George E. Stubbins House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“Stubbins House, also known as the Reibsamen-Weiland House, is a historic residence located in Britt, Iowa, United States. Stubbins was a local merchant who built the first brick commercial block in town, and served as Britt's first mayor.”
Wikipedia article George E. Stubbins House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hancock County · listed in 1999 · 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. Stubbins, George E., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 248 1st Ave. SW, Britt, 50423
When was it listed? April 1999
Category. building
Township. Britt township
Architectural style. Eastlake Movement
National Register reference number. 99000453 - 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.

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 George E. Stubbins House: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Sanders Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hutchins Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sankey Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this property

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Britt, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 8 heavy rain, 3 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 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$200,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flood	Britt	$50,000	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$50,000	no account filed
June 1998	Flash Flood	Britt	$50,000	no account filed
June 1997	Tornado (F1)	Britt	$50,000	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$30,000	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$15,000	no account filed
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$10,000	A power pole was reported down.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$10,000	Trained spotter reported the roof ripped off a Morton building. Some tree damage was reported as well.
July 2012	Hail	Britt	$10,000	Crop damage in Britt and street signs down in town.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$10,000	A thunderstorms moved across Kossuth and Hancock Counties. Though there was no history of severe weather with them. An apparent downburst blew into the town of Swea City. There were many trees downed by the winds and power was knocked out in a few areas. Another cell caused similar damage in Britt.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	Law enforcement reported power lines down on the northwest side of Britt. The is a delayed report and time estimated from radar.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	Public reported via social media four inch tree limbs broken in town.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	High winds blew down trees and power lines.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	no account filed
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	no account filed
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	no account filed
May 1998	Lightning	Britt	$5,000	no account filed
October 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$5,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$3,000	Large tree snapped halfway up and blown over onto home in Britt. Other tree damage reported in town as well.
May 2004	Hail	Britt	$3,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Britt	$3,000	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$2,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Britt	$2,000	no account filed
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down and blocking a road in the town of Britt.
July 2006	Hail	Britt	$1,000	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Britt	$500	no account filed
June 1994	Tornado (F0)	Britt	$500	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	-	Wind gust measured by a personal weather station north of Britt.
May 2024	Flood	Britt	-	Water on the road on 220th Street south Britt.
June 2024	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	Public report via social media of 4.5 inches of rain.
July 2023	Hail	Britt	-	Report via mping.
April 2022	Hail	Britt	-	Public report of quarter sized hail.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Britt	-	Winds estimated to be 60 to 70 mph at this location with numerous branches up to three inches in diameter downed.
May 2021	Hail	Britt	-	A trained spotter reported dime to nickel sized hail lasting for twenty to twenty five minutes.
April 2017	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 1.10 inches over the last 24 hours.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.10 inches.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	CoCoRaHS observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.34 inches over the last 24 hours. Most of which came down in the evening and overnight.
September 2016	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	CoCoRaHS observer in Britt recorded heavy rainfall of 2.45 inches over the last 24 hours.
July 2015	Funnel Cloud	Britt	-	A funnel cloud was observed, lasted for 5 minutes and then quickly dissipated never touching down.
December 2015	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	Coop observer reported heavy rainfall of 2.35 inches over the last 48 hours/storm total so far.
July 2014	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	CO-OP observer measured 2.15 inches of rain through 0600 CST.
July 2013	Funnel Cloud	Britt	-	Photo submitted to kimt television. The funnel occurred northwest of Britt.
May 2013	Heavy Rain	Britt	-	Rainfall of 1.36 Inches over the past two days.
July 2003	Tornado (F0)	Britt	-	Brief touchdown sited by TV reporters in an open farm field.
April 2025	Hail	Britt	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Britt	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Britt	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99000453 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hancock County	All 9 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.
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.