A. H. Brown Public Library

Built in 1930 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Brown Public Library, also known as the Mobridge Public Library, on N. Main St. in Mobridge, South Dakota, was built in 1930.”
Wikipedia article A. H. Brown Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Walworth County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1930, Tudor Revival 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. Brown, A. H., Public Library - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. N. Main St., Mobridge, 57601
When was it listed? December 1978
Category. building
City. Mobridge city
When was it built? 1930
Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 78002573 - 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

41 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of A. H. Brown Public Library between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,734 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 were 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	15
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Natural	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Fireworks	2
Smoking	2
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
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
7 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Standing Rock Agency	GALL INN 2
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	CLAYMORE
6 September 1996	Other causes	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	GALL INN 1
5 September 2001	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Standing Rock Agency	W GRAND R
27 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression	ROCK
20 September 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	25 acres	Standing Rock Agency	BAD WIRE
9 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	BABY NO. 2
9 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Standing Rock Agency	BABY NO. 1

Every fire recorded in Walworth 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 A. H. Brown Public Library: 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
	Jensen Mill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Walworth County

Storms near this property

60 of 70 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mobridge, the town this property stands in, in 70 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 41 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	In Mobridge, powerful thunderstorm winds broke three power poles. The roof of a business, which had been previously damaged, was completely ripped off. The nearby Automated Surface Observing System at the Mobridge Regional Airport reported a gust of 61 mph.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Estimated seventy mph winds brought some power lines down in Mobridge.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Estimated ninety mph winds downed numerous trees and tree branches in Mobridge along with causing some property damage. Some fences and outside furniture were damaged along with several homes and businesses. There were signs blown over, windows blown out, along with several reports of vehicle damage. The electricity was also out on the east side of town for awhile. The cover of a storage building was ripped off along with the roof of a hanger at the airport.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Sixty-five mph winds were estimated.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Sixty mph winds brought tree limbs down.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Seventy mph winds were estimated.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Mobridge	-	Flash flooding from very heavy rains of 3 to 4 inches resulted in the closing of Highway 12 west of Mobridge.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph were reported.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Law enforcement estimated 60 mph winds in Mobridge.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Sixty mph winds were estimated.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Seventy-seven mph winds downed some trees and took part of the roof off of the building.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Many tree branches were downed at the Indian Creek Recreation Area.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Several trees along with many tree branches were downed in Mobridge by seventy mph winds. Some power lines were also downed.
August 2007	Hail	Mobridge	-	Golf ball size hail fell in Mobridge breaking some windows and damaging the siding on several houses.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Mobridge	-	Heavy rains of 5 to 7 inches resulted in flash flooding in Walworth county especially in the Mobridge area. Many roads and homes were flooded in and around Mobridge. Thirty-five to forty-five homes had received some water in them with basements collapsing in two homes. Many roads received damage and some culverts were washed out. Some people had to be evacuated in Mobridge. Highway 12 was closed for awhile near Mobridge. The U.S. Senator and representative surveyed the damage. The city declared a disaster for Mobridge. Heavy rain also occurred in the area on the previous day with a two day total of 6.42 inches in Mobridge.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Some trees along with many large branches were downed in Mobridge by the strong winds.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	Strong winds tipped over a couple camper trailers at the Indian Creek Recreation area.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	High winds of 81 mph blew much of the roof off of the bowling alley in Mobridge and took the roof off of a steel building which hit a house and damaged it. A trailer home was also damaged by some flying debris. Many trees were snapped in two or uprooted and many power lines were downed.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	High winds brought several trees and power lines down in Mobridge.
July 1995	Tornado (F0)	Mobridge	-	A brief touchdown of a narrow path tornado occurred one mile north of Lake Molstad and then dissipated.
July 2019	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2016	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2016	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2014	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2012	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2012	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
May 2009	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2007	Flood	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2005	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Mobridge	-	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed
July 1997	Flash Flood	Mobridge	-	no account filed
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Mobridge	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Walworth 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Mobridge Masonic Temple	under 500 feet	1977
Brown-Evans House	0.1 miles	1990
Brown Palace Hotel	0.2 miles	1983
Mobridge Auditorium	0.2 miles	1986
Johnson Barn	3.6 miles	2005
Molstad Lake Park	6.4 miles	2010

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 78002573 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Walworth County	All 10 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.