E. R. Hays House

Built in 1895 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Hays House, also known as Bybee & Davis Funeral Home, is a historic building located in Knoxville, Iowa, United States. Hays was a local lawyer who served briefly in the United States House of Representatives, replacing Edwin H.”
Wikipedia article E.R. Hays House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 29 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1895, Italianate architecture, by William Foster.

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.
Listed as. Hays, E. R., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 301 N. 2nd St., Knoxville, 50138
When was it listed? September 1984
Category. building
Township. Knoxville township
When was it built? 1895
Architectural style. Italianate architecture, Victorian architecture
Architect. William Foster
National Register reference number. 84001283 - 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

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of E. R. Hays House in 2015, burning about 18 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
Debris and open burning	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
1 June 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2015	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 April 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 April 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
26 March 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
18 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge	CLASS B ROAD FIRE

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of E. R. Hays House: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Zinc, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Drill Hole	Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Unknown	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Iowa Brick and Tile Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Wright Brickyard	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this property

60 of 132 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knoxville, the town this property stands in, in 132 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 40 hail, 26 heavy rain, 9 flash 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
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$1,000,000	no account filed
July 2015	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$250,000	Emergency Manager reported several feet of water in VA hospital building.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$200,000	no account filed
May 2007	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$150,000	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$150,000	no account filed
June 2011	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$100,000	EM reported several streets flooding with 8 to 10 inches of flowing water.
July 2008	Hail	Knoxville	$100,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$100,000	no account filed
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$75,000	Trees were blown down along with dime size hail reported.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$75,000	no account filed
July 2014	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$50,000	Law enforcement reported water on the roads in front of the Knoxville Racetrack The water was up to the bottoms of the cars.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$50,000	Roads were closed at McKimber Drive and 170th with water running over the road.
July 2011	Lightning	Knoxville	$50,000	no account filed
April 2010	Flood	Knoxville	$50,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flood	Knoxville	$50,000	no account filed
May 1998	Flood	Knoxville	$50,000	no account filed
May 1996	Flood	Knoxville	$50,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flood	Knoxville	$40,000	no account filed
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$30,000	A large tree was down on a power line.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$25,000	Emergency manager reported upwards of 25 or so trees and or limbs downed onto roadways, with one on top of a passenger car. Power lines were also down around the area and a transformer was on fire from sustained damage.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$25,000	Four feet of water in some city streets. Cars were stalled.
July 1998	Flood	Knoxville	$25,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$20,000	Emergency manager reported trees downed in Knoxville. One fell on a car and crushed it.
July 2016	Flash Flood	Knoxville	$20,000	Law Enforcement reported water covering Highway 14 outside of the Knoxville Raceway. Time estimated from radar, delayed report.
July 2015	Lightning	Knoxville	$20,000	Lightning struck a vehicle starting it on fire.
July 2015	Lightning	Knoxville	$20,000	Lightning struck an LP tank and freon line starting a fire.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	Large branch down on a home.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	Emergency manager reported several trees and power lines down throughout town. Time estimated from radar.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	Emergency manager reported trees and power lines downed in Knoxville.
July 2015	Lightning	Knoxville	$15,000	Lightning struck a telephone pole starting a fire.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	Numerous trees reported down in Knoxville.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	Several reports of power lines down in the city near the racetrack.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	Trees down in the town square of Knoxville.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$15,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	Emergency manager reported several large trees down in Knoxville.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	Semi blown off of Highway 14 about 1 mile north of Knoxville.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	Walmart Supercenter had a large window blown out by high winds.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	Power lines and poles down.
April 2010	Hail	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Knoxville	$10,000	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$7,500	Power pole snapped off in Knoxville. Time estimated.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	Trained spotter reported two 4 inch diameter maple branches down. Also noted multiple reports of tree damage across town. Time estimated from radar.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	Power lines were down just west of Knoxville.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Knoxville	$5,000	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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

4 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
Marion County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1981
Knoxville WPA Athletic Field Historic District	0.6 miles	2007
Knoxville Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District	1.2 miles	2012
Coal Ridge Baptist Church and Cemetery	5.6 miles	2006

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84001283 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marion County	All 29 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.