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Photograph of Capt. Alexander A. Arnold Farm
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Capt. Alexander A. Arnold Farm

Built in 1874 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Arnold Farm is located in Galesville, Wisconsin, USA, near U.S. Route 53 across from Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School at 19408 Silver Creek Road.”

Wikipedia article Capt. Alexander A. Arnold Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Trempealeau County · listed in 1978 · category: Building · built in 1874, Italianate architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Arnold, Capt. Alexander A., Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. N of Galesville off U.S. 53, Galesville, 54630
  • When was it listed? March 1978
  • Category. building
  • Town. Gale town
  • When was it built? 1874
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • National Register reference number. 78000142 - 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

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Capt. Alexander A. Arnold Farm between 2018 and 2020, burning about 21 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/undetermined3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources19-0471
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources428181
26 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use14 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources426181
22 March 2018Smoking5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources18-0190
20 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources320181
19 December 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1219192
17 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1017201

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Capt. Alexander A. Arnold Farm: 20 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Archie Britt Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Archie Britt Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black River Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
A Irvine Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A Rosenvold Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blankenhorn Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C Hovell Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C Sahlstrom Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dereen Farms Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
L Grover Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this property

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galesville, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 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 2019Thunderstorm WindGalesville2 hurt, $50,000Two injuries occurred as severe storms with damaging winds rolled across the southern sections of Trempealeau County. In Galesville, one person was injured by flying glass. Another person was injured when a tree fell on a camper in the Township of Gale. Several buildings were damaged and numerous trees were blown down by the damaging winds.
July 2017LightningGalesville$200,000A lightning strike started an apartment building fire just west of Galesville. Six apartment units were a total loss as a result of the fire.
July 2023HailGalesville$20,000Trained spotter reported tea cup sized hail near Galesville.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindGalesville$20,000no account filed
July 2023HailGalesville$15,000Public reported golf ball sized hail near Galesville.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGalesville$15,000Farm outbuildings were damaged south of Galesville.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindGalesville$10,000Tree fell on a car. No one was reported injured.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGalesville$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Galesville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGalesville$5,000Trees were damaged from the Galesville area northeast toward Ettrick.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGalesville$3,500no account filed
July 2004HailGalesville$3,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGalesville$2,000Pine trees were snapped east of Galesville.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGalesville$1,000Trees were blown down onto Highway 53 blocking a lane of traffic.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindGalesville$1,000A thunderstorm wind gust knocked down trees near Galesville.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindGalesville$750no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGalesville$200A picnic table was flipped over and pea size hail fell in Galesville.
October 2023FloodGalesville-Law enforcement reported an ongoing rescue from a vehicle stuck in high water over the roadway.
October 2023Heavy RainGalesville-A volunteer observer reported 4.84 inches of rainfall near Galesville.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGalesville-A volunteer observer reported a large fallen tree near Galesville.
April 2022HailGalesville-Quarter sized hail fell in Galesville.
May 2021HailGalesville-Quarter sized hail fell in Galesville.
June 2021HailGalesville-Dime sized hail along with a wind gust of 50 mph occurred near Galesville.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGalesville-An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred near Galesville.
June 2020Heavy RainGalesville-Near Galesville, 3.15 inches of rain fell.
June 2013Flash FloodGalesville-Locally heavy rain pushed small creeks out of their banks across southern Trempealeau County. Water over the road caused County Highway T to be closed in several locations north of Galesville.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindGalesville-An estimated 60 mile per hour wind gust occurred in Galesville.
September 2010Heavy RainGalesville-The storm total rainfall amounted to 5.55 inches.
July 2015HailGalesville-no account filed
May 2012HailGalesville-no account filed
June 2010HailGalesville-no account filed
April 2009HailGalesville-no account filed
April 2009HailGalesville-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGalesville-no account filed
April 2007HailGalesville-no account filed
July 2006HailGalesville-no account filed
June 2001HailGalesville-no account filed
June 2001HailGalesville-no account filed
June 1997HailGalesville-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindGalesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Cance, John, F., House0.7 miles1984
Downtown Historic District0.8 miles1984
Bartlett Blacksmith Shop-Scandinavian Hotel0.8 miles1984
Ridge Avenue Historic District1.0 miles1984
John Bohrnstedt House1.1 miles1984
Tollef Jensen House1.2 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78000142 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Trempealeau CountyAll 13 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.