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One of 60 National Register listings published here for Sheboygan County · listed in 2020 · category: District · built in 1916.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Siebken's Resort
Built in 1916. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. 284 South Lake St., 285 Victorian Village Dr., and 253 South east St., Elkhart Lake, 53020
- When was it listed? December 2020
- Category. district
- Village. Elkhart Lake village
- When was it built? 1916
- National Register reference number. 100005907 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
10 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Siebken's Resort between 2012 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 251 |
| 21 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GLENBEULAH |
| 10 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 214 |
| 15 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 193 |
| 12 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018009 |
| 1 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 104 |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 106 |
| 25 March 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 83 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Siebken's Resort: 7 producers, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheboygan County Agricultural Dept | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Elkhart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jones Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| L. Fries Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Neils Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Northwest Area Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| School Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sheyboygan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkhart Lake, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $400,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $75,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled about three dozen large trees and resultant tree debris knocked down at least a dozen to two dozen power-lines. About 800 customers lost electrical power, but by 2200 CST all power was restored. One light pole was knocked down at Lincoln St. and Rhine St. in the Elkhart Lake area. One tree fell onto an automobile at the Osthoff Resort near Elkhart Lake and damaged it. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Elkhart Lake | $15,000 | County Road MM was reported underwater where it intersects the Sheboygan River. Nearby on MM closer to highway J, two vehicles stuck in flood waters in the ditch. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | A swath of large trees downed. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | A sporadic 3 mile path of trees and power lines down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $10,000 | Powerful downburst straight-line winds toppled many large trees. Tree debris knocked down some power-lines. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $7,000 | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $5,000 | Law enforcement officials reported wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph (52 knots) in Elkhart Lake. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | A Sheboygan County Sheriff Deputy reported large hail fell about 2 miles east of Elkhart Lake between STH 57 and STH 67. The hail measured 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Elkhart Lake | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhart Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Von Baumbach | 0.4 miles | 1982 | |
 | Elkhart Lake Road Race Circuits | 0.5 miles | 2006 |
 | Villa Laun | 0.8 miles | 1982 |
 | Sheboygan Valley Land and Lime Company | 1.7 miles | 2016 |
 | Glenbeulah Mill/Grist Mill | 2.7 miles | 1984 |
 | Robinson-Herrling Sawmill | 4.9 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005907 in Record Group 79. |
| Sheboygan County | All 60 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.