Bicksler Block

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“The Bicksler Block is an historic building located in Salem, Iowa, United States. John Bicksler had this commercial building built in 1886.”
Wikipedia article Bicksler Block, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 54 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 2010 · 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. 101-103 W Cherry St, Salem, 52649
When was it listed? May 2010
Category. building
Township. Salem township
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 10000291 - 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.

Storms near this property

19 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2000	Flood	Salem	1 killed	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$30,000	Corn bent and broken off stalks
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$25,000	Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph overturned a semi truck on Highway 27/218 about 3.5 miles east southeast of Salem, IA around 448 pm June 19.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Lawn furniture thrown across yard
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Shingles reported blown off roof, and outdoor furniture blown over. The time was estimated from radar information.
April 2024	Tornado (EF2)	Salem	-	An NWS survey team confirmed a long-track EF2 tornado Tuesday afternoon in southeast Iowa. The tornado developed just southwest of Houghton, Iowa in Lee County. Significant damage to homes, trees, and outbuildings was observed. The worst damage occurred at a farmstead north of New London in Henry County, where the roof was removed from a brick house, one of the exterior walls collapsed, and the garage was destroyed. Numerous out buildings were also destroyed at nearby farmsteads. Maximum winds were estimated around 130 mph. The tornado continued into northwest Des Moines County and caused additional damage at several farmsteads southeast of Yarmouth. Public video confirmed that the tornado continued northeast into Louisa County, where a vehicle was blown off the road just east of Morning Sun. The tornado then damaged trees near the Port Louisa National Wildlife refuge, and finally lifted near the confluence of the Iowa and Mississippi Rivers. The tornado had a maximum path width around 600 yards. The tornado path length was around 42 miles. There were no injuries. Numerous emergency managers provided valuable assistance to NWS Quad Cities during the survey.
April 2024	Hail	Salem	-	Public report of nickel size hail occurring at this time.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees blown down and shingles blown off of the roof.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	A COOP Observer reported several tree branches down on their property. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	The COOP Observer 1 mile south of Salem reported several tree branches down on their property. The time of the event was estimated using radar.
June 2010	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter sized hail fell about 1 mile north of Salem, IA at 1037 pm June 1.
October 2005	Hail	Salem	-	From co-op observer.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Several large tree limbs down.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Barn destroyed.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Large trees down. Reported by trained storm spotter.
April 2020	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henry 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Farmers Savings Bank	under 500 feet	2010
Reeves, Isaac and Agnes (Bells), House	0.1 miles	2010
Collins-Bond House	0.2 miles	2010
Cook-Johnson House	0.3 miles	2010
Fish Creek Bridge	2.1 miles	1998
Joseph A. and Lydia A. Edwards House	2.4 miles	2015

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 10000291 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Henry County	All 54 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.
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.