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Photograph of Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville
Photograph by Dirk DBQ, CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Church and Rectory

Built in 1888 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

“Francis Xavier is a parish church in the Archdiocese of Dubuque located in Dyersville, Iowa, United States. The church was named in honor of the missionary Saint Francis Xavier.”

Wikipedia article Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 84 National Register listings published here for Dubuque County · listed in 1999 · category: Building · built in 1888, Gothic Revival, by Fridolin Heer.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 114 2nd St. SW, Dyersville, 52040
  • When was it listed? September 1999
  • Category. building
  • When was it built? 1888
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • Architect. Fridolin Heer
  • National Register reference number. 99001205 - 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Church and Rectory between 2006 and 2014, burning about 4 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
2 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources31002 NEW VIENNA RD, IOWA
19 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Dubuque County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Church and Rectory: 11 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dyersville DiggingsLeadPast ProducerGalena
Ready Mix Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tegeler Lake Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Deutmeyer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dyersville No. 1 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dubuque County

Storms near this property

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dyersville, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 7 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1999Flash FloodDyersville$5,000,000Flash flooding along the The North Fork of the Maquoketa River caused extensive damage in Dyersville. Numerous businesses across town sustained major damage. The costliest damage occurred at Scale Models, which sustained an estimated $150,000 in damage. Other businesses reported flooding to depths of 7 feet in their basements. About 100 people were evacuated from 60 homes. State officials set the preliminary damage estimates from Dyersville at $3 to $5 million.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDyersville$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 to 80 mph damaged numerous outbuildings south of Dyersville, IA around 830 am June 19.
June 2008Flash FloodDyersville$25,000Heavy rains caused rapid rises in river levels along the North Fork Maquoketa River resulting in some flash flooding in Dyersville, IA around 2:00 pm June 8. Some Dyersville residences along the river were evacuated.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindDyersville$5,000Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph uprooted a tree and blew down power lines just east of Dyersville, IA at 435 pm July 2.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDyersville$5,000Trees and power lines down with rural structural damage.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindDyersville$5,000no account filed
September 2016Flash FloodDyersville$2,000The county emergency manager reported flash flooding was flowing into some homes basements. The fire department is responding to the incident.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDyersville$1,000Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph caused some tree damage in Dyersville, IA around 540 am CDT July 11. A fishing boat and fence were also damaged and utility lines were downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDyersville-Power pole leaning due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDyersville-A large tree limb was blown down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDyersville-Very strong winds reported.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindDyersville-Measured at the fire station.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindDyersville-The county emergency manager reported a measured wind gust of 63 knots.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDyersville-A trained spotter reported tree limbs down near Dyersville.
April 2011HailDyersville-Quarter sized hail fell 1 mile southeast of Dyersville, IA at 728 pm CDT April 3.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDyersville-Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph were observed in Dyersville, IA around 1250 pm August 9.
April 2008Flash FloodDyersville-Law enforcement reported that some roads were closed due to high water in Dyersville.
May 2008Flash FloodDyersville-Heavy rains of 3 to 8 inches caused flash flooding of western parts of Dyersville, IA during the late evening of May 25th and early morning of May 26th. The North Fork Maquoketa River and Bear Creek were particularly affected with flooding. Some streets in town had to be closed due to the flood waters as well as Floyd Road and 180th Street in rural areas.
May 2008HailDyersville-Quarter-sized hail fell in Dyersville, IA shortly after 10:01 pm on May 25th according to the Dyersville emergency management director.
May 2008HailDyersville-Quarter-sized hail fell just north of Dyersville, IA around 7:48 pm.
April 2007HailDyersville-Time estimated.
August 2004Funnel CloudDyersville-Location is actually in Eastern Delaware County 4.2 miles northwest of Worthington. Spotters from the Dyersville Fire Department and in Worthington briefly glimpsed the Hopkinton Tornado as it roped out and dissipated on the horizon.
June 2002Flash FloodDyersville-Parts of the city evacuated due to high water. Trained spotter measured 5 inches of rain in 12 hours.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDyersville-Several large trees and numerous branches knocked down.
August 2002Flash FloodDyersville-Significant street flooding.
June 2001HailDyersville-Quarter sized hail reported by law enforcement.
August 2021HailDyersville-no account filed
May 2017HailDyersville-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDyersville-no account filed
August 2009HailDyersville-no account filed
April 2007HailDyersville-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDyersville-no account filed
May 1997HailDyersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dubuque 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

3 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Allen House0.7 miles1975
St. Boniface of New Vienna Historic District4.2 miles1999
Lincoln School7.8 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 99001205 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dubuque CountyAll 84 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.