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Wartburg Teachers' Seminary

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Old Main is a historic building located on the campus of Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, United States. When Wartburg was established in Waverly in 1879 it was a normal school that educated men to teach in Lutheran parochial schools.”

Wikipedia article Old Main (Wartburg College), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Bremer County · listed in 1978 · 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. Wartburg College campus, Waverly, 50677
  • When was it listed? January 1978
  • Category. building
  • City. Waverly city
  • Architectural style. Italianate architecture
  • National Register reference number. 78001208 - 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Wartburg Teachers' Seminary between 2006 and 2009, burning about 42 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5

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
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 November 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Bremer County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wartburg Teachers' Seminary: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
OccurrenceBarium-BaritePast ProducerBarite
Drappe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dix PitSand 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 Bremer County

Storms near this property

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waverly, the town this property stands in, in 61 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 8 flash flood, 4 flood. The reports record 9 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaverly9 hurt, $20,000Numerous tents on the fairgrounds were blown down with people in them causing some injuries. In another place in town a woman had a broken arm when a tree fell on her while mowing the lawn. Several trees fell across the area with some additional injuries. There was no thunderstorm in the area, as they were to the north, but the strong gust front from the storms up north produced the damage.
May 1999Flash FloodWaverly$750,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWaverly$500,000no account filed
May 2013Flash FloodWaverly$300,000Several roads across the county have water over them from small creeks and streams. Flooding reported in the cities.
September 2016FloodWaverly$100,000Law enforcement reported all of the southeast portion of Waverly has been evacuated due to the Cedar River flooding. Time of evacuation unknown.
April 2008Flash FloodWaverly$100,000Roads were washed out in various parts of the county.
September 2001Tornado (F2)Waverly$100,000Tornado moved in from Butler County and touched down again, mostly in open field. A car and garage was damaged in Bremer County.
July 1999Flash FloodWaverly$75,000no account filed
August 2010Flash FloodWaverly$50,000Water up to the top of tires on vehicles located at the intersection of 3rd Ave and 4th Street in northwest Waverly.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWaverly$50,000Extensive crop damage was reported northwest of Waverly.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly$50,000no account filed
June 1998FloodWaverly$50,000no account filed
June 1998FloodWaverly$50,000no account filed
July 1999Flash FloodWaverly$25,000no account filed
August 1998FloodWaverly$25,000no account filed
June 1998HailWaverly$25,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWaverly$25,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWaverly$25,000no account filed
April 2014HailWaverly$15,000no account filed
June 2008Flash FloodWaverly$10,000Torrential rain over a 15 minute period caused street flooding.
June 2008Flash FloodWaverly$10,000Dry Run Creek in town is beginning to flood.
August 2009LightningWaverly$10,000no account filed
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly$10,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWaverly$10,000no account filed
May 2003HailWaverly$10,000no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000Whole trees in motion with intermittent strong gusts for the past 15 minutes.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000One quarter inch diameter hail occurred with the wind as well.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000The Emergency Manager reported trees and large limbs blown down.
May 2010LightningWaverly$5,000no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWaverly$5,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWaverly$3,000no account filed
June 1998Tornado (F2)Waverly$3,000no account filed
July 1997LightningWaverly$3,000no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000Eight inch diameter tree branches were snapped at Bremer Ave and 8th St.
April 2014HailWaverly$2,000no account filed
April 2014HailWaverly$2,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWaverly$2,000no account filed
May 2008HailWaverly$1,000no account filed
June 1999HailWaverly$1,000no account filed
June 1997HailWaverly$1,000no account filed
June 1996Tornado (F0)Waverly$1,000no account filed
May 2024HailWaverly-Dime to quarter sized hail reported.
March 2023HailWaverly-Delayed report, image submitted via social media.
June 2023HailWaverly-Public reported quarter sized hail via mPing app.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaverly-A large tree limb nearly 1 foot in diameter was broken from the gust front. There was no thunderstorm, as they were to the north, but the strong gust front from the storms up north produced the damage.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWaverly-KWWL viewer shared pictures of tree damage, branches 2 to 3 inches in diameter downed, in Waverly. Time estimated from radar.
May 2019HailWaverly-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaverly-Trained spotter reported a large limb broken, wind speed unknown at the time. This is a delayed report.
September 2018Heavy RainWaverly-CoCoRaHS observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.06 inches over the last 24 hours.
April 2014HailWaverly-no account filed
April 2014HailWaverly-no account filed
July 2005HailWaverly-no account filed
April 2002HailWaverly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bremer 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
Wartburg College Historic Districtunder 500 feet2022
Harmon and LeValley Northwest Historic District0.4 miles2014
Waverly House0.4 miles1976
Waverly Municipal Hydroelectric Powerhouse0.6 miles2026
Sturdevant Southwest Historic District0.6 miles2016
Waverly East Bremer Avenue Commercial Historic District0.8 miles2014

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001208 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bremer CountyAll 13 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.