Humphrey City Hall

Built in 1902 (Renaissance Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

“The Humphrey City Hall, at 407 S. 4th St. in Humphrey, Nebraska, was built in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.”
Wikipedia article Humphrey City Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1902, Renaissance Revival architecture.

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. 407 S. 4th St., Humphrey, 68642
When was it listed? June 1996
Category. building
Township. Granville township
When was it built? 1902
Architectural style. Renaissance Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 96000682 - 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

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Humphrey City Hall between 2004 and 2015, burning about 1 acre 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
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
25 May 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
31 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
30 March 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Storms near this property

46 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humphrey, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 23 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	$40,000	This storm produced thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 80 mph downing numerous trees and large tree limbs in the Humphrey area. Also a city maintenance building roof was blown off. Although funnel clouds were reported with the storm, no tornadoes touched down in the Humphrey area according to the Platte county Emergency Manager.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	$20,000	Besides possibly producing the spin up tornado in Humphrey, the strong winds associated with the thunderstorm that caused extensive damage in the Lindsay area, also caused damage in Humphrey. Besides tree damage, a newly erected grain bin was partially destroyed. An insurance agency in Humphrey reported at least 17 center pivots in the area were overturned, although this number may include some of those reported in the Lindsay area.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Humphrey	$10,000	Three to 5 inches of rain in northern Platte county caused extensive flash flooding which closed highway 91 just west of its junction with highway 81. A pickup with 2 people in it was washed off of highway 91 near Humphrey and swept 1/2 mile downstream totally destroying the truck. The occupants were not hurt.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	$5,000	Winds over 60 mph blew down signs along highway 81 in northern Platte County.
May 2008	Flash Flood	Humphrey	$2,000	Heavy rain produced flash flooding along Tracy Creek near Humphrey which flooded across Highway 91.
October 2007	Flood	Humphrey	$2,000	no account filed
March 2025	Hail	Humphrey	-	Public of dime to quarter size hail falling for 5 minutes with 40 to 50 mph wind gusts.
July 2025	Hail	Humphrey	-	Report of hail estimated up to 1 in. in diameter. Report received via mPING.
June 2024	Hail	Humphrey	-	This is the start of a swath of golf ball sized hail reported to the office from the public.
June 2024	Hail	Humphrey	-	The office received a report from a trained spotter of quarter sized hail.
June 2024	Hail	Humphrey	-	An off-duty NWS employee reported half-dollar sized hail. There as also an additional public report of quarter sized hail during this time frame.
July 2023	Hail	Humphrey	-	Public reported via social media 2.5-inch hail.
July 2023	Hail	Humphrey	-	Public reported 1-inch hail.
July 2023	Hail	Humphrey	-	Public reported 1.25-inch hail.
July 2023	Hail	Humphrey	-	Trained spotter reported up to quarter sized hail.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Public reported via photos of a farm outbuilding with the roof partially removed. Several large trees were also down in the area.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Public reported numerous large limbs down on Steepleview Golf Course.
October 2020	Hail	Humphrey	-	Report from MPing for 1.25 inch hail.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	A spotter reported damage to buildings in Humphrey near the Highway 81 and 91 junction. Grain trucks were also blown over. Power was also reported out.
July 2018	Hail	Humphrey	-	Golf ball size hail was reported by the Humphrey Police.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Two 400,000 bushel grain bins blown over. Six tin outbuildings destroyed. Multiple power poles snapped. Shingle damage to a few homes. Widespread hail damage.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Power lines were blown down. Windshields were damaged from the hail, but the hail size was not given.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	A 79 mph wind gust was measured at a personal weather station northeast of Humphrey.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	A large tree and power lines were blown down.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	The local COOP observer estimated wind gusts to 60 mph at this location.
July 2014	Hail	Humphrey	-	Hail to 1 inch in diamater was reported in the town of Humphrey, and the hail continued south of town where the public reported hail up to golf ball size.
March 2012	Hail	Humphrey	-	Nickel to quarter-size hail was reported in the Humphrey area.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph caused grain bin damage in the Humphrey area.
June 2011	Hail	Humphrey	-	Hail, a few stones a little bigger than golfball-size, fell in the Humphrey area. There were some reports of baseball-size and larger stones in the area as well, although the larger stones were apparently few and far between and not confirmed. Some vehicle and crop damage was noted in the region.
July 2010	Funnel Cloud	Humphrey	-	A funnel cloud was seen by many people from the Norfolk area to the north to Humphrey near it and Clarkson to the east. Several photographs from different angles were taken and sent to the NWS office. No damage was observed.
August 2007	Flood	Humphrey	-	Several days of heavy rain caused Tracy Creek to flood some county roads from around Humphrey to near Creston. A few other creeks in the area also flooded some farm fields and other county roads.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph uprooted a few trees and caused other tree damage in the Humphrey area.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Thunderstorms winds estimated at 60 mph knocked over a large cottonwood tree damaging a deck and downing a power line near town.
August 2004	Hail	Humphrey	-	Wind driven hail up to nickel size stripped leaves from crops in the area.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph blew the top of a grain bin off which damaged a nearby windmill.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Semi truck overturned by thunderstorm wind gusts. These winds reportedly occurred behind the main line of thunderstorms, possibly a wake low type event that sometimes occurs after intense thunderstorms pass through.
May 2000	Tornado (F0)	Humphrey	-	The Humphrey police reported a brief touchdown of a small tornado in Humphrey. This tornado possibly could have been spun up on the leading edge of the bow echo which did the most damage over northwest Platte county in the Lindsay area.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Humphrey	-	Large tree limbs down plus some damage to crops and buildings around Humphrey.
June 2013	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
September 2010	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
April 2004	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
September 2001	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Humphrey	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	St. Michael's Catholic Church	5.2 miles	1990
	Citizens State Bank	6.4 miles	2013

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96000682 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.

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.