BlockFrom the record
One of 60 National Register listings published here for Sheboygan County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cole Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 501 and 517 Monroe St. and 504, 508, and 516-518 Water St., Sheboygan Falls, 53085
- When was it listed? December 1988
- Category. district
- City. Sheboygan Falls city
- National Register reference number. 88002696 - 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
20 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Cole Historic District between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3762 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2402 |
| 12 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 3283 |
| 31 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2360 |
| 13 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1847 |
| 10 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1679 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1469 |
| 4 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1310 |
Storms near this property
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheboygan Falls, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheboygan Falls | $3,000 | Multiple trees down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheboygan Falls | $2,000 | Semi truck blown over about 1 mile north of Interstate 43 interchange with CTH V. Slight damage. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheboygan Falls | - | Fire officials reported tree damage by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 56 knots (65 mph). |
| October 2007 | Hail | Sheboygan Falls | - | The hail covered the ground white. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Sheboygan Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheboygan Falls | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1984 | |
| Sheboygan Falls School | 0.4 miles | 2021 | |
 | Riverbend | 1.0 miles | 1980 |
 | American Club | 1.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Kohler Company Factory Complex | 1.9 miles | 2001 |
 | Windway | 3.2 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002696 in Record Group 79. |
| Sheboygan County | All 60 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.
- 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.