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Edgar Vernon House

Built in 1908 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“The Edgar Vernon House, located off U.S. Route 16 in Presho, South Dakota, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.”

Wikipedia article Edgar Vernon House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Lyman County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1908, Victorian 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.
  • Listed as. Vernon, Edgar, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Off U.S. 16, Presho, 57568
  • When was it listed? March 1978
  • Category. building
  • City. Presho city
  • When was it built? 1908
  • Architectural style. Victorian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 78002562 - 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

22 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Edgar Vernon House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,436 acres in total. 2 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 use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural2
Other causes2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionELEVATOR
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use16 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPRESHO CA
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBRAKKE DAM FIRE
16 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use40 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionPERRY COMP
21 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBALER FIRE
21 August 2005Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionBALE IN DITCH
31 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGRIFFITH

Every fire recorded in Lyman 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 Edgar Vernon House: 1 past producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mowry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lyman County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Presho, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 37 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPresho-The caller stated that they estimated the wind speed at 60 mph.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPresho-A caller stated that winds with the storms gusted to between 50 and 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPresho-Tree branches were snapped, ranging from small to large in size.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindPresho-Severe thunderstorm winds near 80 mph caused multiple semis to top over on Interstate 90. No injuries reported.
July 2019HailPresho-Golf ball size hail dented vehicles and broke windshields.
July 2019HailPresho-Golf ball size hail and strong winds caused vehicle damage and brought down some small tree branches.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPresho-Estimated seventy mph winds flattened crops.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPresho-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPresho-Sixty-five mph winds were estimated.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindPresho-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPresho-Seventy mph winds were estimated.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindPresho-Sixty mph winds broke off the top of a small tree.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPresho-A camper and heating unit at the school was blown over.
May 2013HailPresho-The combination of golf ball size hail and very strong winds resulted in leaves stripped from all the trees.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPresho-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Presho-A narrow weak tornado touched down briefly southwest of Presho with no damage reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPresho-Eighty mph winds downed several grain bins along with knocking a few semis off of Interstate-90. The winds also downed some power lines and poles along with destroying a hanger. The two planes in the hanger were damaged.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPresho-Ninety mph winds completely ripped apart a golf clubhouse east of Presho. A car was also damaged by the debris.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPresho-Eighty mph winds destroyed or damaged many grain bins and caused damage to several other buildings in and around Presho. A large sign, twenty power poles, along with many trees were downed in Presho. There were also several broken house and car windows from hail and high winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPresho-Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPresho-Seventy mph winds blew over a couple semi tractor trailers on interstate-90 just south of Presho.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPresho-High winds downed many branches and tipped over a horse trailer.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindPresho-Strong winds took many large tree branches down and also damaged a roof in Presho.
July 2003Flash FloodPresho-Heavy rainfall of over 3 inches fell south of Presho flooding a county road south of Interstate 90 for several hours.
July 2003Flash FloodPresho-Heavy rainfall of over 3 inches caused flash flooding on a county road southwest of Presho. The floodwaters eroded away a good part of the road.
July 2002Tornado (F0)Presho-A tornado touched down briefly north of Presho and caused no damage. Path length and width were estimated.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
August 2019HailPresho-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
July 2018HailPresho-no account filed
July 2018HailPresho-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
August 2018HailPresho-no account filed
August 2018HailPresho-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
April 2014FloodPresho-no account filed
August 2013HailPresho-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
May 2011HailPresho-no account filed
May 2011HailPresho-no account filed
May 2011HailPresho-no account filed
May 2011HailPresho-no account filed
July 2010HailPresho-no account filed
May 2008HailPresho-no account filed
August 2006HailPresho-no account filed
August 2006HailPresho-no account filed
August 2006HailPresho-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
May 2004HailPresho-no account filed
May 2004HailPresho-no account filed
May 2004HailPresho-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindPresho-no account filed
July 2004HailPresho-no account filed
July 2003HailPresho-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lyman 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78002562 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lyman CountyAll 2 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.