Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn

Built in 1903. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“Krause Stone Barn, also known as the Chase Stone Barn, is a historic barn in the town of Chase in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. Krause and built by stonemason William Mensenkamp, the barn has become renowned for its historical significance.”
Wikipedia article Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 23 National Register listings published here for Oconto County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1903.

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. Krause, Daniel E., Stone Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. NE corner of Cty. Trunk Hwy S and Schwartz Rd., Chase, 54162
When was it listed? July 2000
Category. building
Town. Chase town
When was it built? 1903
National Register reference number. 00000810 - 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning	46
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	10
Recreation and ceremony	6
Fireworks	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3

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
29 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 August 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 August 2020	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	HIGH RIDGE
12 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	SANDALWOOD ROAD FIRE
6 July 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 July 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 July 2002	Fireworks	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 July 2001	Fireworks	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Oconto County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Peters Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Kraczwski Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Krakow Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Paitz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Peters Trucking Co,Incperrets Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pierett Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Robiacke Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sampson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Oconto County

Storms near this property

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chase, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Chase	$25,000	A farm building was heavily damaged and several trees were snapped or uprooted on property about two miles south of Chase. The damage was caused by thunderstorm winds estimated at least 70 mph in a wet microburst.
June 2024	Lightning	Chase	$20,000	A barn was destroyed by a fire started by lightning in the town of Chase.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Chase	$2,000	no account filed
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Chase	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees near Sobieski.
July 2012	Hail	Chase	-	Hail to 2 inches in diameter fell west of Sobieski.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Chase	-	Large tree down in Town of Chase.

Every storm recorded in Oconto 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 record	The nomination case file for reference 00000810 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oconto County	All 23 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.