Shawano Post Office

Built in 1938 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Shawano County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1938, modern architecture, by Louis A. Simon.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 235 S. Main St., Shawano, 54166
When was it listed? October 2000
Category. building
Also known as. United States Post Office Construction in Wisconsin MPS
City. Shawano city
When was it built? 1938
Architectural style. modern architecture
Architect. Louis A. Simon
National Register reference number. 00001241 - 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

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Shawano Post Office between 1994 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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	14
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Fireworks	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
22 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	82218
17 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2019134
16 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 August 1998	Smoking	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 July 2009	Fireworks	under an acre	Menominee Tribe	CHICK-A-WATHA
29 July 2002	Fireworks	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 July 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Menominee Tribe	BORDER
19 July 2019	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2019108

Every fire recorded in Shawano County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shawano Post Office: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 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
Limekiln Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Limekiln Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Zimmerman Limekiln Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Montoure Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Oak Avenue Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ranch Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
River Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Small Pond Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Zimmerman Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Shawano County

Storms near this property

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shawano, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 1998	Lightning	Shawano	1 hurt	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	$50,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	$5,000	no account filed
September 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	$2,000	no account filed
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	$1,000	A shed was damaged and trees were down on the east side of the city of Shawano.
June 2025	Hail	Shawano	-	Quarter size hail fell in Shawano.
June 2025	Hail	Shawano	-	Quarter size hail fell near Shawano. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Shawano. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
October 2023	Hail	Shawano	-	Quarter size hail fell in Shawano.
August 2023	Hail	Shawano	-	Half dollar size hail fell near Shawano.
August 2023	Hail	Shawano	-	Nickel size hail fell in Shawano.
August 2022	Hail	Shawano	-	Quarter size hail fell in Shawano. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees west of Shawano. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Shawano. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in the city of Shawano.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of large trees that blocked the road near the town of Wescott on the west side of Shawano Lake. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage in Shawano County.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Shawano County. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs in Shawano.
August 2015	Hail	Shawano	-	Golf ball size hail fell at Shawano High School.
June 2014	Hail	Shawano	-	Thunderstorms produced nickel size hail at the intersection of Highway 29 and Highway 22.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds either uprooted or snapped many trees in Shawano.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	A trained spotter reported a thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 70 mph.
August 2013	Hail	Shawano	-	The public reported 1 inch diameter hail in Shawano.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees in Shawano.
May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	Trees reported down over the central part of Shawano county.
June 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Shawano	-	A brief, 20 second, landspout was observed and photographed southeast of Shawano but no damage was reported. The tornado was rated EF0.
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Shawano	-	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Shawano	-	no account filed
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
March 2000	Hail	Shawano	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Shawano	-	no account filed
August 1996	Hail	Shawano	-	no account filed
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Shawano	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawano 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Lincoln School	under 500 feet	2013
	Shawano Main Street Historic District	0.1 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00001241 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Shawano County	All 6 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.