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Photograph of Redfield station
Photograph by JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Chicago and Northwestern Depot

Built in 1914 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Chicago and North Western Railway Depot was built by the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) in 1914 at a cost of $38,000. It is located at the west end of the business district in Redfield, South Dakota.”

Wikipedia article Redfield station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Spink County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1914, Gothic Revival, by Frost & Granger.

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.
  • Address. U.S. 212, Redfield, 57469
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Township. Redfield township
  • When was it built? 1914
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • Architect. Frost & Granger
  • National Register reference number. 80003732 - 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

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Chicago and Northwestern Depot between 1999 and 2020, burning about 84 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
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
13 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresMurdo Volunteer Fire DepartmentSTOTTS
18 April 2005Smoking80 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
13 January 2020Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionCLEBERG

Every fire recorded in Spink County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chicago and Northwestern Depot: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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
Harms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Odland Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spink County

Storms near this property

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redfield, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRedfield-The public reported branches and powerlines were knocked down due to thunderstorm winds gusts in Redfield.
April 2023FloodRedfield-Snowmelt resulted in flooding along Turtle Creek. The river gauge at Redfield peaked at 9.90 on 4/19. This flooding mainly affected agricultural lands.
August 2020Tornado (EF1)Redfield-A tornado touched down on the east side of Redfield in the early morning hours. First indications of damage occurred in a corn field west of 386th avenue. Damage was then noted on east 8th avenue where several vehicles had windows damaged and a trailer was flipped into a corn field across the street. Trees along the property line with Farmers Meat Processing were damaged, one tree having landed facing west. Farmers Meat Processing signage was also torn out of the ground. The tornado path became clearly evident in the corn field across east 12th avenue. The tornado then traveled northeast into the Blume Seed Building which lost the west side doors and suffered significant wall damage, with the north wall destroyed. Seed silos on the west side of the building also buckled. The tornado spread debris from the Blume Seed building northeast into the adjacent grass field. A tree on the northeast side of this grass field toppled to the north with tree debris extending across U.S. Highway 212. The circulation from the tornado persisted through several soybean and corn fields and resulted in tree damage near 387th Avenue. The final crop damage was noted just south of 172nd Street.
August 2020Tornado (EF0)Redfield-The tornado track started 2 miles east of Redfield near South Dakota Highway 212. The track was evident through multiple corn fields with the corn completely leveled in some spots. The tornado crossed 172nd street and traveled through a bean field before dissipating.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Estimated seventy mph winds took a 2 foot diameter tree down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Winds gusted to over seventy mph in Redfield.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Seventy mph winds downed a tree in Redfield.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Seventy mph winds brought down a light pole, downed many branches, and damaged a metal shed.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRedfield-The emergency manager reported large branches downed due to estimated wind gusts of seventy to eighty mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Seventy mph winds downed a tree along with many large tree branches. Also, the metal on a roof was peeled back.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Sixty mph winds took down some large tree branches in Redfield.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Winds of 70 to over 100 mph caused a lot of damage in and around Redfield east to Frankfort and south to Tulare. The winds and hail damaged many roofs, crops, outbuildings, downed power lines and poles, and also downed many branches and trees. In Redfield, a trailer home with two occupants, was rolled three to four times over 75 feet. The trailer home rolled over a pickup truck and damaged it. Much of the contents in the trailer home was damaged and the trailer home itself was a total loss. The people inside received minor injuries. A garage was also blown apart in Redfield with the car damaged inside. At the grain elevator in Redfield, several vehicle's windows were broke out by airborne sand and rocks. A street light was ripped from the concrete in Redfield. East of Redfield, a 70 foot silo of over 70 tons was crumbled to the ground and a large tractor shed was blown apart with damage to the contents.
July 2003Tornado (F0)Redfield-A tornado touched down briefly in Redfield while a damaging straight line wind event was occurring.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Wind equipment by Redfield measured winds at 106 mph before the power went out.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Seventy mph winds brought down a power pole, some trees, and many tree branches.
July 1995HailRedfield-Large hail caused extensive damage to beans, sunflowers, and corn near Redfield.
July 1995HailRedfield-Hail covered the ground one to two inches deep in places.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Some large tree limbs were downed in Redfield as a result of the 80 mph winds. Some vehicles sustained damage as a result of tree limbs falling onto them.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindRedfield-High winds blew down an old farm building outside of Redfield.
June 2025HailRedfield-no account filed
July 2024HailRedfield-no account filed
March 2019FloodRedfield-no account filed
September 2016HailRedfield-no account filed
September 2013HailRedfield-no account filed
August 2012HailRedfield-no account filed
August 2011HailRedfield-no account filed
August 2011HailRedfield-no account filed
May 2010HailRedfield-no account filed
May 2009FloodRedfield-no account filed
July 2006HailRedfield-no account filed
July 2006HailRedfield-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
July 2004HailRedfield-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
July 2002HailRedfield-no account filed
August 2002HailRedfield-no account filed
July 2001HailRedfield-no account filed
July 1999HailRedfield-no account filed
June 1997HailRedfield-no account filed
June 1997HailRedfield-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
October 1996LightningRedfield-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
July 1995HailRedfield-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
August 1993HailRedfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Spink 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Redfield Carnegie Libraryunder 500 feet1978
Redfield Light Plant and Fire Station0.3 miles1978
Norbeck-Nicholson Carriage House0.3 miles2015
Spink County Courthouse0.4 miles2001
Edbert and Josie Opitz House0.5 miles1998
Redfield City Hall, Old0.8 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80003732 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Spink CountyAll 22 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.