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Photograph of Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J. Leith House
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Leith, Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J., House

Built in 1904 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.

From the record

“Leith House is a historic building located in Wilton, Iowa, United States. The 2½-story, wood frame, Queen Anne structure is significant because of its architecture.”

Wikipedia article Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J. Leith House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Muscatine County · listed in 2020 · category: Building · built in 1904, Queen Anne style.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 117 West 6th St., Wilton, 52778
  • When was it listed? October 2020
  • Category. building
  • Township. Wilton township
  • When was it built? 1904
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 100005657 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

13 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Leith, Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J., House between 2011 and 2020, burning about 104 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
10 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2020Debris and open burning40 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2013Debris and open burning20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2015Smoking3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Muscatine County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Leith, Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J., House: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atalissa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mc Killip Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muscatine County

Storms near this property

24 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilton, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWilton$350,000On Trail Avenue
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWilton$60,000no account filed
June 2010Flash FloodWilton$10,000Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding of Mud Creek near Wilton.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Wilton$10,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWilton$5,000no account filed
May 1995HailWilton$2,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWilton$1,000Several large tree limbs downed. Reported by Newspaper.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWilton-Windows were broken out of a home, and table blown off a porch.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWilton-Estimated thunderstorm wind gust.
April 2023HailWilton-A public report of quarter size hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trained spotter reported thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWilton-Several tree branches blown down in Wilton.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWilton-A trained spotter reported two large trees down. The time of the event was estimated by radar.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWilton-Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Wilton, IA at 310 pm May 25.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWilton-Wind gusts estimated to be 50 to 60 mph blew down some branches on the northwest side of Wilton, IA around 502 pm June 27.
May 1995Tornado (F1)Wilton-Numerous small and brief tornadoes touched down west of Muscatine at this time. Some vehicles were damaged by hail, but no damage was caused by the tornadoes.
May 2024HailWilton-no account filed
April 2023HailWilton-no account filed
April 2023HailWilton-no account filed
May 2004HailWilton-no account filed
May 2003HailWilton-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWilton-no account filed
May 2000HailWilton-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muscatine 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

4 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
Nicolaus, Henry E. and Ella M. (Knott), House0.2 miles2017
Wilton Candy Kitchen0.2 miles1993
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Wilton Depot0.2 miles1988
Wilton Commercial Historic District0.3 miles2016

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100005657 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Muscatine CountyAll 40 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.