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Photograph of De Pere Public Library
Photograph by Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

De Pere Public Library

Built in 1937 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

From the record

“The De Pere Public Library is located in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural and educational significance in 2002.”

Wikipedia article De Pere Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 65 National Register listings published here for Brown County · listed in 2002 · category: Building · built in 1937, Tudor Revival architecture.

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. 380 Main Ave., De Pere, 54115
  • When was it listed? October 2002
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Public Library Facilities of Wisconsin MPS
  • City. De Pere city
  • When was it built? 1937
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 02001106 - 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

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of De Pere Public Library between 2018 and 2020, burning about 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201556
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources389
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2008903
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181179
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources181401
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2007745
28 June 2020Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources201324
20 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191434

Every fire recorded in Brown 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 De Pere Public Library: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Butnick Quarry #4StoneUnknown
De Pere PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Decleen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boulanger MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boulanger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Leo Scray MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Leo Scray QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Skalecki Dolomite DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Brown County

Storms near this property

20 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Pere, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash 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
June 2025LightningDe Pere$40,000Lightning struck an apartment building in De Pere causing electrical damage and a hole in the roof where the lightning hit the building. The lightning produced around $40,000 in damage and displaced 24 residents.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$30,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees that caused damage to several homes on the south side of De Pere.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed large tree branches. One of the branches crushed the roof of a car.
September 2005Tornado (F0)De Pere$5,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindDe Pere$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in De Pere.
May 2023HailDe Pere-Nickel size hail fell in De Pere.
September 2023HailDe Pere-Quarter size hail fell near De Pere.
April 2022HailDe Pere-Quarter size hail fell in De Pere.
April 2022HailDe Pere-Penny size hail fell near De Pere.
April 2022HailDe Pere-Quarter size hail fell near De Pere.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across southern Brown County, including the De Pere area.
June 2012HailDe Pere-Thunderstorms produced dime to nickel size hail near De Pere.
June 2006HailDe Pere-no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodDe Pere-no account filed
May 2002HailDe Pere-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindDe Pere-no account filed
June 1998LightningDe Pere-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Main Avenue Historic Districtunder 500 feet2010
Nicolet High School0.2 miles2015
De Pere Lock and Dam Historic District0.4 miles1993
Main Hall0.4 miles1988
C. A. Lawton Company0.5 miles1992
Julius Krause Store Building0.5 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 02001106 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Brown CountyAll 65 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.