Balcony House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Balcony House is a historic building located at 1006 Court St. in Imperial, Nebraska. Initially constructed as a school, the building served as a hotel at a local tourist camp during the 1920s; it currently functions as a bed and breakfast.”
Wikipedia article Balcony House (Imperial, Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Chase County · listed in 2000 · 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. 1006 Court St., Imperial, 69033
When was it listed? July 2000
Category. building
Precinct. Imperial West precinct
National Register reference number. 00000767 - 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

16 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Balcony House between 2012 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. 2 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 burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Natural	2
Fireworks	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
7 September 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 September 2016	Natural	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
12 September 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
7 July 2016	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
4 July 2016	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
10 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
29 June 2016	Fireworks	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
30 May 2012	Natural	43 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Chase County

Storms near this property

60 of 150 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imperial, the town this property stands in, in 150 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 81 hail, 60 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash 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
August 1997	Hail	Imperial	$1,000,000	Hail ranging in size from peas to tennis balls along with winds in excess of 60 mph damaged growing corn and personal property.
August 1997	Hail	Imperial	$1,000,000	Large hail and damaging winds estimated at 100 mph broke windows and tree limbs and damaged crops in the area.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$250,000	Thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and damaged trees.
May 2019	Tornado (EF1)	Imperial	$200,000	The tornado touched down 7 miles northwest of Imperial and moved northeast 10 miles before dissipating northeast of Imperial. The tornado was intermittently on the ground, where it overturned or destroyed several center pivot irrigation systems in its path. The tornado was rated an EF1.
July 2011	Lightning	Imperial	$100,000	Lightning struck the Imperial substation where major damage occurred to one of the eight reclosers, or breakers in the substation. A lightning strike hit the city shop taking out the city's $8,000 load management system as well.
June 2008	Hail	Imperial	$100,000	A supercell storm that produced several tornadoes south and west of Champion also produced large hail at Imperial. The hail damaged several roofs of homes and numerous vehicle bodies.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$70,000	Thunderstorm outflow winds ripped a patio roof off a home, destroyed one grain bin and damaged 3 others, broke off mature trees, and destroyed an electrical transformer cabinet. In addition, the wind picked up produce conveyor belts and threw them into employee's vehicles at a potato plant.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$60,000	Cooperative observer at Imperial reported extensive tree damage, an overturned pivot, hay bales blown across the highway and a power outage in downtown Imperial.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$50,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 80 MPH snapped power poles with building damage being reported in Imperial.
June 1999	Hail	Imperial	$50,000	The hailstorm began in northwest Chase County just north of Lamar and travelled through the county to Wauneta, passing along the south edge of Imperial. According to newspaper reports, damage estimates included 10,000 acres of wheat and 50,000 acres of corn. The wheat was a total loss while losses in corn were estimated to be 11 to 16 percent production decreases.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$40,000	A thunderstorm moving along the Perkins County line destroyed a mobile home and a grain bin northwest and north of Imperial. It also caused some damage to about 16,000 acres of soybeans. The crop loss is estimated to be 10 to 20 percent..
June 2009	Hail	Imperial	$35,000	Only a few of the hailstones were baseball size. The hail dented cars and damaged a few roofs. One hailstone actually went through the roof of a home on the northwest side of Imperial.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Imperial	$25,000	Heavy rainfall occurred on already saturated ground causing additional flash flooding. Streets in Imperial were under water as approximately 2-3 more inches of rain fell in 4 hours.
May 2005	Hail	Imperial	$25,000	Golfball size hail caused damage to roofs, siding, windows, and gutters on homes in Imperial. A few vehicles also sustained minor body damage. The northwest section of town was the hardest hit.
May 2019	Tornado (EF0)	Imperial	$15,000	Tornado briefly touched down, overturning a center pivot irrigation system.
June 2009	Hail	Imperial	$15,000	Marble to golfball size hail fell for 10 minutes.
July 2009	Hail	Imperial	$15,000	The large hail broke windows, poked holes in vinyl siding on homes, and destroyed gardens on the south side of Imperial. It also destroyed a half circle of potatoes and a field of corn to the southwest of Imperial.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$15,000	Large tree limbs were broken and numerous business signs were damaged.
June 2009	Hail	Imperial	$15,000	no account filed
August 1999	Hail	Imperial	$15,000	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$10,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, damaged a metal roof and an outbuilding.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$10,000	High winds caused tree branches to be blown onto power lines, causing a power outage in Imperial. A 4 foot by 16 foot sign at Yost Farm Supply was blown down. Numerous highway signs were blown down with their posts broken. Power outages were also reported in Champion and Wauneta.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$10,000	The very strong winds snapped off large trees, some of which fell on roofs of homes and on cars, and caused roof damage at the lumber yard.
July 1995	Hail	Imperial	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds and golfball hail knocked down trees destroyed a hog shed and blew the roof off a trailer home.
August 2002	Hail	Imperial	$10,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds and golfball sized hail knocked down trees, destroyed a hog shed, and blew the roof off a trailer home.
August 2002	Hail	Imperial	$8,000	no account filed
June 2025	Flash Flood	Imperial	$5,000	Law enforcement reports severe streets flooded in Imperial.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$5,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 MPH tore two exhaust fans off of a business in Imperial.
July 2009	Hail	Imperial	$5,000	no account filed
June 2000	Hail	Imperial	$5,000	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$3,000	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Imperial	$3,000	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Imperial	$3,000	no account filed
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$2,000	Cooperative observer reported a power pole was broken in half in Imperial. Power outages continue for the city of Imperial. Power was also lost at the automated surface observing station at the Imperial Airport.
September 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$2,000	The outflow winds broke off a power pole on the west side of town and also numerous tree limbs.
July 1995	Hail	Imperial	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds and golfball sized hail knocked down trees, destroyed a hog shed, and blew the roof off a trailer home.
July 2009	Hail	Imperial	$2,000	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Imperial	$2,000	no account filed
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$1,000	Power pole snapped. Winds estimated at 70 MPH.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$1,000	Large tree snapped in half in Imperial. Winds estimated at 70 MPH.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds and golfball sized hail knocked down trees, destroyed a hog shed, and blew the roof off a trailer home.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds and golfball hail knocked down trees destroyed a hog shed and blew the roof off a trailer home.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Imperial Airport ASOS recorded a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Imperial Airport ASOS measured a 68 mph wind gust.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Wind gusts up to 60 MPH led to some power outages in Imperial.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Wind report form Imperial ASOS.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	KIML recorded a 64 mph wind gust.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	KIML measured a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2020	Hail	Imperial	-	Public reported half dollar size hail north of Imperial.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Report of a 64 mph wind gust from the ASOS.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Wind speed measured with a portable weather station.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Measured by a portable mesonet 4 miles west of Imperial.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Wind gust were measured by automated weather observing system.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Wind gust were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Thunderstorm wind gust of 70 MPH reported at this location.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	No damage reported.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Thunderstorm wind gust of 67 MPH reported at the Imperial Airport.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Thunderstorm wind gust of 58 MPH occurred at the Imperial Airport.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Imperial	-	Cooperative observer estimated 60 MPH winds north of Imperial.

Every storm recorded in Chase 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

2 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
	Chase County Courthouse	under 500 feet	1990
	Champion Mill	6.5 miles	1988

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00000767 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chase County	All 4 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.