Osceola Masonic Block

Built in 1872 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“The Masonic Building, also called the Burrows Block, Bank Block, and Masonic Temple stands on the public square in Osceola, Iowa, United States. The upper stories of this Italianate building were used by Osceola Lodge No. 77 of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and the main floor was a bank and hardware store.”
Wikipedia article Masonic Building (Osceola, Iowa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Clarke County · listed in 2010 · category: Building · built in 1872, Italianate architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 101-103 S Main St, Osceola, 50213
When was it listed? July 2010
Category. building
City. Osceola city
When was it built? 1872
Architectural style. Italianate architecture
National Register reference number. 10000421 - 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 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Osceola Masonic Block in 2013, burning about 10 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 burning	1

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
4 April 2013	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Osceola Masonic Block: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Drill Hole	Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Siegel Brick and Tile Yard	Clay	Past Producer
Osceola Central Shop	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Osceola Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke County

Storms near this property

60 of 103 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osceola, the town this property stands in, in 103 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 34 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 28 heavy rain, 6 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	1 hurt, $30,000	Driver of semi-tractortrailer rig received minor injuries as rig was blown off the highway.
April 2024	Tornado (EF2)	Osceola	$400,000	The emergency manager provided several reports of damage along the path of this tornado. The tornado began just southeast of the Osceola Rest Area along Interstate 35 and travelled northeast through the town of Osceola. EF2 damage was done just southwest of town where a roof was removed from a house along 225th Avenue. There was mainly EF0 to EF1 damage through Osceola from tree damage and limited roof damage to homes in town. The tornado emerged from the northeast side of Osceola and continued northeast through rural Clarke County. The tornado dissipated near Lilac Street after impacting one last farmstead.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$250,000	Around 82 train cars were blown over. Several very large trees were uprooted in a narrow corridor. Many branches were snapped and several farm buildings lost roofs.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Osceola	$150,000	Highway 69 south of town closed due to water from a creek over the road. Several other roads in town flooded.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$50,000	A wooden barn was completely destroyed along 180th Ave.
March 2014	Tornado (EF0)	Osceola	$50,000	Spotter about 1.5 miles north of the tornado saw small rope funnel which lasted only a couple of minutes. Initially encountered a house and tore a small section of roofing away. Also tipped over a parked semi-trailer scattering debris into the field across the road. Tornado proceeded northeast and tore the roof off an old farm machinery building on the west side of Highway 69 and then snapped one power pole in a farm field before dissipating.
July 2001	Hail	Osceola	$50,000	no account filed
October 2001	Hail	Osceola	$50,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flood	Osceola	$50,000	no account filed
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$35,000	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$30,000	no account filed
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$25,000	Emergency manager reported trees down on power lines in Osceola. Time estimated from radar.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Osceola	$25,000	Highway 69 south of Osceola was closed with water over the road from White Breast Creek.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Osceola	$25,000	White breast and South Creeks were out of their banks. Water was over 255th St along White breast Creek. A culvert was washed out. Pine street was closed due to high water. Several basements were flooded.
May 2011	Lightning	Osceola	$25,000	no account filed
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$25,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$20,000	A spotter estimated wind gusts of 68 MPH.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Osceola	$20,000	Several closures along U.S. Highway 69 south of Osceola due to water over the road.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$20,000	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$15,000	no account filed
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$15,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$10,000	High winds damaged trees and tore shingles off of a house.
September 2008	Flash Flood	Osceola	$10,000	Water was partially covering Highway 69.
July 2008	Flood	Osceola	$10,000	Highway 169 was closed one half mile south of Osceola with water over the road.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Osceola	$10,000	White breast Creek was out of its banks with shallow water over Highway 69.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$10,000	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$10,000	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$10,000	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$10,000	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Osceola	$10,000	no account filed
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$5,000	Shed blown over, time estimated by radar.
April 2015	Hail	Osceola	$5,000	A large amount of hail was reported. It was mostly small hail with a few of the larger stones up to half dollar in size. The hail lasted 5 minutes.
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$5,000	Estimated winds of 60 MPH.
August 2009	Hail	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
August 2004	Hail	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
October 2001	Hail	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$5,000	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Osceola	$3,000	Dime to quarter size hail along with 1.67 inches of rain in 20 minutes.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$3,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$3,000	no account filed
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$3,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$3,000	no account filed
March 1995	Hail	Osceola	$3,000	no account filed
April 2014	Lightning	Osceola	$2,000	A car was struck by lightning on U.S. 34 near Osceola. The trunk caught fire.
June 2005	Hail	Osceola	$2,000	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Osceola	$2,000	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Osceola	$1,000	Public submitted a picture of the hail being measured from the night before to KCCI's ulocal page.
June 2006	Hail	Osceola	$1,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	$1,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	-	Tree down blocking the roadway.
May 2025	Hail	Osceola	-	Report relayed by broadcast media. Delayed report, time estimated by radar.
August 2025	Heavy Rain	Osceola	-	Event total rainfall of 3.3 inches from personal weather station.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	-	Iowa DOT instrument reported a gust of 61 mph. Also received public reports of strong winds in Osceola.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Osceola	-	Tower blown down at dispatch office in Clarke county. Numerous trees in Osceola of 14-16 diameter also damaged. Estimated winds of 60 to 70 mph.
April 2023	Hail	Osceola	-	Report via social media.
April 2023	Hail	Osceola	-	Golf ball to slightly larger sized hail.
April 2023	Hail	Osceola	-	Report from mping, time estimated.

Every storm recorded in Clarke 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
Dickinson Webster House	0.1 miles	1977
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Depot	0.2 miles	2009
Osceola Commercial Historic District	0.2 miles	2018
Cowles, George H and Alice Spaulding, House	0.3 miles	2006
Temple, Marcellus Luther and Julia Protzman, House	0.5 miles	1996
J. V. Banta House	2.5 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 10000421 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clarke County	All 8 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.