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Photograph of Chase County Courthouse
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Chase County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Chase County Courthouse, located on Broadway between 9th and 10th Sts., Imperial, Nebraska, was built during 1910-1912 of dark brick and limestone trim, with Jacobethan features unique in Nebraska courthouses.”

Wikipedia article Chase County Courthouse (Nebraska), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Chase County · listed in 1990 · 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. Broadway between 9th and 10th Sts., Imperial, 69033
  • When was it listed? January 1990
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
  • Precinct. Imperial West precinct
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 89002222 - 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

16 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Chase County Courthouse between 2012 and 2020, burning about 969 acres in total. 2 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Fireworks1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreNebraska Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2016Natural1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2016Fireworks1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 May 2012Natural43 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Chase County

Storms near this property

60 of 150 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Imperial, the town this property stands in, in 150 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 81 hail, 60 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997HailImperial$1,000,000Hail ranging in size from peas to tennis balls along with winds in excess of 60 mph damaged growing corn and personal property.
August 1997HailImperial$1,000,000Large hail and damaging winds estimated at 100 mph broke windows and tree limbs and damaged crops in the area.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindImperial$250,000Thunderstorm wind blew down power lines and damaged trees.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Imperial$200,000The tornado touched down 7 miles northwest of Imperial and moved northeast 10 miles before dissipating northeast of Imperial. The tornado was intermittently on the ground, where it overturned or destroyed several center pivot irrigation systems in its path. The tornado was rated an EF1.
July 2011LightningImperial$100,000Lightning struck the Imperial substation where major damage occurred to one of the eight reclosers, or breakers in the substation. A lightning strike hit the city shop taking out the city's $8,000 load management system as well.
June 2008HailImperial$100,000A supercell storm that produced several tornadoes south and west of Champion also produced large hail at Imperial. The hail damaged several roofs of homes and numerous vehicle bodies.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindImperial$70,000Thunderstorm outflow winds ripped a patio roof off a home, destroyed one grain bin and damaged 3 others, broke off mature trees, and destroyed an electrical transformer cabinet. In addition, the wind picked up produce conveyor belts and threw them into employee's vehicles at a potato plant.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindImperial$60,000Cooperative observer at Imperial reported extensive tree damage, an overturned pivot, hay bales blown across the highway and a power outage in downtown Imperial.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindImperial$50,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 80 MPH snapped power poles with building damage being reported in Imperial.
June 1999HailImperial$50,000The hailstorm began in northwest Chase County just north of Lamar and travelled through the county to Wauneta, passing along the south edge of Imperial. According to newspaper reports, damage estimates included 10,000 acres of wheat and 50,000 acres of corn. The wheat was a total loss while losses in corn were estimated to be 11 to 16 percent production decreases.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindImperial$40,000A thunderstorm moving along the Perkins County line destroyed a mobile home and a grain bin northwest and north of Imperial. It also caused some damage to about 16,000 acres of soybeans. The crop loss is estimated to be 10 to 20 percent..
June 2009HailImperial$35,000Only a few of the hailstones were baseball size. The hail dented cars and damaged a few roofs. One hailstone actually went through the roof of a home on the northwest side of Imperial.
June 2007Flash FloodImperial$25,000Heavy rainfall occurred on already saturated ground causing additional flash flooding. Streets in Imperial were under water as approximately 2-3 more inches of rain fell in 4 hours.
May 2005HailImperial$25,000Golfball size hail caused damage to roofs, siding, windows, and gutters on homes in Imperial. A few vehicles also sustained minor body damage. The northwest section of town was the hardest hit.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Imperial$15,000Tornado briefly touched down, overturning a center pivot irrigation system.
June 2009HailImperial$15,000Marble to golfball size hail fell for 10 minutes.
July 2009HailImperial$15,000The large hail broke windows, poked holes in vinyl siding on homes, and destroyed gardens on the south side of Imperial. It also destroyed a half circle of potatoes and a field of corn to the southwest of Imperial.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindImperial$15,000Large tree limbs were broken and numerous business signs were damaged.
June 2009HailImperial$15,000no account filed
August 1999HailImperial$15,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindImperial$10,000Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 60 MPH, damaged a metal roof and an outbuilding.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindImperial$10,000High winds caused tree branches to be blown onto power lines, causing a power outage in Imperial. A 4 foot by 16 foot sign at Yost Farm Supply was blown down. Numerous highway signs were blown down with their posts broken. Power outages were also reported in Champion and Wauneta.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindImperial$10,000The very strong winds snapped off large trees, some of which fell on roofs of homes and on cars, and caused roof damage at the lumber yard.
July 1995HailImperial$10,000Thunderstorm winds and golfball hail knocked down trees destroyed a hog shed and blew the roof off a trailer home.
August 2002HailImperial$10,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindImperial$8,000Thunderstorm winds and golfball sized hail knocked down trees, destroyed a hog shed, and blew the roof off a trailer home.
August 2002HailImperial$8,000no account filed
June 2025Flash FloodImperial$5,000Law enforcement reports severe streets flooded in Imperial.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 MPH tore two exhaust fans off of a business in Imperial.
July 2009HailImperial$5,000no account filed
June 2000HailImperial$5,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindImperial$3,000no account filed
July 2003HailImperial$3,000no account filed
July 2003HailImperial$3,000no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindImperial$2,000Cooperative observer reported a power pole was broken in half in Imperial. Power outages continue for the city of Imperial. Power was also lost at the automated surface observing station at the Imperial Airport.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindImperial$2,000The outflow winds broke off a power pole on the west side of town and also numerous tree limbs.
July 1995HailImperial$2,000Thunderstorm winds and golfball sized hail knocked down trees, destroyed a hog shed, and blew the roof off a trailer home.
July 2009HailImperial$2,000no account filed
May 2005HailImperial$2,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial$1,000Power pole snapped. Winds estimated at 70 MPH.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindImperial$1,000Large tree snapped in half in Imperial. Winds estimated at 70 MPH.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindImperial$1,000Thunderstorm winds and golfball sized hail knocked down trees, destroyed a hog shed, and blew the roof off a trailer home.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindImperial$1,000Thunderstorm winds and golfball hail knocked down trees destroyed a hog shed and blew the roof off a trailer home.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindImperial-Imperial Airport ASOS recorded a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindImperial-Imperial Airport ASOS measured a 68 mph wind gust.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindImperial-Wind gusts up to 60 MPH led to some power outages in Imperial.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindImperial-Wind report form Imperial ASOS.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindImperial-KIML recorded a 64 mph wind gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindImperial-KIML measured a 59 mph wind gust.
July 2020HailImperial-Public reported half dollar size hail north of Imperial.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindImperial-Report of a 64 mph wind gust from the ASOS.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial-Wind speed measured with a portable weather station.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial-Measured by a portable mesonet 4 miles west of Imperial.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial-Wind gust were measured by automated weather observing system.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial-Wind gust were estimated at 60 mph.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindImperial-Thunderstorm wind gust of 70 MPH reported at this location.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindImperial-No damage reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindImperial-Thunderstorm wind gust of 67 MPH reported at the Imperial Airport.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindImperial-Thunderstorm wind gust of 58 MPH occurred at the Imperial Airport.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindImperial-Cooperative observer estimated 60 MPH winds north of Imperial.

Every storm recorded in Chase 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

2 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Balcony Houseunder 500 feet2000
Champion Mill6.6 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89002222 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chase CountyAll 4 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.