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Photograph of First National Bank
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First National Bank

Built in 1911 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“The First National Bank in Rhinelander, Wisconsin was built in 1911. It is a Sullivanesque building designed by architects Purcell & Elmslie.”

Wikipedia article First National Bank (Rhinelander, Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 20 National Register listings published here for Oneida County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1911, Prairie School architecture, by Purcell & Elmslie.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 8 W. Davenport St., Rhinelander, 54501
  • When was it listed? August 1973
  • Category. building
  • City. Rhinelander city
  • When was it built? 1911
  • Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
  • Architect. Purcell & Elmslie
  • National Register reference number. 73000091 - 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of First National Bank between 1992 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined63
Debris and open burning54
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony21
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking6
Other causes6
Fireworks5
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism11 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesFLYING FIRE
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesPINE LAKE CAMPFIRE

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of First National Bank: 10 occurrences, 10 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Faust Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Foss Lake Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Four Mile Creek Sand Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Four Mile Creek Sand Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fox Ranch Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hat Rapids Flowage Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this property

60 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhinelander, the town this property stands in, in 83 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 38 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRhinelander2 hurt, $2,000no account filed
June 2002LightningRhinelander2 hurtno account filed
July 2001LightningRhinelander$750,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees south of Rhinelander. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$13,000Thunderstorms produced wind near 60 mph on the northeast side of Rhinelander. The storms knocked trees down on three properties in the same neighborhood, causing minor damage to two homes, a car, and a fence. In addition, the top of a petroleum asphalt tank was partially ripped off at a nearby business.
May 1994HailRhinelander$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailRhinelander$5,000no account filed
May 1994HailRhinelander$5,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$4,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$3,000no account filed
August 2013Heavy RainRhinelander$2,000The public reported an estimated 4 inches of rain in the Rhinelander area. There was standing water in a basement in the town of Pelican, on the east side of Rhinelander.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$2,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRhinelander$1,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees in Rhinelander. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
April 2021HailRhinelander-Penny size hail fell at WJFW-TV in Rhinelander.
May 2021HailRhinelander-Quarter size hail fell near Rhinelander.
May 2021HailRhinelander-Quarter size hail fell in Rhinelander.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Rhinelander. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the city of Rhinelander.
July 2020HailRhinelander-Quarter size hail fell in Rhinelander.
July 2019HailRhinelander-Quarter size hail fell in Rhinelander.
July 2019HailRhinelander-Quarter size hail and heavy rain fell in Rhinelander.
August 2019HailRhinelander-Nickel size hail fell in Rhinelander.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the town of Pine Lake.
April 2017HailRhinelander-Penny size hail fell near Rhinelander.
April 2017HailRhinelander-Penny size hail fell about 4 miles north of Rhinelander.
April 2017HailRhinelander-Penny size hail fell west of Rhinelander.
October 2016FloodRhinelander-Heavy rainfall caused street flooding in Rhinelander, mainly west of the Wisconsin River in the area of Davenport Street and Maple Street.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Rhinelander area. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
July 2014HailRhinelander-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Rhinelander.
July 2014Heavy RainRhinelander-A line of thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall in the Rhinelander area as it slowly moved to the south. The rain caused street flooding in downtown Rhinelander. A few miles west of downtown Rhinelander, the automated weather observation system at Rhinelander Airport recorded 1.55 inches of rain in 19 minutes, including 0.81 inch in just five minutes between 7:02 PM and 7:07 PM CDT.
September 2014HailRhinelander-Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail north of Rhinelander.
June 2013HailRhinelander-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail south of Rhinelander.
June 2013HailRhinelander-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail at WJFW-TV in Rhinelander.
May 2013HailRhinelander-Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail at Rhinelander.
May 2013HailRhinelander-Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail on County Highway W northeast of Rhinelander.
June 2013HailRhinelander-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Rhinelander.
September 2012Funnel CloudRhinelander-Thunderstorms produced a funnel cloud over Rhinelander.
May 2011HailRhinelander-Quarter size hail fell in Rhinelander.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Rhinelander.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 65 mph were reported in the Town of Newbold.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines just north of Rhinelander.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Trees reported down around the city of Rhinelander.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-Straight-line winds from thunderstorms downed and uprooted many trees across the county.
July 2007HailRhinelander-One inch diameter hail was reported in the city of Rhinelander.
June 2007HailRhinelander-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed
June 2005HailRhinelander-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed
April 2002HailRhinelander-no account filed
April 2002Tornado (F0)Rhinelander-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed
April 2001HailRhinelander-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed
September 2001FloodRhinelander-no account filed
September 2000HailRhinelander-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindRhinelander-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida County

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

3 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Oneida County Courthouse0.2 miles1981
Solon and Mathilda Sutliff House0.2 miles2009
West Side School0.8 miles2009

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73000091 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Oneida CountyAll 20 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.