Almond A. White House

Built in 1902 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“White House is a historic house in Motley, Minnesota. Built in 1902, the Queen Anne architecture is unique compared to other buildings in the town, and locally, it is referred to as the Motley Castle.”
Wikipedia article Almond A. White House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Morrison County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1902, Queen Anne style.

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. White, Almond A., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Cleveland and Beaulieu Sts., Motley, 56466
When was it listed? March 1986
Category. building
City. Motley city
When was it built? 1902
Architectural style. Queen Anne style
National Register reference number. 86000330 - 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Almond A. White House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 477 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 were 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
Debris and open burning	51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Arson/incendiarism	13
Recreation and ceremony	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Natural	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
30 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
20 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
16 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
3 August 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
2 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
14 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Morrison County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Almond A. White House: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Cary Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	East Zetah Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Morrison County

Storms near this property

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Motley, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	$5,000	A garage was destroyed causing 3,000 dollars damage.
July 2020	Hail	Motley	-	There were several reports of quarter size hail just north of the Morrison/Cass County border and also southeast into northwest Morrison County.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	A large tree blew down on a power line south of Motley.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in the far northwest portion of Morrison County.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	Numerous trees and power lines down.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	Tree felled over road.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	Tree toppled over road.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	A total of 272 trees were downed at a golf course at the intersection of Hillcrest Road and Highway 10 about 5 miles south of Motley. The corner of a maintenance building was damaged by a felled tree. In addition, scattered trees were downed onto roads in the Scandia Valley Area. Power outages were also reported in Scandia Valley township.
August 2024	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
July 2010	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Motley	-	no account filed
July 1996	Hail	Motley	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morrison 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 86000330 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Morrison County	All 15 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.