William Anzi Nichols House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

From the record

“The William Anzi Nichols House is a historic residence located east of Winterset, Iowa, United States. Nichols bought an 80 acres (32 ha) farm in 1855 and owned the land until he died in 1867.”
Wikipedia article William Anzi Nichols House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 55 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1987 · 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.
Listed as. Nichols, William Anzi, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 1 mi. E of Winterset on IA 92, Winterset, 50273
When was it listed? September 1987
Category. building
Also known as. Legacy in Stone: The Settlement Era of Madison County, Iowa TR
Township. Union township
National Register reference number. 87001677 - 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

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of William Anzi Nichols House in 2009, burning about 2 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	2

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
11 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 William Anzi Nichols House: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clark Brickyard	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Clay	Past Producer
Brown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Clark Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gardner Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Grulke Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Ninety-Two Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Penn Dixie Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Winterset Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Winterset Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

60 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winterset, the town this property stands in, in 116 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 46 hail, 44 thunderstorm wind, 13 heavy rain, 5 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
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$500,000	no account filed
June 2024	Lightning	Winterset	$250,000	Lightning strike resulted in a house fire. Home a total loss. Time estimated.
July 2025	Flash Flood	Winterset	$200,000	Low lying areas full of water, some streets in town impassable due to flooded intersections. Multiple reports of flood water entering homes and vehicles throughout town. Iowa highway 92 blocked in both directions due to flood waters west of town.
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$200,000	no account filed
April 2001	Tornado (F1)	Winterset	$75,000	Tornado moved from Clarke County into Madison County before lifting.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$75,000	no account filed
May 1997	Flood	Winterset	$75,000	no account filed
May 1996	Flood	Winterset	$75,000	no account filed
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$60,000	Law enforcement reported a roof blown off a house and a large tree down in town.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Winterset	$50,000	Water was over the road in the 2400 block of Carver Road.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$50,000	Wind gusts of 85 MPH were reported in Winterset.
June 1998	Flood	Winterset	$50,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$50,000	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$50,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$30,000	no account filed
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$25,000	Law Enforcement reported a few 4 to 6 inch tree limbs and a few trees downed in Winterset. Additional trees were reported snapped south and west of town. Delay report and time estimated from radar.
September 2014	Flood	Winterset	$25,000	The 2400 block of Pammel Park Road remained flooded.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Winterset	$25,000	The 2400 block of Pammel Park Road was flooded.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$25,000	A roof was blown off of a camper. Tree limbs 12 to 24 inches in diameter were broken. Power lines were also downed.
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$25,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$20,000	Law enforcement estimated winds of 70 to 80 MPH.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$20,000	Large trees and power lines were downed, blocking traffic.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$20,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$20,000	no account filed
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$15,000	Trees down with multiple power outages and downed transformers.
July 2008	Flash Flood	Winterset	$15,000	Street flooding on many streets in the city of Winterset.
March 2011	Hail	Winterset	$15,000	no account filed
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$15,000	no account filed
April 2012	Flash Flood	Winterset	$10,000	Widespread flash flooding in Madison County. Some roads under water, especially west, south, and north of Winterset.
April 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$10,000	Wind blew over road signs.
March 2006	Hail	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$10,000	no account filed
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	Off-duty NWS Employee reports damage to a business sign on the north side of town.
November 2015	Tornado (EF0)	Winterset	$5,000	Small metal building and scoreboard destroyed at high school athletic field. Path was mostly in rural areas south of Winterset.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	Large tree snapped off.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	A 3.5 foot diameter tree was snapped.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	Large trees and powerlines were reported down.
March 1993	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	A strong southerly flow of moist and unstable air moved over Iowa during the afternoon of the 29th. Thunderstorms erupted during the late afternoon and early evening hours. There were numerous reports of gusty winds and pea- to marble-size hail with the storms as the overspread the west half of Iowa. A few of the storms became severe over south central into central Iowa. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail fell from the storms as the approached the Des Moines metropolitan area in Madison County. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail also fell in Guthrie County. Lightning from the storms resulted in numerous brief power outages. Some power outages were reported due tree limbs being downed by gusty winds.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Winterset	$5,000	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Emily Hornback House	0.8 miles	1987
William R. and Martha Foster Shriver House	0.8 miles	1993
Winterset Municipal Power Plant	0.9 miles	2025
Winterset Courthouse Square Commercial Historic District	1.0 miles	2015
Cutler-Donahue Covered Bridge	1.1 miles	1976
White, Munger and Company, Store	1.1 miles	1987

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 87001677 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison County	All 55 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.