BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Hutchinson County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Freeman Junior College
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- Address. 748 S. Main St., Freeman, 57029
- When was it listed? December 2004
- Category. building
- Also known as. Schools in South Dakota MPS
- City. Freeman city
- National Register reference number. 04001362 - 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
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Freeman Junior College between 2005 and 2017, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 44/81 |
| 1 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 432 DITCH FIRE |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | WOLF CREEK |
| 4 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 7 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | DALE MEHLHAF |
| 3 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | UNKOWN |
| 3 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HOFER |
| 11 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | 436/277 |
Storms near this property
56 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freeman, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 29 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Hail | Freeman | $1,000,000 | Large hail broke windows in vehicles and buildings. The hail also caused other damage to vehicles, and to roofs and siding of buildings. The hail also damaged crops in the area, but the amount of crop damage was not known. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $200,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, including several large trees blown down. Numerous roads were blocked by tree debris. There was shingle and trim damage to houses, and at least one window was broken. Power lines were down in part of town. At least two vehicles were heavily damaged by falling trees. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Freeman, causing a power outage. The winds also caused minor roof damage to several structures. More substantial damage was caused to a few homes, mainly roofs, by falling trees and large limbs. Fallen trees and tree debris blocked some roads in town. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including at least one large tree blown down and other large trees split. Numerous limbs and large branches were also blown down. Power lines were downed, resulting in power outages which lasted for several hours. At least three vehicles were damaged by trees and tree debris. |
| July 2019 | Lightning | Freeman | $90,000 | A lightning strike to a single-family home caused a fire, resulting in total loss of the home. |Four residents were home at the time of the lightning strike, but there were no injuries. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, with some trees blown down. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Freeman | $1,000 | Large hail covered the ground to a depth of 2 inches in the town, with the hail piled higher at some spots. The dense fall of hail broke a few windows, shredded two screens at one house, and caused an unknown amount of damage to trees and other plants from stripped leaves and buds. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down a small storage building. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor near Freeman. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Freeman | - | Penny size hail begin at 2343 CST on July 2 and increased to half dollar size hail from 2344 to 2345 CST before diminishing in size. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Severe winds gusts initiated at 1651 CST with a peak gust of 71 mph at 1700 CST. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | A large tree was blown down and blocked the road near 3rd and Cherry in Freeman. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by a Road Weather Information System sensor 5 miles south of Freeman. The initial severe gust was at 1842 CST with a peak gust of 61 mph at 1844 CST. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts as high as 63 mph were measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD530 5 miles south of Freeman. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Freeman | - | Hail was mostly nickel size, with a few stones as large as ping-pong balls. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 84 mph was measured by South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD530 5 miles south of Freeman. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 62 mph was measured by the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD530 5 miles south of Freeman. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | An brief period of thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph was measured by personal weather station KSDBRIDG6 3 miles south-southwest of Dolton. A peak wind gust of 59 mph occurred at 1439CST. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Freeman | - | Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Freeman | - | Observed small funnel for a couple of minutes. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Freeman | - | Golf ball size hail was measured. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Freeman | - | Large hail caused an unknown amount of damage to corp crops. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Freeman | - | Heavy rain caused flooding of streets in and near the town of Freeman. The water was deep enough on streets to result in numerous stalled vehicles. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm winds blew gutters and downspoute off of houses and barns. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several limbs down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down small branches. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | Large hail, driven by winds up to 50 mph, damaged crops in the area. The amount of crop damage was not known. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm winds took off part of the metal roof at a baseball stadium, and caused minor tree damage. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including several branches down. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Freeman | - | Large hail covered the ground. The hail caused crop damage, but the amount of damage was not known. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Freeman | - | no account filed |
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
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| First National Bank, Freeman | 0.2 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04001362 in Record Group 79. |
| Hutchinson County | All 17 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.