Thomas Nichols Putnam House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“The Thomas Nichols Putnam House on Main St. in Carrington, North Dakota, United States, is an American Foursquare house with Classical Revival architecture elements that was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.”
Wikipedia article Thomas Nichols Putnam House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Foster County · listed in 1992 · 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.
Listed as. Putnam, Thomas Nichols, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 533 Main St., Carrington, 58421
When was it listed? November 1992
Category. building
City. Carrington city
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 92001604 - 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

27 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Nichols Putnam House between 2013 and 2020, burning about 338 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	19
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	1
Smoking	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
8 September 2017	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	ELECTRIC POLE FIRE
4 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	ANDERSON HAY FIELD
15 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	KENSAL BAILER GRASS FIRE
4 July 2015	Fireworks	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	JAEGER
6 June 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	PATE BALE FIRE
6 June 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	281 SOUTH FIRE
30 June 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	FERGUSON 2
27 June 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	FERGUSON 1

Every fire recorded in Foster County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thomas Nichols Putnam House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Richard Ebentier Trucking Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Foster County

Storms near this property

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrington, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 29 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 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
August 1994	Hail	Carrington	2 hurt, $25,000	A severe hailstorm that lasted nearly twenty minutes damaged buildings, homes, and vehicles. The large hail put holes in roofs and broke windows. Fifty percent of the homes in Carrington were damaged. Three golfers were caught in the storm, their injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken hand.
September 2014	Hail	Carrington	$150,000	Vehicle damage occurred in Carrington.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$60,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in damage to a storage building near Carrington, along with downed power lines. Based on pictures and reports from the Foster County Emergency Manager, it was determined that damage was consistent with straight line winds and not a tornado.
September 2019	Hail	Carrington	$50,000	Cars were dented from the hail.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$50,000	A barn roof was blown off.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$50,000	The strong winds resulted in downed trees and power lines in Carrington.
August 1994	Tornado (F1)	Carrington	$50,000	The path was estimated.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$40,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in roof damage to a farm house and damage to a garage. Based on pictures and reports from the Foster County Emergency Manager, it was determined that damage was consistent with straight line winds and not a tornado.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$40,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in damage to grain bins near Carrington. Based on pictures and reports from the Foster County Emergency Manager, it was determined that damage was consistent with straight line winds and not a tornado.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$30,000	Severe thunderstorm wind gusts resulted in roof damage to a feed building near Carrington. Based on pictures and reports from the Foster County Emergency Manager, it was determined that damage was consistent with straight line winds and not a tornado.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$15,000	Strong winds blew down several trees in Carrington.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$5,000	A couple of trees were uprooted and a fence was blown over at a park on the north side of Carrington. At CrossRoads Golf Course, multiple tree branches were blown down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$5,000	The strong winds blew down trees near Carrington.
September 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	$1,000	Patio furniture blew about 50 yards away from the original location and was damaged.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported by a trained spotter.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	Thunderstorm wind gust speed was measured by a law enforcement official.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	A public report relayed by North Dakota State radio.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	Large trees toppled and numerous branches down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	Large tree's uprooted in town.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	Tree's down.
July 2000	Hail	Carrington	-	Storm produced widespread 1 to 3 inches of rain.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	quarter inch hail with storm. broken branches at a farm stead.
July 1998	Hail	Carrington	-	Brief event with no damage.
August 1994	Hail	Carrington	-	A severe hailstorm that lasted nearly twenty minutes damaged buildings, homes, and vehicles. The large hail put holes in roofs and broke windows. Fifty percent of the homes in Carrington were damaged. Three golfers were caught in the storm, their injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken hand.
August 1994	Hail	Carrington	-	A severe hailstorm that lasted nearly twenty minutes damaged buildings, homes, and vehicles. The large hail put holes in roofs and broke windows. Fifty percent of the homes in Carrington were damaged. Three golfers were caught in the storm, their injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken hand.
August 1994	Hail	Carrington	-	A severe hailstorm that lasted nearly twenty minutes damaged buildings, homes, and vehicles. The large hail put holes in roofs and broke windows. Fifty percent of the homes in Carrington were damaged. Three golfers were caught in the storm, their injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken hand.
August 1994	Tornado (F1)	Carrington	-	The path was estimated.
August 1994	Hail	Carrington	-	A severe hailstorm that lasted nearly twenty minutes damaged buildings, homes, and vehicles. The large hail put holes in roofs and broke windows. Fifty percent of the homes in Carrington were damaged. Three golfers were caught in the storm, their injuries ranged from cuts and bruises to a broken hand.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2020	Funnel Cloud	Carrington	-	no account filed
September 2019	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 2017	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2016	Funnel Cloud	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	no account filed
September 2014	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
August 2013	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
May 2005	Flash Flood	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
August 2001	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
July 1998	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed
September 1995	Hail	Carrington	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Foster 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

3 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
US Post Office-Carrington	0.3 miles	1989
Foster County Courthouse	0.5 miles	1980
Hall, Ralph, Farm District	3.3 miles	1987

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92001604 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Foster County	All 6 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.