Newington Gilbert House

Built in 1864 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Newington Gilbert House is a historic house in Afton, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1864 in what was then the separate community of Valley Creek.”
Wikipedia article Newington Gilbert House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1982 · category: Building · built in 1864, 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.
Listed as. Gilbert, Newington, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 1678 Stagecoach Trail, Afton, 55001
When was it listed? April 1982
Category. building
Also known as. Valley Creek Residences TR
City. Afton city
When was it built? 1864
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 82003073 - 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Newington Gilbert House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
8 May 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	105
6 May 2020	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	2020157
2 May 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	80 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
19 April 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	17 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Newington Gilbert House: 8 producers, 7 past producers, 4 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Twincities Silica Pit & Mill	Silica	Past Producer
Barton Pit No 713	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barton Pit No 766 and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Hudson Pit No 714	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lakeland Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mayer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Red Brick Road Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
A F Partridge Dolomite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Barton 769 Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Beyer Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Afton, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
May 2001	Hail	Afton	$1,000,000	Damage incurred to vehicles, buildings and trailers at a Washington County park.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Afton	-	Two trees down in the city of Afton. Time estimated via radar.
May 2012	Hail	Afton	-	One inch diameter hail was reported at the Afton Marina, in Afton, Minnesota.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Afton	-	A local trained spotter measured a 54 knot wind gust near Afton, Minnesota.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Afton	-	A building was damaged.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Afton	-	Few trees down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Afton	-	Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Erastus Bolles House	0.2 miles	1982
Mitchell Jackson Farmhouse	1.6 miles	1982
Cushing Hotel	1.9 miles	1985
John T. Chyphers House	2.9 miles	1971
Capt. John Oliver House	3.6 miles	1977
Charles Spangenberg Farmstead	6.4 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82003073 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 42 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.