M.O. Hanson Building

Built in 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

From the record

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Hamlin County · listed in 2011 · category: Building · built in 1907.

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.
Listed as. Hanson, M.O., Building - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 126 E. Main St., Castlewood, 57223
When was it listed? July 2011
Category. building
City. Castlewood city
When was it built? 1907
National Register reference number. 11000486 - 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

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of M.O. Hanson Building between 2008 and 2016, burning about 142 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Smoking	1
Debris and open burning	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
29 September 2009	Debris and open burning	130 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
22 April 2008	Smoking	1.5 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	not named
2 April 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	RASMUSSEN
29 October 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	GASRVER
13 October 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	PETTERSON

Every fire recorded in Hamlin County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of M.O. Hanson Building: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hamlin County

Storms near this property

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castlewood, the town this property stands in, in 55 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 32 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 flood, 4 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
June 2017	Hail	Castlewood	2 hurt	no account filed
May 2022	Tornado (EF2)	Castlewood	1 hurt	Several eyewitnesses reported a small funnel/tornado descending, widening and developing very rapidly at the edge of Castlewood, SD. Damage was evident as soon as it reached the southern edge of town. A majority of the damage occurred between 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue. On Market Street, a small funeral home visitation center was completely blown off its foundation. Debris from the funeral home was tossed to the north, including the air conditioning unit which was tossed into a yard one block to the north. A garage was destroyed and completely blown from its foundation on Allen Street. The next block to the north, a home lost a roof and sustained significant damage to external walls. Another garage on this street was completely blown off the foundation and destroyed. Similar damage was noted a block north on Main Street. Another home lost an entire roof and partial collapse of external walls. Yet another garage was destroyed as it slid off the foundation. The next block north, on Alice Street, significant roof damage was noted to several homes and another garage was completely shifted off of the foundation. One particular residence had a roof that appeared to be slightly rotated and was sagging. The Castlewood Elementary school, situated between Harry Street and Pear Street, sustained significant damage to the school and gymnasium roof. Damage was also sustained to sections of the brick external walls. The school bus shed was completely destroyed with loss of\|the roof and external walls. North of the school, on Prairie Street, a residence sustained significant damage. At this property, a garage was completely destroyed, and a shed was tossed in the air landing upside down. The home itself lost the entire roof and the \|south facing external walls collapsed. The tornado would continue to track north across an open field and across US Highway 22. Additional debris and tree damage was noted a mile north of US Highway 22 before the tornado lifted. Throughout the entire path of the tornado there were uprooted and snapped trees and significant siding and roof damage to homes.
October 1996	Tornado (F1)	Castlewood	$50,000	no account filed
July 2025	Flood	Castlewood	-	The Big Sioux River near Castlewood went into flood during the evening of July 27th, rising over three feet in four hours due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. The COOP observer in Castlewood recorded 5.61 inches of rain. The river crested at 11.44 feet, which is 2.44 feet above flood stage. The water inundated mainly farmland and pasture, and overtopped portions of 184th Street. The river remained in flood through the end of the month and into August.
August 2025	Flood	Castlewood	-	The Big Sioux River near Castlewood entered flood stage around mid-day on August 6th. The river would crest at 1030 pm on August 7th at 10.63 feet, or 1.63 feet above flood stage. The river stayed in flood through the morning of August 10th. Flooding was mainly confined to low-lying agricultural lands north of Castlewood, though a portion of 184th street flooded.
August 2025	Flood	Castlewood	-	The Big Sioux near Castlewood would go into flood on August 22nd during the morning hours, cresting at 11.42 or 2.42 feet above flood stage on the morning of August 24th. The river would remain in flood through the evening of August 27th.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	A member of the public reported tree branches down from thunderstorm winds estimated near 60 mph.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	Eighty mph winds downed multiple trees blocking the intersection of Highways 81 and 22.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Castlewood	-	Heavy rains of up to 4 inches caused the flooding of a few roads south of Castlewood.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Castlewood	-	Portions of county road 463 were underwater from flash flooding.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	Eighty mph winds downed between thirty and forty trees in Castlewood and Hayti. Many power outages were also reported.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	Sixty mph winds downed several branches along with a tree in Castlewood.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	Sixty mph winds downed many branches in Castlewood.
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	Many trees were blown over and large hay bales weighing 1200 to 1500 pounds were pushed at least 50 yards.
June 2025	Funnel Cloud	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 2025	Funnel Cloud	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 2025	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2025	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2025	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2024	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 2024	Flood	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2023	Flood	Castlewood	-	no account filed
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	no account filed
August 2015	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
March 2009	Flood	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Castlewood	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
September 2007	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
March 2007	Flood	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
August 2002	Flash Flood	Castlewood	-	no account filed
August 2002	Flash Flood	Castlewood	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 1999	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed
June 1995	Hail	Castlewood	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamlin 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
	South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-221-060	0.9 miles	1993
	South Dakota Dept. of Transportation Bridge No. 29-279-010	6.8 miles	1993

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 11000486 in Record Group 79.
Hamlin County	All 15 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.