Britton Clinic and Hospital

Built in 1928 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1928, Romanesque Revival architecture.

Sources: 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. NE. corner of Main & 7th Sts., Britton, 57430
When was it listed? February 2008
Category. building
City. Britton city
When was it built? 1928
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 08000051 - 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

37 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Britton Clinic and Hospital between 2011 and 2020, burning about 648 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	31
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 2013	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Marshall	# 34 BURN
28 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	ZASTROW FIRE
25 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BREMMON GRASS
14 September 2013	Debris and open burning	150 acres	Marshall	ART BOTTOM
9 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	& SLOUGH BURN
31 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	ALDENTALER FIRE
25 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	BUHL/GROOM FIRE
23 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	DIDRECKSON

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Britton Clinic and Hospital: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Benke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this property

60 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Britton, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2025	Flash Flood	Britton	-	Total rainfall in Britton over a 48-hour period exceeded 4.5 inches, overwhelming city drainage systems. This caused flooding in town, with up to six inches of water moving over roads and into some buildings and basements.
August 2025	Hail	Britton	-	Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter was reported.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Emergency management reported that a tower had collapsed at the ballpark.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Estimated 65 mph winds toppled a tree over.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Seventy mph winds downed several trees in Britton. The grain elevator was also damaged in Britton.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Seventy mph winds downed several trees in Britton.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Britton	-	Flash flooding from heavy rains northwest of Britton swept a car off the road. The car flipped over and the occupant escaped without injury.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	The top of a large silo was blown off and a garage was also blown down by the high winds.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Seventy mph winds downed several trees and many branches southeast of Britton.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	High winds blew a trailer with a pontoon boat on it off the road.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Strong winds downed many large tree branches.
July 2004	Lightning	Britton	-	Lightning struck a home in Britton starting a fire in the attic causing significant damage to the home.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	High winds of 80 mph or higher knocked the blades off of a windmill, downed several large trees along with downing many power lines.
July 2003	Tornado (F0)	Britton	-	A tornado touched down briefly south of Britton.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	A large tree was downed in Britton along with several large tree branches.
July 1999	Lightning	Britton	-	Lightning struck the Britton Country Club damaging the course sprinkler system and destroying the clubhouse television, cable box, portable phone, PA system, and lottery machines.
July 1999	Lightning	Britton	-	Lightning struck the two-way antenna at a home south of Britton. The house became filled with smoke setting off the smoke alarms. The lightning destroyed the surge protector, the antenna, the transmitter, three televisions, the computer, and the garage door opener.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Winds to 70 mph downed many large trees and tree branches from Britton and north. Also, many power lines were brought down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	Winds gusting to 65 mph destroyed a hangar at the Britton Airport and also many tree limbs were downed in Britton.
July 2025	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
August 2025	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
June 2012	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Britton	-	no account filed
August 1997	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Britton	-	no account filed
May 1996	Tornado (F0)	Britton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
	Marshall County Courthouse	0.2 miles	2006
	William T. and Rebecca Glendenning House	0.4 miles	2008

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 08000051 in Record Group 79.
Marshall County	All 6 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.