Built in 1894 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
From the record
“The Brandon Village Hall and Library is located in Brandon, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.”
Wikipedia article Brandon Village Hall and Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Fond du Lac County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1894, Victorian architecture.
National Register reference number.07001388- 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.
It did not become a center of business until the completion of the railroad in 1856, when it began rapid strides toward the dignity of a city. In its early history, it was a lively place and known as " Bungtown." The station and village was named '- Brandon" by William Lockin, in honor of many Vermont settlers. It was not organized as a village until January 8, 1878. The first Trustees were, J. Abercrorabie, W. D. Ash, J. Lockin, L. Marsh, Gr. H. Paine and J. Raube. First President, William Plocker, and Clerk, Charles Heuman. The present officers are. President, G. A. Russell, and Clerk, E. Ensign.
A Methodist class was formed as early as 1848, by Rev. H. Allen, a lay preacher and farmer, in the north part of Metomen. Meetings were held at Union Prairie Schoolhouse, wliich was one of a circuit containing three charges. This society in 1861 removed to Brandon, which by its rapid growth had become of central importance. The first official record of the Brandon Methodist Episcopal Church, is that of a quarterly conference held on Round Prairie, November 24, 1855, Rev. J. M. Walker, Presiding Elder, and Rev. John B. Armatage, preacher in charge. Services were held in private houses or schoolhouses, or sometimes in the hall of the building now kept as a hotel by Warren Hall. The present church was built in 1863, during the pastorate of Rev. Henry Requa. The present Board of Trustees are F. M. Hillman, F. P. Furguson, T. R. Darrow, William Bronson, G. A. Russell, C. P. Knapp and A. G. Yorty ; Clerk is W. R. Brown; Superintendent of Sunday school is Leander Ferguson; Rev. Jesse Cole is present Pastor. The total membership is 153. They have a commodious church and a comfortable parsonage. The society is an active force, and numerically exceeds any other religious association in the town. The Methodist Episcopal Church at Reed's Corners is also connected with this charge.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Brandon Village Hall and Library
between 1998 and 2014, burning about 1,459 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
Debris and open burning
1
Equipment and vehicle use
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
4 workings within 5 miles of Brandon Village Hall and Library: 4 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Brandon, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning.
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.
A swath of widespread tree and crop damage across the southern portion of the county. Sections of trees and crops completely flattened. Various roads closed due to fallen trees. The widespread wind damage and tornadoes caused structural damage to hundreds of homes, with affected damage to 200 homes, minor damage to 100 homes, major damage to 10 homes, and one home destroyed. One business sustained minor damage.
An EF-1 tornado damaged the roofs of approximately 10 homes, 2 businesses, and 1 church. The roof damage covered less than 20 percent of the roof in most cases. The damage ranged from the removal of shingles to the entire removal of the roof material. Awnings and gutters were also damaged on the structures including a small number of windows. Numerous tree limbs were downed including some trees snapped at the base of the trunk, and approximately one tree uprooted. One large 20 foot trailer was overturned by the tornadic winds.
Law enforcement officials reported damage to a building in Brandon. The severe thunderstorm gusts blew pieces of sheet metal from the building into the air.
A brief tornado spun up just north-northwest of the village of Brandon, as a cluster of severe storms moved east across Fond du Lac County. Law enforcement officials observed some tree damage.
Isolated severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds affecting trees and power lines and dropped hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter over southwest and east-central Wisconsin.
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.
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.
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