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Photograph of Cedar Falls Ice House
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Cedar Falls Ice House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From the record

“The Cedar Falls Ice House is a historic building located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1921 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.”

Wikipedia article Cedar Falls Ice House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 51 National Register listings published here for Black Hawk County · listed in 1977 · 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. Franklin Ave. and 1st St., Cedar Falls, 50613
  • When was it listed? October 1977
  • Category. building
  • City. Cedar Falls city
  • National Register reference number. 77000494 - 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

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Falls Ice House between 2002 and 2011, burning about 77 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
21 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
3 June 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
28 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources310 ST. SPRUCE AVE, IA
23 March 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 March 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIowa State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Black Hawk County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Falls Ice House: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Burton Avenue QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stead Bros. and Guenther Clay PitClayPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Black Hawk County

Storms near this property

60 of 111 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Falls, the town this property stands in, in 111 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 45 hail, 38 thunderstorm wind, 14 heavy rain, 4 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 25 injuries. 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
May 2000Tornado (F3)Cedar Falls1 killed, 25 hurt, $1,750,000Multi-vortex, regerative tornado
April 2010HailCedar Falls$1,000,000The ground was covered by 1 to 3.5 inch diameter hail.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$750,000Six inch diameter tree branches were down and a radio station tower collapsed.
July 2007HailCedar Falls$300,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$200,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$100,000Many trees were down in the residential areas of the Cedar Falls and Waterloo areas. Dime to nickel size hail was also reported.
April 2010HailCedar Falls$100,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$75,000no account filed
September 2011LightningCedar Falls$50,000A building and two trees were set ablaze by lightning.
April 2010HailCedar Falls$50,000no account filed
August 2010LightningCedar Falls$50,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$35,000no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$25,000Trees were blown down, the power was out, and fences were blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$25,000Numerous trees were downed by high winds in the town of Cedar Falls.
April 2010HailCedar Falls$25,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodCedar Falls$25,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$25,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$25,000no account filed
May 2000HailCedar Falls$25,000no account filed
April 2010HailCedar Falls$20,000Hail was reported at the intersection of 6th and Main.
April 2008Flash FloodCedar Falls$20,000Sandbagging operations were being done around the fire station due to flooding from the Dry Run Creek.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$20,000Numerous reports of trees down in the Cedar Falls and Waterloo areas. Reports began at 2206 CST.
July 2007HailCedar Falls$20,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$20,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$20,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$15,000Public reported a tree fell on their house. Time estimated by radar.
April 2010HailCedar Falls$15,000no account filed
April 2010HailCedar Falls$15,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$15,000no account filed
September 2018Flash FloodCedar Falls$10,000KWWL relayed images of stalled cars in around 1 to 2 feet of water. The water did not look to be moving.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$10,000Power lines were reported down.
June 2010Flash FloodCedar Falls$10,000Water over the road at Hudson and 23rd St.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$10,000A tree and large branches blown down along Franklin St in Cedar Falls.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$10,000Trees were uprooted and power lines blown down.
April 2013HailCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
April 2013HailCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
April 2013HailCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
March 2007FloodCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
May 1996HailCedar Falls$10,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$6,000Tree down on power lines resulting in power outages around Cedar Falls.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$5,000Power poles were blown down at 19th and Summit.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$5,000Power pole was blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$5,000Trees were downed at 9th and college.
April 2013HailCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
April 2010HailCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
July 2007HailCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
February 2007LightningCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
July 1998LightningCedar Falls$5,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$3,000Winds toppled trees at the corner of Orchard Drive and Laurinda in Cedar Falls.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar Falls$3,000Numerous tree branches down.
May 2008HailCedar Falls$3,000Quarter size hail was reported.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Cedar Falls$3,000Brief touchdown on the edge of town.

Every storm recorded in Black Hawk 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Wild Historic District0.1 miles2019
Daniel and Margaret Wild House0.1 miles2017
Black Hawk Hotel0.2 miles2002
Cedar Falls Post Office0.2 miles2016
Cotton Theater0.2 miles1993
Cedar Falls Downtown Historic District0.2 miles2017

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 77000494 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Black Hawk CountyAll 51 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.