BlockFrom the record
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Washington County · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
West Bend Theater
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 125 North Main St., West Bend, 53095
- Category. building
- City. West Bend city
- National Register reference number. 100005005 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
26 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of West Bend Theater between 2018 and 2020, burning about 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802951 |
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 785 |
| 25 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018127 |
| 10 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802296 |
| 30 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001951 |
| 23 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1802084 |
| 13 May 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001417 |
| 10 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2001382 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Bend Theater: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Johann Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thoma Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| West Bend Sand & Stone Schelle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
58 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Bend, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 24 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 11 lightning, 4 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Lightning | West Bend | 1 hurt, $35,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Lightning | West Bend | $262,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Lightning | West Bend | $150,000 | Lightning struck a business building and ignited an attic fire. Walls needed to reinforced and much of the business equipment was ruined. |
| October 2006 | Lightning | West Bend | $50,000 | Lightning struck a home's roof, resulting in an attic fire. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | West Bend | $20,000 | The West Bend Fire Department responded to four calls for trees on fire due to lightning strikes and power line damage due to lightning strikes, including near the intersection of CTH NN and Scenic Rd. in West Bend. |
| August 2001 | Lightning | West Bend | $17,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $10,000 | Trees and power lines down on W. Decorah Road and Highland Drive. Roads were closed for debris removal. |
| September 2002 | Lightning | West Bend | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Lightning | West Bend | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $9,000 | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $7,000 | A large tree was uprooted and landed on a house. Some roof and porch damage. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | West Bend | $7,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $5,000 | Trees down due to powerfule thunderstorm winds. One large tree branch damaged three parked vehicles in West Bend. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | West Bend | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Lightning | West Bend | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $3,000 | Ornamental tree uprooted. Small garden shed destroyed near Allentown. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | West Bend | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | West Bend | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| April 2014 | Hail | West Bend | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | The peak thunderstorm wind gust of 74 mph (64 knots) was measured by a trained spotter in West Bend. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | Police officials reported considerable tree damage from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). The AWOS at West Bend airport recorded a 60 mph (52 knot) wind gust at 350 am CDT. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | Powerful thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees. |
| April 2020 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Funnel Cloud | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Heavy Rain | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Funnel Cloud | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Heavy Rain | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Funnel Cloud | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| November 1999 | Hail | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | West Bend | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Bend | - | 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 Bend Downtown Historic District | under 500 feet | 2023 | |
 | West Bend Post Office | under 500 feet | 2000 |
 | West Bend Chicago and North Western Depot | 0.1 miles | 2008 |
 | Leander F. Frisby House | 0.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Washington County Courthouse and Jail | 0.3 miles | 1982 |
 | Amity Leather Products Company Factory | 0.6 miles | 2002 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005005 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 30 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.