UNRUH
15 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	CTY 9 1 MILE W
11 May 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	TRUMAN THOMPSON
6 November 2020	Debris and open burning	80 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	CTY 9
5 November 2020	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	RAILROAD

Every fire recorded in Walsh County

Storms near this property

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grafton, the town this property stands in, in 68 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 31 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2006	Lightning	Grafton	1 hurt	Lightning struck an apartment complex, causing roof and electrical-system damage to one apartment unit. A man who was working near the apartment unit was also struck, knocking him briefly unconscious. When he awoke, he reported numbness to the right side of his body and a severe headache.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,300,000	Strong winds caused widespread damage. Uprooted trees fell on and damaged cars. A hangar at the airport was destroyed damaging four airplanes. Other damage occurred to a 70 ft. trailer and to many homes.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$100,000	Two potato warehouse roofs were blown off in Grafton.
June 2016	Flash Flood	Grafton	$10,000	Heavy rain flooded fields and farm access roads across several townships in central and eastern Walsh County.
July 2011	Lightning	Grafton	$10,000	A lightning strike was presumed to have been the source of a house fire. The time was estimated.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,000	A few large tree branches and limbs were broken down around the Grafton area. One tree limb fell across a parked pickup truck.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,000	Trees were blown down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,000	Trees were blown down.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,000	Trees were blown down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,000	Trees were blown down northeast of Grafton.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$1,000	Trees were damaged by the wind.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$500	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	$200	Tree limbs were blown down.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Metal roofing and siding were blown off a building.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Several large trees were blown down, a fireworks tent was blown down, and a boat/trailer combination was blown over.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Multiple trees were snapped or uprooted in town. One north to south oriented building near highway 17 had its sheet metal roofing peeled back toward the east.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	A large tree was blown down.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Trees were blown down.
July 2015	Hail	Grafton	-	The hail fell along county road 9.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	At least one large tree and several large tree branches were blown down in Grafton.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Four inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
July 2012	Heavy Rain	Grafton	-	The heavy rain caused street flooding in Grafton. Pea size hail also fell.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	A group of power poles was blown over.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Extensive damage occurred in Grafton. More than 50 large trees were blown down, including some 60 to 70 foot tall evergreens. Five houses and multiple vehicles were damaged by falling trees. One trailer house had substantial damage from a tree falling on it. The elevator in town was damaged, commercial buildings had metal siding blown off, and five or six utility poles were blown down. Several speed limit signs were bent over. Peak winds were estimated at 90 mph.
June 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Grafton	-	The tornado touched down near Grafton and tracked about six miles to the east. The tornado broke down numerous large tree limbs across the north part of Grafton and snapped off several large pine trees in the cemetery east of town. The tornado continued eastward along highway 17, severely damaging shelterbelts, tossing culvert sections, denting steel grain bins, and knocking down two power poles. Peak winds were estimated at 110 mph.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	A small metal shed was blown up onto the fencing near the cemetery.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Roofing material was blown off a potato warehouse on the south side of Grafton.
June 2005	Tornado (F1)	Grafton	-	Trees in shelterbelts were snapped off at ground level. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 80 mph. The tornado continued into Pembina county.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Grafton	-	Intersections were flooded in downtown Grafton.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Shingles were blown off a roof.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	Large tree branches were blown down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	A large cottonwood tree was blown down.
May 2002	Hail	Grafton	-	The hail covered the grass.
July 2002	Flash Flood	Grafton	-	Street flooding was reported.
June 2000	Flood	Grafton	-	6 to 8 inches of rain fell across the Grafton area, causing some flooding problems across the city. Many streets flooded and several basements took on water.
August 1998	Hail	Grafton	-	One inch hail fell at Auburn, ND.
August 1998	Hail	Grafton	-	Baseball-sized hail fell at Oakwood, ND, breaking windows and damaging cars.
June 2020	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
August 2016	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Grafton	-	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Grafton	-	no account filed
June 2000	Flash Flood	Grafton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walsh 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

5 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Strand Theatre	0.1 miles	2004
Walsh County Courthouse	0.3 miles	1985
Elmwood	0.4 miles	1985
Grafton State School	0.6 miles	1996
Nordre Trefoldegheds Menigheds	7.4 miles	2004

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 89001756 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Walsh County	All 15 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.