BlockFrom the record
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Van Buren County · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Goodin Building
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The listing
- Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. North 106 Front St., Farmington, 52626
- Category. building
- Township. Farmington township
- National Register reference number. 02000505 - 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
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Goodin Building between 2006 and 2014, burning about 177 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Goodin Building: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Camanche Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farmington, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Farmington | $100,000 | On Hwy 81 at the Iowa/Missouri state line |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $80,000 | Old porch roof off & trailer overturned |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $50,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down several trees and power lines in Farmington, IA around 700 pm July 27. One tree fell on a house at 519 N. 2nd Street. Another tree fell on a car on Washington Street. Additional tree damage was reported near Pearl Street and 4th Street. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a tree down onto a mobile home in Farmington, IA at 825 pm CDT June 26. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Farmington | $20,000 | Lightning strike destroyed the entire electrical system of a house and all electric appliances that were plugged into it. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Farmington | $10,000 | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of several streets in Farmington, IA as well as Highway 2 just east of Farmington during the morning of June 21. According to the local paper, more than 20 property owners reported damage from the storm. In particular, a two block stretch of Highway 2 or North 4th Street in Farmington was flooded from runoff from Shimek Forest with debris washed across the road near Pearl Street. A section of State Street between 3rd and 4th streets was eroded. Several buildings were flooded, including the historic old buggy factory located at Second and State Streets, an accounting business, and an auto body repair shop. Rapid runoff scraped the surface of many city streets and numerous basements were flooded. The local newspaper also reported that the mayor of Farmington measured about 4.5 inches of rain between 3 am and 430 am CDT (90 minutes). |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and power lines in Farmington, IA at 655 pm July 27. A power outage was also observed. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $5,000 | Large 15 inch diameter limb down on Olive Street. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Farmington | $2,000 | penny to quarter size hail; reported by fire chief & spotter |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | $2,000 | Thunderstorm produced additional wind damage in Clark County Missouri. Several 6-8 inch diameter maples along with numerous smaller limbs were downed. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Farmington | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | Large tree branch down. Time estimated by radar data. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | Broadcast media relayed a report of numerous large oak trees down in town and the roof of a building peeled back. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | The local fire department reported a few medium sized tree branches were down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | Tree was reported blown down, estimated wind by storm chaser at 60 mph. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Farmington | - | Golf ball sized hail fell in Farmington, IA at 410 pm CDT May 11. |
| November 2013 | Hail | Farmington | - | Penny sized hail fell for 5 minutes. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | A trained spotter reported one tree down along with a power pole down near Farmington. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph were observed about 5 miles northwest of Croton, IA at 515 pm CDT August 20. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmington | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and branches across streets about 5 miles northwest of Croton, IA, or in the Farmington, IA area, around 715 pm July 27. A power outage was also observed. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Farmington | - | dime size hail |
| March 2006 | Hail | Farmington | - | dime size hail |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Farmington | - | Very heavy rain occurred in Farmington, with 2 inches of rain measured in just 30 minutes. This heavy rain forced Indian Creek out of it's banks. |
| May 2001 | Flood | Farmington | - | Small stream flooding reported by trained spotter. Normally dry creek out of it's banks covering road. |
| September 2001 | Heavy Rain | Farmington | - | 1.30 inches of rain in 45 minutes. Reported by storm spotter. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Farmington | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Farmington | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Farmington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Burg Wagon Works Building | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Bonaparte Pottery Archeological District | 4.9 miles | 1999 |
| Aunty Green Hotel | 5.0 miles | 1978 | |
 | Bonaparte Historic Riverfront District | 5.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Meek's Flour Mill | 5.1 miles | 1983 |
 | Des Moines River Locks No. 5 and No. 7 | 5.1 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02000505 in Record Group 79. |
| Van Buren County | All 23 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.