Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
“Whittier Friends Meeting House is a historic church building at the junction of County Roads E34 and X20 in Whittier, Iowa.”
Wikipedia article Whittier Friends Meeting House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 121 National Register listings published here for Linn County · listed in 1993 · 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 9 workings within 5 miles of Whittier Friends Meeting House: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowser Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Emmonds Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Paralta Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| East Marion Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Equitable Life Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Foy Estate | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hampton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pearson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whittier, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittier | - | Measured wind gust. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittier | - | Multiple tree limbs reported down with corn flattened. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Whittier | - | Estimated 60 mph winds also reported. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittier | - | A large tree branch blown down along with crop damage. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittier | - | A large tree branch was reported blown down on Prairie Chapel Road, north of Wittier. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Whittier | - | A member of the public reported hail ranging in size from dime to quarter size. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whittier | - | A trained spotter reported trees uprooted and outbuildings blown down. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Whittier | - | Rated low F1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Grant Wood's "Fall Plowing" Rural Historic Landscape District | 4.1 miles | 2003 |
 | Matsell Bridge | 4.8 miles | 1998 |
| Matsell Bridge | 4.9 miles | 1998 |
 | Beach School | 7.1 miles | 1982 |
 | Samuel M. Lane House | 7.7 miles | 2002 |
 | Pucker Street Historic District | 7.8 miles | 2002 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93000653 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Linn County | All 121 listed properties in this county. |
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