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Photograph of Cherry County Courthouse
Photograph by Ammodramus, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Cherry County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Cherry County Courthouse, at 4th and Main Sts. in Valentine, Nebraska, is a Romanesque-style historic building that was built in 1901. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”

Wikipedia article Cherry County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Cherry County · listed in 1990 · category: District.

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 2 objectss, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4th and Main Sts., Valentine, 69201
  • When was it listed? January 1990
  • Category. district
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of Nebraska MPS
  • Precinct. Valentine precinct
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 89002229 - 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Cherry County Courthouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,022 acres in total. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural16
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeFTN UNIT34
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge28A3 #1
6 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge28A3 #2
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeCARR
15 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
12 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeTAYLOR
9 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeLENSER
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFort Niobrara National Wildlife RefugeTUTTLE

Every fire recorded in Cherry County

Storms near this property

60 of 194 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valentine, the town this property stands in, in 194 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 102 hail, 73 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 5 tornado. 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
July 2013HailValentine$400,000Media reported nearly 300 cars damaged at a car dealership on the west side of Valentine.
July 2003HailValentine$48,000A supercell thunderstorm moved across Big Alkali Lake camping area, as well as other smaller nearby lakes, producing strong winds and large hail. Numerous windshields and windows were broken in campers, pickup trucks, and cabins. The hail also damaged the bodies of vehicles and the siding on the campers.
June 2007HailValentine$35,000no account filed
June 2002HailValentine$25,000Hail broke windshields in vehicles and damaged siding on homes.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindValentine$25,000Semi truck blown over
June 2007HailValentine$25,000no account filed
October 2010Thunderstorm WindValentine$15,000Law enforcement reported a roof ripped off a trailer and large tree limbs down approximately 10 inches in diameter.
June 2025Flash FloodValentine$10,000Storm chaser reports numerous streets under water in Valentine.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindValentine$10,000Several large trees were blown down.
July 2009HailValentine$10,000no account filed
June 2001HailValentine$10,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindValentine$10,000no account filed
August 2006HailValentine$8,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindValentine$5,000A fireman in Valentine reported roofs blown off houses, power poles down, and localized street flooding.
July 1998HailValentine$5,000no account filed
October 2011Thunderstorm WindValentine$4,000Strong winds blew shingles off roof.
June 2003Flash FloodValentine$3,000Numerous streets were under water.
June 2006HailValentine$3,000no account filed
August 2002HailValentine$3,000no account filed
August 1999HailValentine$3,000no account filed
July 2020FloodValentine$1,000Nearly one inch of rain in 30 minutes caused minor flooding.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindValentine$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust of 59 MPH measured at this location.
July 2025Tornado (EFU)Valentine-Brief touchdown in an open field. No damage reported.
July 2025HailValentine-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH were also reported along with half dollar sized hail.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindValentine-Trained spotter estimates wind gusts up to 80 MPH at this location.
September 2025HailValentine-Delayed report of hail 1.75 inches in diameter. Time was estimated by radar.
September 2025HailValentine-Public reported half dollar sized hail in Valentine.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindValentine-A home weather station measured a 71 mph wind gust in Valentine.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust of 62 MPH reported by a mesonet site in Valentine. No damage was reported.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindValentine-Valentine ASOS measured 58 mph wind gusts.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-A thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph reported at the Valentine Airport.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-Strong winds from a heat burst was observed by the ASOS.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-Strong winds were observed on the ASOS at Valentine.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindValentine-Wind gust reported on mesonet site.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindValentine-A 64 MPH wind gust was reported by the ASOS.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindValentine-No details.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindValentine-No details.
August 2019Flash FloodValentine-There were reports by the public of multiple streets flooded in town.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindValentine-Numerous debris reported on the ground. Winds estimated at 60 MPH.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 82 MPH reported at Miller Field.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-A fourteen inch diameter tree split in half. Power outages reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-A sixteen inch diameter tree blown over.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No information available.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-Numerous large trees reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-No damage reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust of 61 MPH measured at the Valentine Airport.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindValentine-The Valentine ASOS recorded a thunderstorm wind gust of 64 mph during the early morning hours on May 15th.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Tree down near spotter's location.
May 2016Flash FloodValentine-Runoff from heavy rain led to street flooding with water depths between one and two feet reported on some streets.
May 2016Flash FloodValentine-Widespread street flooding continues across portions of Valentine as reported by the Emergency Manager.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Thunderstorm wind gust measured at the Valentine Municipal Airport.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Wind gust was measured with a Davis Weather Instrument.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Valentine Airport ASOS measured a 58 mph wind gust.
July 2016HailValentine-Quarter size hail damaged garden plants.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindValentine-Observer for NWS reported 60 kt wind gust.
June 2014Flash FloodValentine-Law enforcement reported significant street flooding within the city of Valentine. Water was onto sidewalks throughout town. Public report of water near the courthouse front door, due to street and sidewalk flooding.

Every storm recorded in Cherry 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
US Post Office-Valentineunder 500 feet1991
F. M. Walcott House0.2 miles1982
Valentine Public School0.2 miles1984
Borman Bridge2.2 miles1992
Bryan Bridge3.2 miles1988
Adamson Bridge7.8 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89002229 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cherry CountyAll 12 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.