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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Holt County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
O'Neill Carnegie Library
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 601 E Douglas St., O'Neill, 68763
- When was it listed? July 2018
- Category. building
- Also known as. Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS
- City. O'Neill city
- National Register reference number. 100002665 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of O'Neill Carnegie Library between 2007 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this property
60 of 107 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names O'Neill, the town this property stands in, in 107 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 77 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1996 | Tornado (F1) | O Neill | 3 hurt, $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | O Neill | $1,000,000 | Widespread hail damage occurred to automobiles in the city of O Neill. |
| June 1996 | Tornado (F2) | O Neill | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F1) | O Neill | $500,000 | A tornado blew over farm equipment, destroyed a grain bin, damaged irrigation systems, and ripped out trees. |
| August 2007 | Hail | O Neill | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several farms. A large barn was destroyed, center pivot irrigation system destroyed. Extensive tree and crop damage. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $50,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds blew several large trees onto homes and vehicles. Several small buildings were damaged. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $50,000 | An unfinished lumber yard structure was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds at O Neill and power lines were downed at Page. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | O Neill | $25,000 | A brief touchdown which destroyed grain bins was reported. |
| July 2001 | Hail | O Neill | $24,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $20,000 | Three center pivots were overturned, with two large trees also uprooted. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | O Neill | $20,000 | Tornado touched down briefly and partially removed roof from house. |
| May 2004 | Hail | O Neill | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | O Neill | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | O Neill | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | O Neill | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | O Neill | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | O Neill | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $12,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds up to 50 knots brought tree limbs down and several outbuildings were blown over. |
| August 2002 | Hail | O Neill | $12,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | O Neill | $10,000 | While the tornado made a brief touchdown, it destroyed a weak barn. |
| June 2003 | Lightning | O Neill | $10,000 | The lightning struck the Holt County Courthouse which then took out the law enforcement radios for a period of time. |
| June 1998 | Hail | O Neill | $10,000 | Damage to buildings and vehicle |
| July 2006 | Hail | O Neill | $9,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | O Neill | $8,000 | The Holt County Emergency Manager reported water over Highway 281 3 miles south of O'Neill due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms over already saturated ground. |
| August 2006 | Hail | O Neill | $8,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | O Neill | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $4,000 | Three telephone poles were twisted by high wind. |
| July 2003 | Hail | O Neill | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | O Neill | $2,000 | Law enforcement reports flooding at the intersection of 7th and Douglas street in O'Neill. Water was also reported over the intersection of Hynes and Chance road just west of the O'Neill Golf Club. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $2,000 | Strong winds snapped off large tree limbs and a power pole. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | O Neill | $2,000 | Rapid runoff from heavy thunderstorms accumulated quickly with water covering a county road. |
| July 2004 | Hail | O Neill | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | O Neill | - | A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail east of O'Neill. |
| May 2019 | Hail | O Neill | - | Time was estimated from radar. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | O Neill | - | The Elkhorn River is out of its banks and water is covering county road 494 for a quarter of a mile. Reports of low land flooding along the Elkhorn River just east of O'Neill. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | O Neill | - | Law enforcement confirmed a tornado on the eastern edge of O'Neill. In addition there was a lot of dust picked up over an open corn field by the rear flank downdraft that made it difficult to view. The tornado was briefly on the ground with no damage. |
| April 2006 | Hail | O Neill | - | Penny to dime size hail covered the ground near Highway 281 north of O'Neill. |
| June 2005 | Hail | O Neill | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | O Neill | - | The tornado touched down briefly over an open field near the O'Neill Country Club. Large tree limbs were broken off at the Country Club. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | O Neill | - | The tornado touched down briefly over open rangeland. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | - | Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped off by the thunderstorm outflow winds. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F0) | O Neill | - | Tornado remained over farmland with no damage reported. |
| August 1997 | Hail | O Neill | - | Large hail damaged or totally destroyed growing crops in the area. |
| September 1997 | Hail | O Neill | - | Several hundred acres of corn and beans were damaged by the hail. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Neill | - | An unfinished lumber yard structure was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds at O Neill and power lines were downed at Page. |
| June 2020 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | O Neill | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | O Neill | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Nebraska State Bank Building | 0.2 miles | 1974 |
 | Golden Hotel | 0.2 miles | 1989 |
| W.J. Biglin House | 0.2 miles | 2022 | |
 | Holt County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
 | US Post Office-O'Neill | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
| St. Patrick's Catholic Church | 0.3 miles | 2020 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002665 in Record Group 79. |
| Holt County | All 9 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.