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One of 12 National Register listings published here for Jasper County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
David & Sarah Nowels House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Nowels, David & Sarah, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 500 North McKinley, Rensselaer, 47978
- When was it listed? February 2023
- Category. building
- Township. Marion township
- National Register reference number. 100008660 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of David & Sarah Nowels House: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Co. Hwy. Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Rensselaer Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sphalerite and Galena Occurrence | Lead, Zinc, Sulfur | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| A. Metz, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Babcock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rensselaer, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 20 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 4 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Rensselaer | $150,000 | Multiple empty grain bins and outbuildings were destroyed across four farmsteads with large paths of debris thrown two miles downstream. Utility poles were blown down along with dozens of trees that were snapped. Maximum winds were estimated to 100 mph. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | $50,000 | Several grain bins were knocked down. Trees and power lines were blown down on the east side of Rensselaer. Roof damage occurred to several businesses and outbuildings. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Rensselaer | $50,000 | A tornado touched down along Sparling Road halfway between Schuster and Mt. Calvary Roads. The tornado moved northeast across southeastern portions of Rensselaer. A truck was overturned near Route 231 and and Drexel. Power lines, tree limbs and shingles were blown down. The tornado lifted near Highway 114, just east of the high school. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Rensselaer | $10,000 | A tornado touched down near County Road 400E and 200S destroying a garage and damaging the corner of a roof of a barn. The tornado continued through corn and bean fields and exited Jasper County 12 miles east of Rensselaer and moved into Pulaski County. (See Storm Data for Indiana, Northeast) |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | $5,000 | Widespread trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Over 30 trees were uprooted at Weston Cemetery. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Widespread tree and power line damage was reported throughout Rensselaer with numerous large trees blown down. Many trees were snapped several feet above ground. At least one car was damaged by a fallen tree limb. A 25 foot tall tree was uprooted at the courthouse. Roofing material was blown off buildings in downtown. |
| May 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Rensselaer | - | Several reports of funnel clouds were received from the Rensselaer area. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Rensselaer | - | Rainfall of 1.25 inches was measured in 60 minutes. |
| June 2018 | Heavy Rain | Rensselaer | - | Rainfall of 2.67 inches was measured in 90 minutes. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Rensselaer | - | Several roads were flooded with one to one and half feet of water. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Winds were estimated to 70 mph. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | A semi was blown over on the north side of Rensselaer. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | A large tree was blown down near the Iroquois River. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down which required heavy equipment for removal. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Several tree limbs were blown down in Rensselaer including one large limb near Cherry and Melville Streets. |
| August 2006 | Flood | Rensselaer | - | The coop observer in Rensselaer reported streeting flooding in parts of the city. Rainfall from midnight to 7 am was 1.34 inches with 2.20 additional inches falling between 7 am and 930 am. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Trees were blown down at 100W and 300N and at 200S and 600W. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | Hail damaged barns and storage buildings in a rural farming area. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Rensselaer | - | A tornado was witnessed brielfly about 1/8 mile east of US 231 on Amsler Road. There was no damage. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | 70 mph winds were reported in Rensselaer. |
| May 1998 | Flood | Rensselaer | - | Heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms moved across the southern portion of the county, and accumulated around 2 inches of rain in and around Rensselaer. No major flooding was reported. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | Several trees were blown down and one barn was destroyed. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rensselaer | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rensselaer Courthouse Square Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Rensselaer Carnegie Library | 0.2 miles | 1994 |
 | Jasper County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Oren F. and Adelia Parker House | 0.5 miles | 2014 |
 | St. Joseph Indian Normal School | 1.3 miles | 1973 |
 | Charles Halleck Student Center | 1.4 miles | 2016 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008660 in Record Group 79. |
| Jasper County | All 12 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.