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Marshall Memorial Hall

Built in 1928 (Georgian Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Marshall Memorial Hall is a historic building at 30 Wisconsin Dells Parkway South in Lake Delton, Wisconsin. The town of Delton had the building constructed in 1928 to serve as a government office building, community center, and town library.”

Wikipedia article Marshall Memorial Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 58 National Register listings published here for Sauk County · listed in 1993 · category: Building · built in 1928, Georgian Revival architecture, by Edward Tough.

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. 30 Wisconsin Dells Pkwy. S., Lake Delton, 53965
  • When was it listed? April 1993
  • Category. building
  • Village. Lake Delton village
  • When was it built? 1928
  • Architectural style. Georgian Revival architecture
  • Architect. Edward Tough
  • National Register reference number. 93000264 - 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Marshall Memorial Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 233 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 burning88
Equipment and vehicle use53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism24
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Fireworks11
Other causes8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural2

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 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use7.3 acresWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesOAK HILL ROAD
3 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Sauk County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Marshall Memorial Hall: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Cummings PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Dubois PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kettleson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Lee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macksey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wormet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sauk County

Storms near this property

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Delton, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1999LightningLake Delton1 hurtno account filed
June 2008Flash FloodLake Delton$22,400,000Sauk County experienced 4 flash flood events over a 3-day period. Two of the events started on June 7th, one on June 8th, and the last one on June 9th. In each case, flash flooding caused home and business damage as well as crop losses. Roads were blocked or washed out (STH 154 and CTH C), and bridges were damaged. Many vehicles stalled. Locations in the Baraboo River Valley sustained considerable damage as the river crested at all-time levels. Collectively, each of these 4 flash floods resulted in home and business damage along with some crop losses. It was nearly impossible to break down the damages by flash flood event. Therefore, the collective breakdown is provided in the June 9th StormData entry for Sauk County.||On June 9th, the levee holding back Lake Delton eroded over a 5 hour periiod and eventually broke (the actual dam held), allowing Lake Delton to empty into the Wisconsin River. A 300-foot section of CTH near the breach was washed away. At least 4 homes were washed away, and damage was inflicted on boats and piers. There were no injuries or fatalities.||The breakdown for residential home losses for the 3-day period were: over 800 minimally affected, 45 with major damage, and 31 destroyed (total of $19.2 million for home losses). Business losses are estimated to be about $1 million. Crop losses were estimated at $15 million. Public sector damage was about $2.25 million. Several roads and bridges sustained damage.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$100,000Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to 65 knots (75 mph) toppled many trees and damaged several power-lines.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$75,000no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$50,000Large trees were uprooted. One vehicle was damaged when a tree fell on it. A couple electrical transfomers were damaged by felled trees.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$50,000no account filed
May 2004Flash FloodLake Delton$25,000Basements flooded along with gravel washouts and roads closed as water levels rose to 1 foot deep.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$10,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$10,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$8,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$5,000Powerful downburst thundestorm winds gusting to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled large trees. A couple power-lines came down with tree debris.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$3,000Scattered trees down including some large trees in the Lake Delton area.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$2,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$1,000Several branches down.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Lake Delton$1,000This tornado segment is the 2nd of a three-segment tornado (Columbia-Sauk-Columbia). The first segment started in Columbia County about 3.0 miles east of Wisconsin Dells. This second segment entered Sauk County about 8.5 miles east-southeast of Lake Delton at 1813CST (or about 0.6 mile northeast of the intersection of N Hein Rd. and Levee Rd.) and headed southeast. It exited Sauk County about 10.1 miles east-southeast of Lake Delton at 1817CST where Levee Rd. goes east into Columiba County. The tornado caused a tree to fall onto a home which caused 1000 dollars in property damage. The tornado during this second county segment had weakened a bit down to the F0 rating with winds of 35-63 knots (40-72 mph). Overall, this three-segment tornado path length was 16.9 miles with a time span of 1754CST to 1840CST.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$1,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLake Delton$200no account filed
May 2025HailLake Delton-Photograph provided.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-The public reported a thunderstorm wind gust estimates at 50 knots (58 mph).
March 2016HailLake Delton-no account filed
May 2015HailLake Delton-no account filed
April 2014HailLake Delton-no account filed
April 2014HailLake Delton-no account filed
July 2008HailLake Delton-no account filed
July 2006HailLake Delton-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
August 2004HailLake Delton-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
June 2003HailLake Delton-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
August 2003Heavy RainLake Delton-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
May 2000HailLake Delton-no account filed
September 2000HailLake Delton-no account filed
June 1999FloodLake Delton-no account filed
July 1999FloodLake Delton-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
August 1995Tornado (F0)Lake Delton-no account filed
June 1994HailLake Delton-no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed
September 1994Thunderstorm WindLake Delton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sauk 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

3 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
Seth Peterson Cottage2.4 miles1981
Aldo Leopold Shack7.0 miles1978
A.G. Tuttle Estate7.9 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000264 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sauk CountyAll 58 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.