Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“Humboldt Public Library in Humboldt, Iowa, USA, is a free public library. The library received a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York on December 13, 1906.”
Wikipedia article Humboldt Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Humboldt County · listed in 1983 · 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 mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Humboldt Free Public Library: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Humboldt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Rutland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Frank Gotch State Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Humboldt Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Peterson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humboldt, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2007: 17 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Humboldt | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Flood | Humboldt | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Humboldt | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Humboldt | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Flood | Humboldt | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Humboldt | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Humboldt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Humboldt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Humboldt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Humboldt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Humboldt | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Humboldt | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Humboldt | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Humboldt | - | Tornado touched down in open fields north of Humboldt and caused little damage. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Humboldt | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Humboldt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Stephen Harris Taft House | under 500 feet | 2002 |
 | Humboldt County Court House | 0.2 miles | 2003 |
 | Corydon Brown House | 1.5 miles | 1978 |
| Des Moines River Bridge | 2.1 miles | 1998 | |
 | Berkhimer Bridge | 2.1 miles | 1998 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83000368 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Humboldt County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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