Fillmore County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Fillmore County Courthouse is a historic building in Geneva, Nebraska, USA, and the courthouse for Fillmore County. Pardue for a cost of $46,176.55 and designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by the architect George E.”
Wikipedia article Fillmore County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Fillmore County · listed in 1978 · 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.
Address. 9th and G Sts., Geneva, 68361
When was it listed? December 1978
Category. building
Township. Geneva township
Architectural style. Richardsonian Romanesque
Architect. George E. McDonald
National Register reference number. 78001698 - 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

49 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Fillmore County Courthouse between 2001 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 were 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	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Arson/incendiarism	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	1
Natural	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 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
1 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
1 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
8 August 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
18 August 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
15 August 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
9 July 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
29 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Fillmore County

Storms near this property

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 39 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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
April 2005	Hail	Geneva	1 hurt, $100,000	Baseball size hail pounded the vehicle of the Fillmore County Emergency Manager. The windshield was shattered and glass flew into the eyes of the Emergency Manager. He was able to drive to the local hospital to receive treatment and was released.
April 2005	Hail	Geneva	$1,500,000	no account filed
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$200,000	Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in minor tree damage across town, with one larger limb blocking a street.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$200,000	no account filed
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$100,000	A hole was knocked in a roof by a large limb which fell. There was other wind damage throughout town.
June 2017	Hail	Geneva	$100,000	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Geneva	$100,000	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Geneva	$75,000	no account filed
October 2013	Hail	Geneva	$50,000	This report of golf ball size hail was received via Facebook. The observer explicitly stated that the hail fell at 9 pm CDT.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$25,000	Wind gusts estimated to be near 75 MPH resulted in tree damage in Geneva. A semi-truck was blown over on Highway 81.
August 2007	Hail	Geneva	$25,000	Winds up to 60 mph accompanied the hail.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$25,000	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$25,000	no account filed
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$15,000	A semi-tractor trailer was blown over one mile south of Geneva.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$10,000	A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northwest of Geneva and a wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Geneva. Tree damage was reported in Geneva, and one power pole was damaged.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	$10,000	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Geneva	$10,000	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Geneva	$10,000	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Geneva	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Geneva	$10,000	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Geneva	$5,000	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Geneva	$5,000	no account filed
August 2019	Lightning	Geneva	$2,000	A lightning strike hit the Fillmore County courthouse and destroyed the flag pole on the top of the building, and also disabled the automatic door system.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles west of Geneva.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	Measured wind gusts along this path included the following: 61 MPH from three miles east-northeast of Geneva; 60 MPH from four west of Geneva; 58 MPH from five miles west of Geneva. Power outages were reported in Geneva.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles northwest of Geneva.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	A wind gust of 69 MPH was recorded by a mesonet station located four miles east-southeast of Geneva.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	A wind gust of 70 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northwest of Geneva.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west of Geneva and a wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located three miles southwest of Geneva.
June 2020	Hail	Geneva	-	Report received via mPING.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	A 60 mph wind gust was recorded three miles south of Geneva.
May 2016	Heavy Rain	Geneva	-	A 24-hour rainfall total of 3.55 inches was reported.
April 2013	Hail	Geneva	-	Mostly pea size hail fell with some penny size hail in the Geneva area.
May 2012	Heavy Rain	Geneva	-	A rainfall total of 3.55 inches was reported over a 24 hour period by a Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network Observer.
May 2012	Heavy Rain	Geneva	-	A 24 hour rainfall total of 3.22 inches was reported.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	Wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	Numerous tree limbs of 6 to 8 inches in diameter, along with as many as a dozen large trees, were blown down by the wind. Some of these limbs came down on power lines, causing power to be lost across portions of town for approximately 2 hours. Damage reports from across town included some roof and window damage to several buildings, an unhooked semi trailer being blown on its side, and a light pole being knocked down onto the bleachers at the local baseball field.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	Tree damage was reported and a few power lines were blown down.
June 2009	Hail	Geneva	-	Dime to nickel size hail was reported.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
July 2024	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	no account filed
October 2013	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Geneva	-	no account filed
September 2007	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
September 2007	Funnel Cloud	Geneva	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Geneva	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fillmore 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

6 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
Auditorium, The	0.1 miles	1988
Warner's Filling Station and House	0.1 miles	2006
US Post Office-Geneva	0.1 miles	1992
First Congregational Church	0.2 miles	2025
J. M. Burk House	0.4 miles	2001
George W. Smith House	0.4 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78001698 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fillmore County	All 20 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.