Catalpa

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“Catalpa, generally known as Wallace Farm, is a historic farm located near the small city of Orient, Iowa, United States. It is associated with Henry Cantwell Wallace, who owned and operated the influential agricultural publication Wallaces' Farmer, and served as U.S.”
Wikipedia article Catalpa (Greenfield, Iowa), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Adair County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Address. SE of Greenfield, Greenfield, 50858
When was it listed? November 1974
Category. building
Township. Orient township
National Register reference number. 74000776 - 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

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield, the town this property stands in, in 78 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 36 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 13 heavy rain, 3 tornado. 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
May 2024	Tornado (EF2)	Greenfield	$750,000	Emergency management recorded a path of damage from just east of Greenfield to just shy of the Adair/Madison County line north of 140th Street. The initial portion of this tornado was observed via the Doppler on Wheels (DOW) and was extended farther southwest accordingly. This tornado impacted farmsteads with damage to outbuildings and tree groves. Toward the end of the path, a large industrial wind mill was blown over southeast of the intersection of 150th street and Walnut Avenue. EF2 damage was then done with complete destruction of an outbuilding along York Avenue along with shredding of trees. The tornado then quickly weakened and dissipated as it approached the county line.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$150,000	Trained spotter reported a machine shed destroyed, a grain bin severely damaged, and multiple trees down.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$100,000	Emergency manager reported that within the towns of Greenfield and Fontanelle 8 to 10 inch diameter trees, branches, and fences down. A greenhouse was blown over at the Shopko in Greenfield. Time estimated from radar.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$100,000	Emergency manager reported significant wind damage in Adair County near Greenfield. Multiple trees reported down and home damage about 3 miles south of Greenfield, and a radio tower on the hospital down.
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$100,000	Damage to several trees, along with roof damage to a building.
May 1996	Flash Flood	Greenfield	$75,000	no account filed
May 2004	Tornado (F1)	Greenfield	$50,000	Tornado touched down southwest of the town of Stuart and tracked northeast through mostly open countryside. The tornado did lift occasionally.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Greenfield	$50,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$50,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flood	Greenfield	$50,000	no account filed
March 2019	Heavy Rain	Greenfield	$40,000	A heated horse barn near the town of Greenfield experienced a partial roof collapse due to the snow and rainfall absorbed into the snow putting too much weight on the that part of the roof. Minor injuries to a couple of horses were reported.
September 2002	Hail	Greenfield	$40,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Greenfield	$30,000	no account filed
July 1998	Flood	Greenfield	$30,000	no account filed
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$30,000	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Greenfield	$25,000	Vehicle damage reported along with some roof damage.
May 2001	Hail	Greenfield	$25,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$25,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$25,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$25,000	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Greenfield	$20,000	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$15,000	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$15,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$15,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Greenfield	$10,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	Local fire department in Greenfield estimated up to 70 mph winds, causing numerous tree branches down and blocking some streets.
August 2015	Hail	Greenfield	$5,000	Trained spotter reported brief quarter size hail in Greenfield.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	A few trees were blown down around town as well as large branches broken.
May 2006	Hail	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
April 1994	Hail	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$5,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$3,000	Damage to trees reported across much of the city.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$3,000	Tree limbs down, 10 inches in diameter.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$3,000	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Greenfield	$2,000	no account filed
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$2,000	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$2,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$2,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$2,000	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Greenfield	$2,000	no account filed
May 2000	Tornado (F0)	Greenfield	$1,000	Brief touchdown
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$1,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	$1,000	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Greenfield	$1,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Greenfield	$1,000	no account filed
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenfield	-	Wind gusts of 70 to 75 mph, along with dime-sized hail.
July 2021	Heavy Rain	Greenfield	-	A 24 hour rain total of 3.00 inches.

Every storm recorded in Adair 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

5 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
Tastee-Freez Drive In and Dairy Store	6.8 miles	2025
Warren Opera House Block and Hetherington Block	7.1 miles	1979
Adair County Democrat-Adair County Free Press Building	7.2 miles	2011
Hotel Greenfield	7.2 miles	2011
Adair County Courthouse	7.2 miles	1981

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74000776 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Adair County	All 10 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.