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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1918.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
St. Croix Falls Auditorium
Built in 1918. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 201 N Washington St, St. Croix Falls, 54024
- When was it listed? July 2007
- Category. building
- City. St. Croix Falls city
- When was it built? 1918
- National Register reference number. 07000711 - 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
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of St. Croix Falls Auditorium between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2019 | Fireworks | 1.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18D0124 |
| 3 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 20D0111 |
| 10 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 92 |
| 24 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of St. Croix Falls Auditorium: 12 occurrences, 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Rock Products Inc Dresser Jct | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Osceola | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near Osceola | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect Near St Croix Fa | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Centuria Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Centuria Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Centuria Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Centuria Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Deer Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas Henry Thompson House | under 500 feet | 1984 |
 | Cushing Land Agency Building | 0.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Lamar Community Center | 3.7 miles | 1982 |
 | Alvah A. Heald House | 6.8 miles | 1985 |
 | First Baptist Church | 6.9 miles | 2008 |
 | Geiger Building-Old Polk County Courthouse | 7.0 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000711 in Record Group 79. |
| Polk County | All 13 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.