Hall, Hannah Morse Fowler, House

Built in 1854 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“Hannah Morse Fowler Hall House is a historic residence located near the unincorporated community of Buchanan, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.”
Wikipedia article Hannah Morse Fowler Hall House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Cedar County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1854, Greek Revival architecture.

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.
Address. 1285 Garfield Ave., Buchanan, 52772
When was it listed? May 1998
Category. building
Township. Cass township
When was it built? 1854
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 98000378 - 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

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hall, Hannah Morse Fowler, House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 161 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	7

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
30 July 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
27 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 April 2018	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
26 April 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
23 April 2018	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1050 210TH ST., TIPTON, IA
10 April 2014	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 March 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	1051 GARFIELD AVE, TIPTON, IA

Every fire recorded in Cedar County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hall, Hannah Morse Fowler, House: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Bealer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer
Robinson Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gall Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hodgden Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Jedlicke Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Nebergall Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Wright Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cedar County

Storms near this property

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buchanan, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Buchanan	-	A Cedar County Official estimated thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 MPH generally 6 miles west of the Tipton area.
August 2011	Hail	Buchanan	-	Pea to penny-sized hail was accompanied by wind gusts estimated at 45 to 50 mph.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Buchanan	-	Trained spotter reported a shed blown down 6 W Tipton.
March 2024	Hail	Buchanan	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Buchanan	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Buchanan	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cedar 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
Floral Hall	5.8 miles	1976
Cedar County Sheriff's House and Jail	6.5 miles	2003
Hotel Tipton	6.5 miles	1998
Tipton State Bank	6.5 miles	2000
Hardacre Theater	6.6 miles	2016
John Christian and Bertha Landrock Reichert House	6.9 miles	1991

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 98000378 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cedar County	All 21 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.