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Photograph of James Pierce Jr. House
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James Pierce Jr. House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“House, also known as Piercestead, is a historic home located in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1833-1834, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick dwelling, with a one-story rear ell and one-story wing.”

Wikipedia article James Pierce Jr. House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 48 National Register listings published here for Tippecanoe County · listed in 1982 · 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. Pierce, James, Jr., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 4623 N., 140 W., West Lafayette, 47906
  • When was it listed? June 1982
  • Category. building
  • Township. Wabash township
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 82000079 - 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of James Pierce Jr. House: 7 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns.AluminumOccurrence
Rostone Crp/ Lafayette Oprtns.AluminumPlant
Bratz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Casi PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elwood SalesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lafayette Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lafayette Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lafayette Portable GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macy's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Taylor StationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tippecanoe County

Storms near this property

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Lafayette, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 9 flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2008FloodWest Lafayette$500,000Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. 30 to 40 homes were damaged by flood waters.
February 2008FloodWest Lafayette$400,000Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Numerous homes were affected by flood waters.
July 1998Tornado (F1)West Lafayette$200,000Tornado damaged several houses and blew down numerous trees and power lines near North River Road and Happy Hollow Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$50,000A concrete plant had it's roof blown off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The building's bay doors were open at the time.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$30,000A tree fell on a home in West Lafayette. No one was injured.
March 2008FloodWest Lafayette$15,000Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt.
March 2008FloodWest Lafayette$12,000Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 5th at 17:12.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$5,000An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location with the passage of the gust front. Also, shingles were blown off of the State Farm building.
May 2008FloodWest Lafayette$5,000Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until June 3rd at 0049.
August 2008Flash FloodWest Lafayette$5,000The rain and flash flooding created high water on numerous streets around Greater Lafayette Tuesday morning. It also forced the Lafayette Parks Department to close Munger Park and the city's aquatic facilities for the day. Power companies reported power outages scattered across the area that continued into the afternoon.
March 2006HailWest Lafayette$5,000Golfball sized hail damaged a Sheriff deputy's car.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$4,000Multiple trees, three to four inches in diameter, were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2008FloodWest Lafayette$2,000This flooding is a continuation from flooding that began on May 31st at 1636 EST. The flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flood damage from May included five-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage. An addition two-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage occurred in June for a total of seven-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$1,000Tree downed near intersection of North River Road and US Highway 52. Time estimated from radar.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$1,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree across State Route 43 between US Route 52 and State Route 443 near the Purdue University campus.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette$1,000no account filed
December 2007FloodWest Lafayette$500Heavy rain caused flooding of the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette.
August 2014FloodWest Lafayette$250Four to five inches of standing water was observed in a parking lot due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
September 2015HailWest Lafayette-This event occurred at Highway 52 and Piermont Drive.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed at Highway 52 and Piermont Drive.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-A 55 to 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. Penny sized hail was also noted.
March 2009FloodWest Lafayette-Very minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including in and near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. The river crest was less than one foot above flood stage. This event is a continuation from February.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-A trained spotter observed an estimated 58 mph wind gust with pea sized hail in West Lafayette.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-Trees were reported down on South River Road, south of the airport, due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2017HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
May 2014HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
May 2014HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
March 2012HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
May 2011HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
August 2011HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
August 2011HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
August 2011HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-no account filed
June 2010HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
March 2006HailWest Lafayette-no account filed
June 2003Tornado (F0)West Lafayette-no account filed
June 2003Flash FloodWest Lafayette-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Lafayette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tippecanoe 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Farm1.5 miles2012
Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District2.6 miles1974
Curtis-Grace House2.8 miles2012
John E. and Catherine E. Christian House3.3 miles1992
Happy Hollow Heights Historic District3.3 miles2015
Hills and Dales Historic District3.6 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82000079 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tippecanoe CountyAll 48 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.