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Pierce County Courthouse

Built in 1905 (Beaux-Arts). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Pierce County Courthouse is a historic governmental building in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, United States. Built-in 1905, the courthouse sits on the edge of Ellsworth's business district.”

Wikipedia article Pierce County Courthouse (Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Pierce County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1905, Beaux-Arts.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 411 W. Main St., Ellsworth, 54011
  • When was it listed? March 1982
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. County Courthouses of Wisconsin TR
  • Village. Ellsworth village
  • When was it built? 1905
  • Architectural style. Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82000696 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Pierce County Courthouse: 18 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Lindgren QuarryStoneUnknown
Goose Creek Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Trimbelle River Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Beldenville Pass Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Donald Sears QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ellsworth Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pechacek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spring Creek Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pierce County

Storms near this property

52 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellsworth, the town this property stands in, in 52 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 34 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001Thunderstorm WindEllsworth$1,000,000Six barns leveled, numerous sheds and outbuildings down. Trees and power lines felled, some on houses. Damage figures are totals from all storms in Pierce County between 1558 and 1800.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindEllsworth$300,000Trees blown down. Boat flipped over.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEllsworth$50,000Scattered trees and power lines were blown down, mainly just east and southeast of Ellsworth.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Trees and power lines reported down in Ellsworth.
July 2023HailEllsworth-Hail coated the ground after just 2 minutes, and ended at 347 PM CDT. Largest hail was golf ball size.
July 2023HailEllsworth-End of hail after falling for ten minutes. Largest stone was 1.75 inches.
September 2018Tornado (EF0)Ellsworth-A NWS storm survey concluded that an EF0 tornado tracked from the Village of Ellsworth, northeast for 1.67 miles before dissipating. Damage was confined to large trees blown down or uprooted.
August 2018HailEllsworth-Several large hail stones, up to golf ball size, lasted 8 minutes east of Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
April 2017HailEllsworth-Reported at 580th Ave and Maple Street in Ellsworth, WI.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Multiple trees were blown down in Ellsworth.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Several large trees were blown down in the city of Ellsworth.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-About one dozen trees were broken or tipped over, and minor damage was done to the siding of a house. The cause was a downburst. Time reported by trained spotter at the damage location.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Several large tree branches blew down near Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
April 2011HailEllsworth-Several reports of pea to penny size hail fell around Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
June 2010Flash FloodEllsworth-Several roads around Ellsworth, Wisconsin, were closed due to flood waters.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-A few trees were downed.
June 2005HailEllsworth-Golf ball sized hail was reported by the county Sheriff.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-A shed was damaged in Trimbelle Township.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Trees were downed.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Ellsworth-A tornado touched down in an open field, then moved into a wooded grove where it broke a few trees, then dissipated.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Ellsworth-Dropped down onto farmland, no damage reported.
June 2001HailEllsworth-Several homes and vehicles damaged.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Large trees blown down. Windows blown out. Estimated windspeed.
March 1998HailEllsworth-Hail covered the ground.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-4000 without power. Several barns and sheds destroyed. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindEllsworth-Trees blown down. Estimated windspeed.
June 1997HailEllsworth-Hail covered the ground on the east side of the city.
April 2026HailEllsworth-no account filed
July 2023HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2021HailEllsworth-no account filed
August 2018HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2015HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2014HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2012HailEllsworth-no account filed
July 2008HailEast Ellsworth-no account filed
July 2007HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2007HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2007HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2007HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2006HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2005HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2004HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2004HailEllsworth-no account filed
May 2004HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2002HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 2001HailEllsworth-no account filed
November 2000HailEllsworth-no account filed
August 2000HailEllsworth-no account filed
August 2000HailEllsworth-no account filed
March 1998HailEllsworth-no account filed
June 1996HailEllsworth-no account filed
April 1994HailEllsworth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pierce 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82000696 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pierce CountyAll 10 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.
  • 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.