Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House

Built in 1897 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“Stebbins House is located in Barron, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance in 2006.”
Wikipedia article Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Barron County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1897, Colonial 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.
Listed as. Stebbins, Edward N. and Mary T., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 130 E. Division Ave., Barron, 54812
When was it listed? October 2006
Category. building
Town. Barron town
When was it built? 1897
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 06000945 - 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.

The ground it stands on

11,799 words

The chapter on Barron Town in History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922 names Barron. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The business industries are the Barron Co-operative Creamery Co., conducting the largest co-operative creamery in the world; the Barron Woolen Mills Co.; the Inderrelden Canning Co.; the Barron Red Pressed Brick Co.; the Barron Woodworking Co.; and the Wenzel Brothers Manufacturing Co.

Passage source: History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922.

There are three hotels: The Park Hotel, W. C. Ketchnm, proprietor; the Barron Hotel, Mrs. Emma Sumter, proprietor; and the Shaver Hotel, H. O. Shaver, proprietor, as well as the usual eating rooms and lunch counters.

Passage source: History of Barron County Wisconsin, published 1922.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Barron Town - 11,799 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

13 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
29 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2059
23 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1972
5 June 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1858
12 June 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1861
1 June 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1945
7 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1847
5 May 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	1846
3 May 2020	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2032

Every fire recorded in Barron County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House: 11 past producers, 10 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
A. P. & M. Batz Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Albin Offedahl Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
American Materials Corp. Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Arthur Mork Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Barron Co. Hwy. Dept.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barron Lake Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Byron Kurschner Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Carl Tolletson Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
City of Barron Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Clar. Espeseth Gravel Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Barron County

Storms near this property

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barron, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	$10,000	Numerous large trees were uprooted or blown down, including some on power lines, and others across Highway 8.
July 2020	Funnel Cloud	Barron	-	Video and photos of the funnel south of Barron were provided by two storm chasers.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	This is the continuation of the damage path of 70-80 mph straight-line winds or microbursts. The path was about ten miles wide. Several thousand trees were blown down, some on power lines, houses, vehicles, sheds and outbuildings, causing considerable damage in the eastern part of Barron County.
September 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	Several large trees were uprooted in Barron.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	A few large trees were blown down across several roads.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	Tree down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	Three trees were downed across Highway 25.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	A few trees were downed.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	Estimated winds. Trees felled.
September 1997	Lightning	Barron	-	House struck by lightning.
June 2017	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Barron	-	no account filed
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Barron	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barron 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 06000945 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Barron County	All 7 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.