Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
“Aunty Green Hotel is a historic building located in Bonaparte, Iowa, United States. The hotel was built by John Green in 1844.”
Wikipedia article Aunty Green Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Van Buren County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Aunty Green Hotel between 2006 and 2014, burning about 27 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/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 31827 HWY 2 FARMINGTON, IA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Aunty Green Hotel: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Camanche Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dawson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonaparte, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Bonaparte | $30,000 | Jct J40 & W40 |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | $20,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and power lines near Bonaparte, IA around 655 pm July 27. A power outage was observed for most of the eastern half of Van Buren County. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bonaparte | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | $10,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew a tree down onto a garage in Bonaparte, IA around 530 pm June 23. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | $5,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down numerous trees and power lines in Bonaparte, IA at 650 pm July 27. A power outage was also observed. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | $5,000 | numerous tree limbs down; roof blown off a feed shed. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | $200 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | - | An NWS Damager survey found several trees snapped. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonaparte | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches down. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Bonaparte | - | Reported through social media. |
| May 2021 | Flood | Bonaparte | - | Heavy rain resulted in several secondary county roads closed overnight. Roughly at 190th Street east of Yellow Avenue. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Bonaparte | - | The Emergency Manager reports water flowing over a gravel road from nearby fields. When the water receded, piled up debris was left on the road . |
| February 2017 | Hail | Bonaparte | - | A spotter reported pea to dime size hail. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Bonaparte | - | Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail along with torrential rain. |
| June 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Bonaparte | - | A funnel cloud was reported north of Bonaparte. Newspaper photographs also showed a large wall cloud, and witnesses described obvious rotation. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Bonaparte | - | penny size hail in town |
| June 2024 | Hail | Bonaparte | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bonaparte Pottery Archeological District | under 500 feet | 1999 |
 | Bonaparte Historic Riverfront District | 0.2 miles | 1989 |
 | Meek's Flour Mill | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Des Moines River Locks No. 5 and No. 7 | 0.2 miles | 1977 |
| Samuel and Mercy Paine House | 3.0 miles | 2022 | |
 | Vernon School | 3.3 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 78001265 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Van Buren County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
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