Built in 1878 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
From the record
“The Mazomanie Town Hall is a historic building at 51 Crescent Street in the village of Mazomanie, Wisconsin. The two-story stone building was built in 1878 to serve as the Town of Mazomanie's fire department.”
Wikipedia article Mazomanie Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 238 National Register listings published here for Dane County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1878, vernacular architecture.
National Register reference number.80000126- 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.
At the first annual parade and inspection, held the first Monday in June, 1877, Protection Fire Company, No. 1, of Mazomanie, came up to the village and were duly welcomed. After parade and housing the machines, the companies marched to the town hall, where the ladies had prepared a sumptuous repast for the boys, who did full justice to the viands. In the evening, a social dance was participated in by over forty couples. At the annual meeting, hdd March 4, 1878, J. E. Bardsley was elected Foreman; John Muskat, First Assistant; A. M. Partridge Second Assistant; C. Burnett, Secretary; Ed Kirst, Treasurer. Abuilding was erected during this year for the trucks, near the railroad, at a cost of $125. The second annual parade occurred the first Monday in June, and was 'a successful affair. The town voted an appropriation of $200 toward purchasing a fire engine, the same to be taken out of the license fund, at the annual meeting in the spring of 1878, but, the amount not being sufficient for the purpose, George Zellor offered to advance $200, taking a mortgage on the same, which offer was accepted by the company and engine purchased.
On Tuesday evening, January 23, 1877, at about 8:80, a fire was discovered in the attic of the store building of Isaacson & Nordrum, the largest mercantile establishment in the village. The alarm was given, and in a very few minutes the street was filled with people ready to render assistance. It was at once decided, that, not having a regular organized company, and no means with which to cope with the fire, the building could not be saved, therefore steps were taken toward saving the stock. Every one worked with a will, and soon the three safes containing the firm's books and valuables, together with a portion of the goods, were deposited in the streets. In a short space of time the building was throwing out such an intense heat that it was impossible to remain longer in it, and the flames, leaping toward the sky, had created a strong draught of air, which was bearing cinders and burning fragments to the adjoining buildings, and attention must needs be given to the property endangered. The bright light of the flames was seen for miles around. Alarm reached Mazomanie, and Protection Company, No. 1, at once started to render assistance, but arrived too late to be of service. The loss of Isaacson & Nordrum was $16,000, on which there was an insurance of $11,800.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Mazomanie Town Hall
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning
73
Equipment and vehicle use
19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
16
Smoking
6
Arson/incendiarism
6
Recreation and ceremony
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
Railroad operations and maintenance
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Mazomanie Town Hall: 3 past producers.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Mazomanie, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flood, 2 lightning.
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.
Although general flooding affected all of Dane County, significant flash flooding affected the community areas of Mt. Horeb, Oregon, Sun Prairie, and Dane. At least 798 homes in Dane County sustained water damage to basement contents and/or basement walls, with damage totals of about $3.96 million. Thirteen homes had major water damage and two were destroyed, while 783 had minor damage. At least 10 businesses reported minor water damage totaling about $380,000. Crop losses were an estimated $5 million. Livestock losses were about $200,000, and farm building losses were about $500,000. Additionally, road damages were about $538,000, water control facility damage was about $320,000, public building damage was about $288,000, public utility damage was about $124,000, and other public property damage was about $37,000. Not included in property or crop losses were debris clearance costs of $197,000 and protective measures of $258,000. A bridge on CTH Y just north of Mazomanie was undermined and damaged by the flood waters and will need to be replaced. Water depths on STH 69 south of Verona reached 3 to 4 feet. Several gravel shoulder washouts occurred and crops across the county were damaged. Soil erosion and crop damage was reported. The water level on Lake Mendota rose to within 1 foot of it's record maximum level. The water level on Lake Monona came within 0.02 feet of it's record maxmium level. Rainfall rates were impressive - a spotter near Oregon measured 2.1 of rain between 2000 and 2100CST on August 18th. In Morrisonville, a spotter measured 7.07 overnight through 1700CST on August 19th. Overnight through 0245CST, 4.40 was measured by a coop observer 3NNE Sun Prairie with water overflowing most roads in that area. Also, water was reported in many basements in the Sun Prairie area. A spotter measured 6.39 overnight in DeForest. At a location 1SE Verona, 5.59 fell overnight through 0122CST. The Stoughton coop observer had 6.03 overnight. In Oregon a spotter measured 5.45 overnight. For comparison, locations in Dane County normally receive about 4 to 4.25 inches of rain in the entire month of August.
Scattered tree limbs down, some large, along highway 14 from just east of Mazomanie to just west of Middleton after a series of lines and clusters of thunderstorms.
The Black Earth Creek at Mazomanie reached minor flood stage, cresting at 10.95 feet the afternoon of October 2nd. Floodwaters affect Curtiss Street and other streets on the northeast side of Mazomanie. There is also general lowland flooding in the Mazomanie area.
The Black Earth Creek at Mazomanie reached minor flood stage, cresting at 11.66 feet the late evening of March 14th. Floodwaters affect Curtiss St. and other streets on the northeast side of Mazomanie, including County Road Y.
Tornado started along Highway 78 near Racek Road and went through the hills near the Black Hawk Unit before crossing County Highway Y, ending Just across Highway 12. The main area of damage was to the Birchwood Drive neighborhood where about 20 to 40 trees were uprooted or had multiple limbs broken off. Multiple storm chaser videos show the main tornado tracking just along and to the west of this neighborhood. The only structural damage noted that wasn't from falling trees was to one house on Birchwood Drive that had a few shingles pulled up.
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.
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.
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