BlockFrom the record
One of 26 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 2006 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Paul Fitzgerald House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 structuress, 2 objectss, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Fitzgerald, Paul, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 513 E, 2nd St., Louisville, 68037
- When was it listed? March 2006
- Category. building
- Precinct. Louisville precinct
- National Register reference number. 06000100 - 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
6 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Paul Fitzgerald House in 2020, burning about 170 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 burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 169 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Paul Fitzgerald House: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Grove Quarry & Crusher | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Ash Grove Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Louisville Plant Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
41 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused considerable damage at a farmstead. A dairy barn and other outbuildings were destroyed or heavily damaged. There was also some damage to crops. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $10,000 | Farm buildings were damaged east of Louisville by thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | $3,000 | Large tree fell on a car and crushed it. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Louisville | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1 in diameter. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Louisville | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1.50 in diameter. Report received via mPING. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Louisville | - | Public report of hail measured up to 1.25 in diameter. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A 70 miles per hour wind gust was reported by the Emergency Manager. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A mesonet station recorded a 59 miles per hour wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | An 89 miles per hour wind gust was recorded by a mesonet station. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Louisville | - | Public reported 1.5 inch hail via mPing. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Emergency manager relayed report of peak wind gust near 60 mph in Louisville. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Personal weather station measured peak wind gust of 63 mph. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Louisville | - | The Emergency Manager reported 1.44 inches of rain. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Louisville | - | Storm chasers spotted a cone shaped tornado that touched down briefly. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | An extensive area of damaging thunderstorm winds extended from Louisville to north of Murray. The path of extensive downed trees, power lines and large limbs occurred in a swath in Cass County that was 16 miles long and 4-5 miles wide. Winds up to 80 mph occurred from these storms. The damage started near Louisville, where there were many large trees blown down. The damage was accentuated by hail up to 1 1/2 inches in diameter that broke numerous windows in homes in the city. Extensive damage occurred at Lake Wa Con-da where numerous power poles were blown down, trees down, and roof damage to homes occurred. Multiple trees were down in Cedar Creek with boats being torn away from their docks. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A spotter estimated a wind gust to near 60 mph, but no damage was reported. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Louisville | - | The hail dented at least one car in the area. The hail could have been larger according to the person who reported it the next day. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Louisville | - | Near the intersection of 120th and Church. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Louisville | - | A tornado did intermittent damage from 3 miles southwest of Louisville to 2 miles southwest of Cedar Creek. Scattered tree damage was reported in this area and some farm outbuildings were destroyed. A mobile home southwest of Cedar Creek was moved 8 inches off of its foundation. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Louisville | - | The hail fell for about 5 minutes and was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which caused some unspecified damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at around 60 mph caused unspecified damage in the Louisville area according to emergency management. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding blocking roads near the intersection of 156th and Kiser Streets just south of Louisville. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Louisville | - | Additional heavy rain producing thunderstorm fell across parts of the Platte River basin on June 4th and 5th. This caused the already high Platte River to briefly go over its banks around the Louisville area from late morning until early evening on June 6th. The river at Louisville crested around 9.2 feet at 345 pm on June 6th, flood stage is 9 feet. The flooding affected mainly just agricultural lowlands. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed eight inch tree limbs at the Louisville State Recreation Area. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Louisville | - | Hail up to golfball size fell around the Louisville area. The hail covered the ground white in the area. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Slow moving thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on the Louisville area whiched caused flash flooding across Depot Street in town. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated at around 60 mph by a law enforcement official. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph at Buckneer Bay near Louisville. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and knocked down several large tree branches in the Louisville area. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Heavy rainfall of over 3 inches caused flash flooding south of Louisville. The flood waters went over highway 50 south of town closing it for a few hours. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Louisville | - | A vertically stacked area of low pressure over Kansas produced a large area of thunderstorms over the northern half of Kansas late in the afternoon. By early evening, these thunderstorms had moved into southeast Nebraska. Strong cyclonic flow around the cold upper low allowed tornadoes to spin down over Nemaha, Johnson, Cass, and Lancaster Counties in Nebraska; and Fremont County in Iowa. |
| September 2018 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Louisville | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bridge | 4.3 miles | 1992 |
 | Christian Kupke Farmstead | 5.5 miles | 2012 |
 | Manley School | 5.6 miles | 2004 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000100 in Record Group 79. |
| Cass County | All 26 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.