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One of 19 National Register listings published here for Perkins County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1910, American Foursquare.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Ole Quamman House
Built in 1910 (American Foursquare). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Quamman, Ole, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 400 2nd Ave., Lemmon, 57638
- When was it listed? January 2015
- Category. building
- City. Lemmon city
- When was it built? 1910
- Architectural style. American Foursquare, Prairie School architecture
- National Register reference number. 14001188 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
37 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Ole Quamman House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 3,962 acres in total. 4 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 | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | A BALE |
| 17 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 3,500 acres | Isabel Volunteer Fire Department | LADUE/ WESINGER |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FREY 2 |
| 16 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | AIRPORT ROAD |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | S BALE |
| 7 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.3 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | FINNS 1 |
| 4 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | HAY 4 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ole Quamman House: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lemmon, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 2 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | Lemmon | $1,500,000 | Baseball sized hail and strong wind gusts broke windows and damaged roofs and automobiles in Lemmon. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $750,000 | Straight-line thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 75 to 85 mph. Several buildings roofs partially torn off and trees were uprooted from southwest of Lemmon along the south edge of town to east of Lemmon. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lemmon | $300,000 | Hail damaged vehicles and homes in Lemmon. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $200,000 | DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE KOLB AIR SPRAYING SERVICE. TOTALED WERE TWO AIRPLANES AND A HANGER, WITH ANOTHER AIRPLANE SEVERLY DAMAGED. IN ADDITION TREES WERE UPROOTED AND THE STORM SUCKED THE WATER OUT OF A STOCK DAM 5 NW. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $150,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $100,000 | Wind gusts downed large tree branches and power lines and blew over sheds and trailers. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lemmon | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $10,000 | Police officers reported branches six to eight inches in diameter were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | $2,000 | Wind driven hail broke windows of 2 automobiles. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | SD mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Lemmon | - | A tornado briefly developed southeast of Lemmon. No damage was reported. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | Wind gusts of 60 mph occurred in Lemmon. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Lemmon | - | Quarter sized hail fell from Lemmon to Shadehill. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lemmon | - | One inch hail was reported in the town of Lemmon, with two inch hail just south of town. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | Winds in excess of 60 mph were reported by Radio KBJM. Many trees were downed and caused some property damage. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Lemmon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Lemmon | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. E. Lemmon House | 0.1 miles | 1976 | |
| L. F. Harriman House | 0.2 miles | 1976 | |
| Golden Rule Department Store | 0.3 miles | 1976 | |
 | Lemmon Petrified Park | 0.6 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14001188 in Record Group 79. |
| Perkins County | All 19 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.