Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Kewaunee County · listed in 1993 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Marquette Historic District between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 44 |
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 27 |
| 14 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 201813 |
| 16 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 8 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Marquette Historic District: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Novak Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kewaunee Cnty. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Kewaunee Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kewaunee Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mashek Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rankin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stoller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Street Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kewaunee, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 flood, 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Lightning | Kewaunee | 1 hurt | A 30 year old male was struck by lightning in the city of Kewaunee. Kewaunee Police say the man was working for a company that was contracted to do some work in the area and had been holding an uncharged power line in the performance of his job when lightning struck. He was transported to the hospital and his condition is unknown. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Kewaunee | $25,000 | A tornado formed and moved northeast on the west side of the city of Kewaunee. About 100 trees sustained some damage (DI 27,28 DOD 1,2) and several were uprooted in wet soil. Several homes had shingle or siding damage (DI 2, DOD 1,2). A baseball dugout at a school was blown down. Average path width was about 75 yards. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Kewaunee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Kewaunee. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 67 mph at a Mesonet site in Kewaunee. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Penny size hail fell in Kewaunee. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Quarter size hail fell in Kewaunee. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| September 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to record high lake levels. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in and around Kewaunee. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees near Kewaunee. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| September 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| December 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | Areas around the Kewaunee Marina were often under water due to high lake levels. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and branches from Kewaunee to Algoma. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Quarter size hail fell in Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced lime size hail that fell at Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail that fell at the intersection of 3rd Street and Ellis Street in Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced penny size hail that covered the ground a couple miles southwest of the city of Kewaunee. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail that fell in Kewaunee. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail, winds to at least 40 mph and heavy rain in Kewaunee. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Kewaunee | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kewaunee County Sheriff's Residence and Jail | 0.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Kewaunee Post Office | 0.4 miles | 2000 |
 | MAJOR WILBUR FR. BROWDER (tugboat) | 0.5 miles | 2002 |
 | Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse | 0.6 miles | 2022 |
 | Pilgrim Family Farmstead | 6.8 miles | 1979 |
| AMERICA (canaller) Shipwreck | 7.5 miles | 2013 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001167 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kewaunee County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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