Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Frederick L. and L. Frederick Gottschalk Houses between 2007 and 2020, burning about 49 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frederick L. and L. Frederick Gottschalk Houses: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbus, the town this property stands in, in 95 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 45 thunderstorm wind, 35 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 4 flash flood. The reports record 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Columbus | 17 hurt, $4,000,000 | Two farm houses destroyed. Six farm houses severely damaged. One house blown off foundation. Bar destroyed. Center pivots overturned. Severe crop damage. |
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF2) | Columbus | 2 hurt | A narrow, fast-moving, tornado began in the parking lot of a business along Howard Blvd where it tipped over a semi trailer and proceeded to cause roof, siding, fence, and tree damage. Approximately one block later, it caused the worst damage of the entire track where an attached garage and entire roof were removed from a ranch home. Much of the roof was deposited 20 to 100 yards downstream. The tornado proceeded to produce sporadic damage over the next two blocks and then a more consistent damage path for a 6 block period where many homes had minor to moderate roof damage and several trees were snapped or uprooted. There was then another 5 blocks of sporadic minor to moderate tree and roof damage followed by a 2 block stretch of continuous minor to moderate roof and siding damage. The tornado then travelled across open fields until reaching the Indian Hills neighborhood where it snapped two power poles and caused generally minor damage to a fence and shingles, with no further damage downstream. The entire 2.7 mile track occurred in approximately 2 minutes. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Columbus | $7,500,000 | Numerous hailstones 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches with some as large as 2 3/4 inches did damage to over 1500 cars as well as to many roofs and gutters. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $300,000 | A possible thunderstorm microburst hit around a 1 mile area northwest of Columbus. The winds, estimated at over 70 mph, took a tin roof off of local power company cement block building. Four garage doors on that building were also destroyed or heavily damaged. Another nearby business sustained serious damage and a farmstead, also close by, had several large trees toppled by the winds one of which damaged a grain bin. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Columbus | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall led to significant street flooding in the city Columbus, especially on the south side of town. The flooding was deep enough in places that water overflowed into the yards of homes. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Columbus | $20,000 | Lightning struck a home causing a fire. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $15,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at close to 60 mph caused significant damage to an abandoned trailer and did some tree and sign damage for about 1 mile long and 1 block wide on the northeast side of town. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Columbus | $10,000 | Lightning struck an apartment building and started a fire. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled signs and a few trees in Columbus. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Columbus | $3,000 | Lightning struck a home. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Columbus | - | Public report of hail estimated up to 1 in diameter. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Columbus | - | Public report of hail measured up to 1.25 in diameter. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Public report received via social media of wind gusts estimated at 60 mph on the northwest side of Columbus, NE. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Columbus | - | Public report of hail estimated up to penny sized. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | The Columbus ASOS recorded a 61 miles per hour wind gust. The time of the wind gust has been corrected from the preliminary time in the LSR database. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Public reported via social media part of a tree blown down in Frankfort Square. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Columbus | - | Public reported nickel to quarter-size hail via social media from a 2nd round of storms in Columbus. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Columbus | - | Public reported 1 to 2-inch hail via social media in Columbus. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | The emergency manager reported many large limbs down around Columbus. At least one tree was uprooted. A window was blown out of the community center. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Public report of a roof blown off of a home. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Public report of an overturned 5th wheel trailer. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Columbus | - | Public reported 1.25 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | AWOS at Columbus measured a 61 mph wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Emergency manager reported numerous trees and large branches down in Columbus. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Trained spotter estimated winds at 60 mph. |
| March 2019 | Flood | Columbus | - | Water covering Highway 30 and Highway 81 intersection. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | The emergency manager measured a 63 mph wind gust in Columbus. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around Columbus. Trampolines were blown over, with some of them wrapped around power poles. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | The public measured a 68 mph gust in Columbus using a home weather station anemometer. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A 70 mph wind gust was measured at the Columbus Airport AWOS. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | There were several reports of estimated 60 mph winds in Columbus. Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A 75 mph wind gust was measured at the Columbus Airport AWOS. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A 72 mph wind gust was measured by a storm spotter south of Columbus. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A 58 mph wind gust was measured at the Columbus Airport AWOS. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | A large tree and large branches were blown down T Elks Country Club near Columbus. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Columbus | - | Half dollar size hail fell just east of Columbus. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Within the city of Columbus winds were estimated at near 70 mph with numerous trees blown down, as well as power lines. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused spotty tree damage in Columbus including a large hackberry tree which was downed in the town square which damaged a statue and ceremonial cannon. Some power outages were also noted in town. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Columbus | - | Heavy rain of 2.5 to 3 inches in one to two hours caused flash flooding across several streets in the Columbus area. The more significant flooding was across the north part of town where at least one street had several feet of water across it which caused at least 3 cars to stall when they attempted to drive through the flood waters. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph downed numerous large tree limbs and a few trees, mostly on the south part of town along 8th and 9th streets. The fallen trees damaged some homes and vehicles. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Columbus | - | Hail of pea to dime-size fell in the Columbus area from 2 storms that were several minutes apart. |
| June 2010 | Heavy Rain | Columbus | - | Heavy rain fell across the Columbus area causing considerable street flooding which lifted several manhole covers off drainage systems and caused several vehicles to stall in rain-swollen intersections. Almost 1.5 inches of rain fell in 40 minutes with a little over 2 inches in about 2 hours measured at the Coop site just northeast of town. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Columbus | - | A spotter estimated hail reached penny to quarter-size a little west of Columbus. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Columbus | - | A few hailstones up to nickel-size fell for a minute or two in the Wagner Lakes region in southwest Columbus. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph by the public. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | The emergency manager reported 60 to 70 mph winds southwest of Columbus knocking down a few tree limbs. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | The Columbus Awos recorded a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust from this storm. The winds downed several trees and large branches in town, especially across the southeast section of the city. Between 50 and 60 homes lost power from tree branches falling on power lines. The limbs also blocked some roads and damaged vehicles and a few homes. Lightning from the storm struck a radio transmitter knocking several radio stations off the air for over 12 hours. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Columbus | - | A few dime and quarter size hail stones fell just northeast of Columbus for a brief period. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph broke large tree limbs across mainly the southwestern sections of town. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Columbus | - | Hail up to golfball size fell across the eastern sections of Columbus. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed some medium size tree limbs in town. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed large tree branches in town. The winds were accompanied by heavy rain, some locations in town picked up 3 inches, which caused some street flooding. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm winds were measured at 61 mph at the Columbus airport with winds possibly stronger in parts of town. Particularly hard hit was the south part of town near the Van Berg Golf Course where many large tree limbs and several trees were broke or uprooted. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph downed power lines, temporarily knocking power to parts of south Columbus. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Columbus | - | On highway 81 northwest of town. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Columbus | - | Hail up to nickel size fell for close to 15 minutes north of Columbus. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Columbus | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked several branches and limbs down in town and also caused a tree to fall over on a power line resulting in a power outage. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Columbus | - | Hail up to 1.25 inches in diameter was reported in Columbus by emergency management. |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Evans, Dr. Carroll D. and Lorena R. North, House | 0.2 miles | 1991 |
 | H. E. Snyder House | 0.3 miles | 1986 |
 | Platte County Courthouse | 0.4 miles | 1990 |
| Columbus Commercial Historic District | 0.5 miles | 1996 | |
 | Glur's Tavern | 0.5 miles | 1975 |
 | C. Segelke Building | 0.5 miles | 1982 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82003200 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Platte County | All 20 listed properties in this county. |
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