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Photograph of Star Theater
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Star Theatre

Built in 1878 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Star Theatre, also known as Partridge Hall, is a shop/meeting hall/theater built in 1878 in Argyle, Wisconsin, in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”

Wikipedia article Star Theatre (Argyle, Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Lafayette County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1878, Italianate architecture.

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. 200 S. North St., Argyle, 53504
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Town. Argyle town
  • When was it built? 1878
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • National Register reference number. 80000154 - 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

12 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Star Theatre between 2018 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 June 2018Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018018
3 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019005
24 April 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020002
19 April 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2020017
16 April 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019008
25 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018013
23 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019004
23 March 2018Smoking3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2018007

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Star Theatre: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Stone. 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
Argyle QuarryStoneUnknown
Unnamed Prospect Along Apple BranCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Prospect Along Apple BranCopperOccurrence
Argyle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Berg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
G.A. WatsonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Niffenegger QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this property

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argyle, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2005Thunderstorm WindArgyle$100,000A building was destroyed and numerous trees were damaged.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindArgyle$20,000Trees and power lines down.
June 2018Tornado (EF0)Argyle$15,000An EF0 tornado damaged two sheds, and knocked down corn and branches throughout its path.
June 2007LightningArgyle$10,000Lightning struck a power-pole outside an electrical-generating plant in Arygle. The electrical charge associated with the lightning then traveled inside the plant and started a fire in the generator. Only minor damage was noted due to quick response by fire-fighters.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindArgyle$10,000no account filed
September 2000Flash FloodArgyle$10,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindArgyle$5,000Powerful downburst thundestorm winds gusting to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled several large trees and a couple power-lines came down due to tree debris.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindArgyle$3,000Several trees and branches down including power lines.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindArgyle$2,000Several large tree branches down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindArgyle$2,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindArgyle$1,000Branches and power lines down.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindArgyle$1,000no account filed
June 2005LightningArgyle$200Lightning struck a child's playhouse, setting it on fire.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Law enforcement officials reported trees and a power pole were blown down in Argyle by damaging thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 56 knots (65 mph).
June 2008Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down large trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindArgyle-Trees down.
April 2024HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2011HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2008HailArgyle-no account filed
July 2006HailArgyle-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindArgyle-no account filed
September 2001Heavy RainArgyle-no account filed
June 2000Funnel CloudArgyle-no account filed
July 1999HailArgyle-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindArgyle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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

2 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
Pecatonica Battlefield2.8 miles2011
Welty, Daniel and Catherine Barn6.9 miles2024

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80000154 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lafayette 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.