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Photograph of Arcadia Free Public Library
Photograph by Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Arcadia Free Public Library

Built in 1906 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“The Arcadia Free Public Library is a Carnegie library serving Arcadia, Wisconsin. The city's library service was established in 1899 through a donation from State Senator Levi Withee and was originally based in the city hall.”

Wikipedia article Arcadia Free Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Trempealeau County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1906, Neoclassical architecture, by Omeyer & Thori.

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. 406 E. Main St., Arcadia, 54612
  • When was it listed? April 1994
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Public Library Facilities of Wisconsin MPS
  • Town. Arcadia town
  • When was it built? 1906
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Omeyer & Thori
  • National Register reference number. 94000388 - 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

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Arcadia Free Public Library in 2019, burning under an 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 burning1

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
5 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2019000

Every fire recorded in Trempealeau County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Arcadia Free Public Library: 21 past producers, 14 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Kolstad QuarryStoneUnknown
Keller Creek Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lewis Valley Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Rotering Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Schank Sand Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Schank Sand Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sobotta Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arcadia Shale DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
B Kolstad Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Botana Valley Sandstone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Trempealeau County

Storms near this property

42 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 2 flash 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
September 2010FloodArcadia1 hurt, $7,640Widespread flooding occurred in Arcadia as water from Turton Creek and Meyers Valley Creek over-topped their banks and flowed into town. Water from Turton Creek flowed down Main Street, while water from Meyers Valley Creek bypassed a small bridge and flowed into the town. There were 343 homes evacuated. More than 100 people needed help from emergency responders, who used heavy machinery and boats, to evacuate from their homes. Many vehicles were stranded, and some road damage occurred. Turton Creek washed away a 100-foot section of North Oak Street. Many homes and several businesses sustained damage, some of which incurred major damage. The rainfall amounted to 5.35 inches in Arcadia as of 4:15 a.m. CST on the 23rd, while it continued to rain through the day on the 23rd with a total of 6.92 inches.
September 2010FloodArcadia$1,500,000Numerous roads were washed out between Blair, Whitehall, and Arcadia. A railway line was also underwater in several locations.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindArcadia$950,000no account filed
June 2017HailArcadia$700,000Half dollar to tennis ball sized hail was reported in Arcadia. Several windshields were smashed by the hail.
March 2019FloodArcadia$270,000Runoff from melting snow caused flooding to occur along most streams in Trempealeau County. One home collapsed in the Town of Arcadia from the flooding and numerous county and town roads were closed. State Highways 93 and 95 were reduced to one lane. In Dodge, 12 homes were evacuated due to ice jam flooding along the Trempealeau River. Around 30 homes and businesses sustained minor to major damage and another 45 were affected by the flooding.
August 2010Flash FloodArcadia$257,400Many roads were underwater, while there were also several mudslides reported across the northern part of the county. Driveways and culverts were washed out in the towns of Chimney Rock, Hale, Burnside and Arcadia, while a bridge at Burnside was also washed out. Also, Huskeohs Road was washed out, the Lindberg bridge in Blair was underwater, and Highway 53/121 from Pigeon Falls to the Jackson County line was closed. Roads underwater continued to impact these areas through 8:00 a.m. CST on Sunday, August 15th.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindArcadia$30,000In Arcadia, winds were estimated to be around 60 mph. Numerous trees were blown down across the city, several light poles were blown down, semi trailers were flipped over and a mobile home was blown off its foundation.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindArcadia$25,000Several mobile homes and trees were damaged in Arcadia.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindArcadia$18,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArcadia$17,000no account filed
September 2000HailArcadia$6,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindArcadia$4,000Trees were blown down near and in Arcadia.
September 2016FloodArcadia$4,000Flooding along Beaver Creek created a washout on County Highways T and TT southwest of Ettrick. Another washout occurred east of Ettrick on County Highways D and DD from flooding along the South Branch of Beaver Creek. Some rural township roads were also closed because of flooding. Some street flooding occurred in Arcadia and other small creeks were out of their banks near Ettrick. 2.43 inches of rain was reported in Arcadia and 4.31 inches of rain fell in Ettrick.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindArcadia$3,000Several trees were blown down southwest of Arcadia.
June 2020Flash FloodArcadia$2,000Heavy rains from Tropical Depression Cristobal caused some flash flooding to occur in Arcadia. High water covered some city streets.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000An estimated 60 mph wind gust blew down trees in Arcadia.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000Trees were blown down south of Arcadia.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000Trees were blown down in Arcadia.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindArcadia$2,000Several trees were blown down in Arcadia.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindArcadia$1,000no account filed
September 2000HailArcadia$750no account filed
May 2025HailArcadia-The public reported quarter sized hail in Arcadia.
October 2023Heavy RainArcadia-A volunteer observer reported 3.45 inches of storm total rainfall near Arcadia.
May 2021FloodArcadia-Street flooding occurred in Arcadia. Radar estimates indicated that around 2 inches of rain fell in in less than an hour.
June 2021HailArcadia-Quarter sized hail fell south of Arcadia.
June 2017HailArcadia-Quarter sized hail fell in Arcadia.
July 2017Heavy RainArcadia-In Arcadia, 7.44 inches of rain fell.
June 2015HailArcadia-Walnut sized hail was reported in Arcadia.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindArcadia-Law enforcement estimated a 60 miles per hour wind gust two miles west of Arcadia.
April 2011HailArcadia-no account filed
April 2011HailArcadia-no account filed
August 2008HailArcadia-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindArcadia-no account filed
June 2004HailArcadia-no account filed
May 2002Tornado (F0)Arcadia-no account filed
June 2001HailArcadia-no account filed
September 2000HailArcadia-no account filed
June 1998HailArcadia-no account filed
May 1998HailArcadia-no account filed
June 1998HailArcadia-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindArcadia-no account filed
July 1995HailArcadia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trempealeau 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 94000388 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Trempealeau 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.