Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The Lake Bridenthal House is a historic house in Wymore, Nebraska. It was built in 1900 for Lake Bridenthal, a banker, merchant and farmer who died in 1942.”
Wikipedia article Lake Bridenthal House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Gage County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lake Bridenthal House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 633 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 16 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wymore, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Wymore | $4,500,000 | This tornado formed about 6 miles west of Wymore at 433 pm CDT (1533 CST), tracked northeast to around 4 miles east of Beatrice where it caused f2 damage, then tracked just south of Adams and crossed into Johnson county 2 miles southeast of Adams around 515 pm CDT. In Johnson county the tornado tracked another 5 miles before dissipating or lifting 3 miles north of Sterling. This tornado formed from a supercell which then became rain-wrapped and took on a heavy rain (hp) supercell characteristics.In Gage county, the average width of the damage path of the tornado was around 150 yards, but it did reach around 1/2 mile in a 3 mile stretch from 4 miles east of Beatrice to 6 miles east northeast of Beatrice. The total path length in Gage and Johnson counties was 34 miles. Seventy-three homes were affected by the tornado, one house was basically destroyed and two others received major damage. One farmstead had 10 trees uprooted. The tornado also destroyed two large chicken houses that when full could house up to 86,000 broilers. In Gage county the damage was estimated at $4.5 million. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Wymore | $450,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Wymore | $150,000 | A brief touchdown of a tornado caused extensive tree damage and some roof and structual damage in Wymore. Trees were downed across highway 77 in town causing its closure. One mobile home was pushed 10 feet off of it's foundation causing some structual damage. A roof was torn off of a garage and several grain bins were crumpled and moved 75 to 125 yards. This tornado was associated with the same thunderstorm complex that caused the tornado in Virginia. |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Wymore | $38,000 | A lightning strike caused a house fire in Wymore. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wymore | $23,000 | Two grain bins and a sheet metal shed badly damaged. A truck was also damaged when the grain bin went airborn and slammed into it. Numerous tree limbs as large as eight inches in diameter downed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Wymore | - | The hail was accompanied by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Wymore | - | Hail up to 3/4 inch in diameter was reported by the cooperative observer in Wymore. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wymore | - | Hail up to 1 inch in diameter was reported in Wymore and just west of town. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Wymore | - | Hail up to softball size was reported by law enforcement around and to the southwest of Wymore. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wymore | - | The Gage county Emergency Manager reported that thunderstorms winds gusted to 70 mph in Wymore downing large tree branches. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wymore | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph by emergency management in Wymore. The strong winds caused tree damage in town and toppled a crane working on new bridge construction. The crane fell through a power line creating a power outage for customers in Norris. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wymore | - | Trees blown down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Wymore | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wymore | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Wymore | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Wymore | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Wymore | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Johnson Cabin Museum | 1.3 miles | 2015 |
| Big Indian Creek Bridge | 3.9 miles | 1992 | |
| Bridge | 6.6 miles | 1992 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001095 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Gage County | All 30 listed properties in this county. |
Block