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Photograph of Green Lake Village Hall
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Green Lake Village Hall

Built in 1939 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“Green Lake Village Hall is located in Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to both the State and the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”

Wikipedia article Green Lake Village Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Green Lake County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1939, modern 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. 534 Mill St., Green Lake, 54941
  • When was it listed? September 2004
  • Category. building
  • City. Green Lake city
  • When was it built? 1939
  • Architectural style. modern architecture
  • National Register reference number. 04000997 - 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Green Lake Village Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning51
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 1996Debris and open burning1.7 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Green Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Green Lake Village Hall: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. 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
Chier St Marie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Kepe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nowaske Gettleman & Broder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
R & R PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Green Lake County

Storms near this property

30 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Lake, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
April 2004LightningGreen Lake$20,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$10,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts toppled several large trees and broke branches that brought down some power-lines.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$5,000Ten trees down in the town of Green Lake.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$4,000Branches down throughout the campground.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$4,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$3,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$3,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$2,000Two trees were blown down.
June 2011Tornado (EF1)Green Lake$2,000This EF1 tornado entered into Green Lake County from Fond Du Lac County at Searl Road/ County Line Road about 2000 feet north of Carter Road into Green Lake County. The average path width was 60 yards, with a maximum path width of 100 yards. The tornado uprooted trees and tore away metal panels off the roof of a pole shed. The EF1 rating was determined by using DI 21(MBS) DOD 3 EXP with estimated winds speeds of 95 mph. The exact starting point was 43.70275/-88.88517 and the exact ending point was 43.72962/-88.90737.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$2,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000A sailboat and kayak were overturned by straight-line winds near the south shore of Green Lake. Both occupants were uninjured.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000Several 8-12 inch diameter tree branches down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000A few trees were knocked down throughout Green Lake County by straight line winds from a squall line.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$1,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake$200no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake-Based on a report from county emergency managers, an NWS storm survey team determined damage located near the northeast shore of Green Lake was caused by microburst winds estimated at 100 mph (81 knots). Eight homes, a boat and two piers were damaged by the winds. Four dozen trees were uprooted or snapped along the path of the microburst winds.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake-Powerful downburst winds gusting to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees.
May 2025HailGreen Lake-no account filed
May 2025HailGreen Lake-no account filed
April 2010HailGreen Lake-no account filed
April 2008HailGreen Lake-no account filed
July 2006HailGreen Lake-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindGreen Lake-no account filed
November 2003Heavy RainGreen Lake-no account filed
April 2002HailGreen Lake-no account filed
May 2001HailGreen Lake-no account filed
August 1997HailGreen Lake-no account filed
July 1996HailGreen Lake-no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F1)Green Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Green Lake 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

3 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
Green Lake County Courthouseunder 500 feet1982
Thrasher's Opera House0.1 miles1999
McClelland-Kasuboski House5.5 miles1998

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000997 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Green Lake CountyAll 16 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.