Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
“The Avery Theater is a historic building located in Garner, Iowa, United States. Built from 1930 to 1931, this was the only theater in town built specifically to show movies with sound.”
Wikipedia article The Avery Theater, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hancock County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Avery Theater, The: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Andrews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Garner Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garner Reuber Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garner, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 8 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Garner | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Lightning | Garner | $30,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Garner | $25,000 | Public reported, through local media, hail larger than baseball in size. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $25,000 | Storm chaser video depicted extensive wind damage to power poles, including series of snapped poles. This is a delayed report and time estimated from radar. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Garner | $25,000 | The golf ball size hail was reported on Henchen Street. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Garner | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $20,000 | Hancock County Sheriff reported power lines down. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $20,000 | Public reported a large tree fell on a house and damage was done to a fence in town. Tree was 1 to 2 feet in diameter. Reported via social media and is a delayed report. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $15,000 | Multiple large trees and limbs down in town. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $10,000 | Emergency manager relayed trees down in Garner, some roads blocked. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $10,000 | Public reported a large healthy tree, about 2 feet in diameter, snapped at the base just east of Garner. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Garner | $10,000 | Public reported hail around ping pong ball in size. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $5,000 | Tree branch damage was reported and a 2 foot diameter tree was blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Garner | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $2,000 | Large branches of 3 to 4 inches diameter downed in town. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Garner | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | $1,000 | Public reported shingles on the road, trees and branches down in Garner. Time estimated by radar. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Garner | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garner | - | Report via mping. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garner | - | Report via mping. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Garner | - | Law enforcement reported golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.04 inches. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.04 inches. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Garner | - | Time estimated via radar. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Garner | - | Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | - | Public relayed picture of 5 inch tree limbs downed. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | - | Public relayed picture of large tree limb, about 10 inches in diameter, broken in Garner. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garner | - | Public reported 2 inch tree limbs down and debris blowing across the road. There was also up to nickel sized hail. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.19 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.21 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | Public reported heavy rainfall of 3.25 inches ending this morning. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | CoCoRaHS observer recorded heavy rainfall of 4.21 inches over the last 24 hours. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | Public reported storm total heavy rainfall of 4.5 inches since Tuesday night. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Garner | - | Public reported storm total heavy rainfall of 2.75 inches. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garner | - | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Garner | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Garner | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Garner | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Garner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hancock County Courthouse | 0.4 miles | 1981 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08001043 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hancock County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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