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Carl Friedrick Gartner Homestead

Built in 1882. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Carl Friedrick Gartner Homestead, located west of South Dakota Highway 79 near Newell, South Dakota, was settled in 1882 and was proved up in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.”

Wikipedia article Carl Friedrick Gartner Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Butte County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1882.

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. Gartner, Carl Friedrick, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. W of SD 79, Newell, 57271
  • When was it listed? April 1986
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Rural Butte and Meade Counties MRA
  • When was it built? 1882
  • National Register reference number. 86000930 - 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.

Storms near this property

60 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newell, the town this property stands in, in 97 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 48 thunderstorm wind, 47 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell1 hurtA pickup truck pulling a horse trailer were blown off Highway 212, injuring one person. A nearby ranch sustained damage to a barn and chimney, a travel trailer was tipped over, and an outbuilding was destroyed.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNewell$150,000Strong wind gusts uprooted large trees and power poles in Newell. Some buildings and homes in town sustained damage in and around Newell.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNewell$40,000Some outbuildings and carports were damaged, a roof was blown off one building, and several trees were uprooted by the strong winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewell$25,000Several trees and many tree limbs were blown down in Newell. A large trailer at a gas station in Newell was tipped over.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNewell$20,000The combination of softball sized hail and strong wind gust broke several windows and damaged the siding and roof of a house.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNewell$10,000Large trees uprooted and grain bins blown over.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNewell$3,000Strong winds blew the roof off a garage. The "crows nest" observation tower at high school football stadium was also blown over.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Newell$500A severe thunderstorm destroyed crops, especially east of Vale. A likely tornado skimmed the trees near a residence and tore tin from buildings. Southeast of Newell, large driving hail shattered the windows on the trailer.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNewell-SD Mesonet measured wind gust.
September 2025HailNewell-Trained spotter reported one inch hail with storm.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-Large branches were broken off of trees.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-Tree damage was reported in town.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018HailNewell-Very large hail, with a few stones to the size of softballs, damaged an automobile.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2017HailNewell-The combination of hail to baseball size and strong wind gusts damaged automobiles, houses, signs, and other property in town.
July 2017HailNewell-The spotter also reported 50 mph wind gusts.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-Ten inch diameter tree limbs were broken off trees.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Strong winds blew over a 60 foot radio tower.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-A shed was destroyed, an automobile trailer was tipped over, and large cottonwood trees were knocked down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNewell-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNewell-Winds gusted to 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNewell-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNewell-Estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNewell-Power lines were downed by the winds.
July 2001HailNewell-Hail destroyed 150 acres of alfalfa and millet.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNewell-MANY BROKEN TREE BRANCHES.
May 2024HailNewell-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2023HailNewell-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2023HailNewell-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
June 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2021HailNewell-no account filed
July 2020HailNewell-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
September 2019HailNewell-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
June 2018HailNewell-no account filed
June 2018HailNewell-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
July 2018HailNewell-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed
August 2017HailNewell-no account filed
July 2017HailNewell-no account filed
July 2017HailNewell-no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butte 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
Nicholas Augustus Viken Homestead0.8 miles1986
Stonelake Bridge1.3 miles1986
Vale Cut Off Belle Fourche River Bridge2.5 miles1986
Newell High School3.2 miles1986
Langdon School4.1 miles1986
Butte-Lawrence County Fairgrounds4.8 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 86000930 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Butte CountyAll 39 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.
  • 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.