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Jones Business College

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“Jones Business College, also known as the Jones Building, is a historic building located in Perry, Iowa, United States. Durant Jones was a social activist who supported the cause of Prohibition.”

Wikipedia article Jones Business College, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Dallas County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.

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. 1305 Otley Ave., Perry, 50220
  • When was it listed? November 2000
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Downtown Perry, Iowa MPS
  • Township. Spring Valley township
  • National Register reference number. 00001006 - 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

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Jones Business College between 2010 and 2012, burning about 24 acres 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 June 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 May 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources141ST & WILLIS AVE, PERRY, IOWA

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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 Jones Business College: 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
D. A. Mcbride BrickyardClayPast Producer
Colemen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Diddy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Perry Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this property

60 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perry, the town this property stands in, in 71 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 thunderstorm wind, 13 heavy rain, 9 hail, 3 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
April 2007FloodPerry$250,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPerry$100,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPerry$50,000Emergency manager reported a 4-plex apartment building had its roof blown off. Time estimated by radar.
June 2015Flash FloodPerry$50,000Public reported streets flooding, basement flooding, and possible water rescue from vehicles stranded in streets in Perry.
August 2014Flash FloodPerry$50,000Numerous locations on Highway 44 throughout the county have water over the road, in some places 6 to 8 inches deep. Highway 169 north of Minburn had water over the road.
March 2007FloodPerry$50,000no account filed
May 2007FloodPerry$50,000no account filed
August 2002Flash FloodPerry$50,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPerry$50,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPerry$30,000no account filed
July 2007LightningPerry$25,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPerry$25,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPerry$20,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindPerry$15,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000Nickel hail with 4 to 6 inch tree limbs blown down across town.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000One large 15 inch diameter tree limb blocking one lane of a highway. Several smaller 4 inch diameter limbs down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000One foot diameter tree down with other widespread tree damage.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000Damaging wind lasted 10 minutes and was still in progress.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000Trees down in town.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000Numerous large trees down.
April 2010HailPerry$10,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPerry$10,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000Semi was blown off the road on the east side of Perry.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000Numerous 6 to 10 inch tree limbs were blown down in Perry. A tree blocked a road in town. Winds blew down street barricades, damaging them.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
September 2006Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
July 1999HailPerry$5,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindPerry$5,000no account filed
September 2008Thunderstorm WindPerry$3,000A few 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs down about 10 feet long. A portion of an Elm tree trunk about 2 feet in diameter and 20 to 30 feet was also blown down.
April 2010HailPerry$3,000no account filed
June 2000HailPerry$3,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindPerry$3,000no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPerry$2,000Local fire department reported large limbs down around Perry. Times estimated from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPerry$2,000Amateur radio reported a large tree down just outside of town. Passed on from Perry Police. Time estimated from radar.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPerry$2,000no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindPerry$2,000no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPerry$2,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Perry$2,000no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindPerry$2,000no account filed
July 1999HailPerry$1,000no account filed
April 2024HailPerry-Delayed report, time estimated via radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPerry-Several larger trees down in Perry, along with 3500 customers without power.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindPerry-Wind gusts of 60 TO 70 MPH from amateur radio operators in Perry.
June 2020Heavy RainPerry-Co-op observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 2.21 inches.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPerry-Emergency manager reported a two foot diameter tree limb down in Perry.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPerry-Public report of 70 mph winds with branches down and power out.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPerry-Public relayed picture of downed tree limbs about 6 inches in diameter and greater, and some minor crop damage.
May 2019Heavy RainPerry-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.36 inches over the last 24 hours.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPerry-Perry polic reported trees down in town. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar.
May 2016HailPerry-Emergency Manager reported quarter sized hail, along with strong winds.
July 2016Heavy RainPerry-Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.72 inches from overnight rainfall.
July 2016Heavy RainPerry-Public reported heavy rainfall of 2.25 inches event total, via social media.
July 2016Heavy RainPerry-Coop observer recorded heavy rainfall of 2.32 inches. End time radar estimated.
September 2016Heavy RainPerry-Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.57 inches.

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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

6 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
Bruce's Snowball Market #1 Additionunder 500 feet2000
Perry Carnegie Library Building0.1 miles1996
Dowtown Perry Historic District0.2 miles2000
Saint Patrick's Catholic Church and Rectory0.4 miles2011
Beaver Creek Bridge2.9 miles1998
Dayton Stagecoach Inn and Tavern Historic District6.6 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00001006 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dallas CountyAll 19 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.