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Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“The Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm, on South Dakota Highway 28 near Lake Norden, South Dakota, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It has also been known as the Henry Lehtola Farm. the listing included six contributing buildings and a contributing structure.”

Wikipedia article Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Hamlin County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.

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 6 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Hendrickson, Hendrick and Waldur, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Hwy. 28, Lake Norden, 57248
  • When was it listed? November 1985
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Architecture of Finnish Settlement TR
  • Township. Cleveland township
  • National Register reference number. 85003485 - 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm between 2000 and 2012, burning about 99 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined2
Natural1

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
6 September 2000Natural75 acresWaubay Volunteer Fire DepartmentSOUTH OF JOE BUTLER
21 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionGRONEWOLDS
13 November 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionSCHULTZ GRASS

Every fire recorded in Hamlin County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hendrick and Waldur Hendrickson Farm: 3 past producers, 1 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stanley Lee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hamlin County

Storms near this property

56 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Norden, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 30 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2009Flash FloodLake Norden$50,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-The Hamlin county Emergency Manager estimated winds up to 65 mph and nickel to quarter sized hail.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Public estimated wind speeds of 80 mph.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Estimated sixty mph winds damaged the awnings on some campers and knocked down some tents.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Estimated seventy mph winds caused tree and property damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Sixty mph winds were estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Eighty mph winds flipped five campers along Lake Poinsett with one camper starting on fire. Search and rescue located the one person that was missing. No injuries occurred as a result.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Some tree damage occurred with estimated sixty-five mph winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Eighty mph winds were estimated near Lake Norden.
June 2013Tornado (EF0)Lake Norden-A rain wrapped tornado touched down with no damage reported.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Winds were estimated by the public to be around 60 mph.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Seventy mph winds downed several trees in Lake Norden. The lumber yard also received some damage to its buildings.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-High winds brought many large tree branches down in Lake Norden.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted some trees.
June 1997Tornado (F1)Lake Norden-A tornado touched down near Lake Norden with no damage reported. Path length and width were estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-no account filed
May 2022HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2019FloodLake Norden-no account filed
August 2019FloodLake Norden-no account filed
November 2019FloodLake Norden-no account filed
September 2019FloodLake Norden-no account filed
October 2019FloodLake Norden-no account filed
August 2018HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2017HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2017HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2017HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2017HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2017HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2016HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2016HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2016HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2016HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2016HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2013HailLake Norden-no account filed
May 2011HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2010HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2010HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2010HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 2010HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2010HailLake Norden-no account filed
May 2006HailLake Norden-no account filed
September 2006HailLake Norden-no account filed
September 2005HailLake Norden-no account filed
May 2004HailLake Norden-no account filed
June 2002HailLake Norden-no account filed
August 2002HailLake Norden-no account filed
August 2001HailLake Norden-no account filed
August 2001HailLake Norden-no account filed
August 2001HailLake Norden-no account filed
May 1998HailLake Norden-no account filed
May 1998HailLake Norden-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLake Norden-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

4 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
First National Bank of Norden2.3 miles2005
Jacob and Amelia Tuohino Farm2.7 miles1985
Garfield Lutheran Church and Cemetery4.6 miles2012
Hamlin County Courthouse5.6 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85003485 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hamlin CountyAll 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.