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One of 21 National Register listings published here for Wood County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1941.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Parkin Ice Cream Company
Built in 1941. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 108 W. 9th St., Marshfield, 54449
- When was it listed? January 2009
- Category. building
- City. Marshfield city
- When was it built? 1941
- National Register reference number. 08001303 - 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
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Parkin Ice Cream Company between 2018 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 164 |
| 25 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1906799 |
| 12 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2005074 |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004849 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004798 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004792 |
| 29 December 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2012241 |
| 6 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2011289 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Parkin Ice Cream Company: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Blott Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stadt Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
54 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshfield, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds snapped power poles and caused some damage to nearby businesses in Marshfield. |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Marshfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Lightning | Marshfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Marshfield | - | Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in a short time caused cars to get stuck in water on several streets in Marshfield due to flash flooding. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Marshfield | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Highway 13 and County V in northwestern Wood County. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Hail slightly larger than lime size (2.25 inches) fell in Marshfield. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| October 2023 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Ping pong size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured at Marshfield Municipal Airport. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 63 mph at the Marshfield airport. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph was measured at the Marshfield airport. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines throughout Wood County. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and branches in Marshfield. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Nickel size hail fell as a thunderstorm passed through Marshfield. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Scattered trees were blown down which caused power outages in the city of Marshfield. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines as the storms moved through Marshfield. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph downed trees, some as large as 8 inches in diameter, west of Marshfield. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Nickel size hail fell in Marshfield. Time of event is estimated. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | A trailer was tipped over in the city of Marshfield. At least 20 trees were knocked down across Wood County. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Marshfield | - | Marshfield Municipal Airport recorded 3.09 inches of rain from 8 PM CST to 930 PM CST. The heavy rainfall caused water to flow across numerous roads in the area. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Penny size hail fell in the Marshfield area. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Hail up to the size of pennies fell for five minutes at Marshfield. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Penny size hail fell in Marshfield. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Marshfield | - | Penny size hail was observed in Marshfield. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Flood | Marshfield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Park Street Historic District | under 500 feet | 2000 | |
 | Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School | 0.3 miles | 1992 |
| Upham House Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2008 | |
 | Gov. William H. Upham House | 0.3 miles | 1976 |
 | Weinbrenner Shoe Factory | 0.4 miles | 2008 |
 | Marshfield Post Office | 0.4 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08001303 in Record Group 79. |
| Wood County | All 21 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.