M. B. Quivey House

Built in 1914 (Prairie School architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Quivey House is a historic two-and-a-half-story house in Mitchell, Nebraska. Quivey, a businessman from Hamlin, New York who co-founded the Mitchell Mercantile Company with F.”
Wikipedia article M.B. Quivey House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Scotts Bluff County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1914, Prairie School 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. Quivey, M. B., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 1462 19th Ave., Mitchell, 69357
When was it listed? March 1983
Category. building
Precinct. Fanning precinct
When was it built? 1914
Architectural style. Prairie School architecture
National Register reference number. 83001105 - 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

41 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of M. B. Quivey House between 2009 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	2
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
14 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
31 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	14 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
18 August 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
13 August 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
11 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
10 August 2018	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
10 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
9 July 2019	Railroad operations and maintenance	12 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Scotts Bluff County

Storms near this property

60 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mitchell, the town this property stands in, in 74 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 56 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 flash 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
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	2 hurt	Reports of tin being blown off a shed and rolling across US 26 striking two motorcyclists. Highway was shutdown and 2 injuries were reported.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	$4,000,000	Numerous reports of wind gusts between 90 and 100 MPH near the town of Mitchell causing significant damage with downed trees, powerlines, and overturned center pivots.
June 1999	Hail	Mitchell	$50,000	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Mitchell	$20,000	no account filed
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	$12,000	Various hail size fell for 30 minutes causing broken windows and holes in roof.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	$10,000	Considerable damage to siding on west side. Several windows broken. Larges hail fell first followed by long duration of small hail.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	$5,000	Lost beet and corn crops. Possible roof damage. Estimated time of report.
June 2003	Hail	Mitchell	$5,000	no account filed
May 1998	Tornado (F1)	Mitchell	$4,000	A brief tornado touched down just to the north of Mitchell and uprooted several trees near the golf course.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	$3,000	House siding damaged.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	$3,000	Lost 4 double pane windows.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	$1,000	The Mitchell fire chief reported 1 tree uprooted 3 miles northeast of Mitchell due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	$400	Broken window.
June 2025	Hail	South Mitchell	-	Trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	-	Strong wind gusts caused significant damage to a barn and the roof of a house 1 mile S of Mitchell. Estimated 80+ MPH.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	-	Scotts Bluff County Emergency Management reported numerous power lines and large trees down in the town of Mitchell, along with flipped rail cars.
June 2024	Hail	Mitchell	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported in the town of Mitchell.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	-	Large trees were reported down 1 mile S of Mitchell.
July 2023	Hail	Mitchell	-	Report via Twitter of quarter sized hail.
June 2023	Tornado (EFU)	South Mitchell	-	A tornado occurred in open country west of Gering with no damage reported. Confirmed by official NWS Storm Survey.
September 2023	Hail	Mitchell	-	A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 2 miles NE of Mitchell.
September 2023	Hail	Mitchell	-	The public reported ping-pong ball sized hail 2 miles E of Mitchell.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	-	Received report on social media of wind damage to trees and a building in Mitchell.
June 2018	Hail	Mitchell	-	Dime to quarter size hail was observed at Mitchell.
June 2016	Heavy Rain	Mitchell	-	Two to five inches of rain fell across central and eastern portions of Scotts Bluff County.
June 2016	Flash Flood	Mitchell	-	One to two feet of water covered Highway 26/92 from Mitchell to Scottsbluff.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	-	Wind gusts were estimated at 55 to 60 mph at Mitchell.
June 2016	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail was reported at Mitchell.
July 2016	Hail	Mitchell	-	Golf ball size hail was reported at Mitchell.
July 2016	Hail	Mitchell	-	Ping pong ball size hail was reported four miles south of Mitchell.
June 2015	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail accumulated four inches deep.
June 2015	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail was reported.
June 2015	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail accumulated two inches deep.
June 2015	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail accumulated two inches deep.
June 2015	Hail	Mitchell	-	Ping pong ball size hail was reported one mile south of Mitchell.
July 2015	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail was observed southwest of Mitchell.
August 2013	Hail	Mitchell	-	Half dollar to ping pong ball size hail was reported south of Mitchell.
June 2013	Hail	South Mitchell	-	Dime to quarter size hail was reported just south of Mitchell.
July 2013	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail was reported just northeast of Mitchell.
July 2013	Hail	Mitchell	-	Quarter size hail was reported northeast of Mitchell.
June 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Mitchell	-	Law enforcement reported a tornado on the ground moving to the northeast.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Mitchell	-	County Road G closed for a 2 mile stretch between South Mitchell Road and County Road 13.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	-	Wind gust of 43 MPH also reported.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	-	Hail was quarter to half dollar size.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	-	No major damage.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	-	Estimated time of report.
June 2010	Hail	Mitchell	-	Estimated time of report.
June 2009	Hail	Mitchell	-	Hail from 1 to 1.75 inches in diameter was reported.
May 2008	Hail	Mitchell	-	Soft, slushy hail ranged in size from 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter.
May 1998	Tornado (F0)	Mitchell	-	A brief weak tornado moved across open country south of Mitchell then dissipated.
June 1998	Tornado (F0)	Mitchell	-	A brief tornado touched dowm north of Mitchel.
March 1998	Hail	Mitchell	-	A storm produced 3/4 inch hail which covered the ground.
August 2024	Hail	South Mitchell	-	no account filed
June 2022	Hail	Mitchell	-	no account filed
June 2022	Funnel Cloud	Mitchell	-	no account filed
June 2021	Hail	Mitchell	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	South Mitchell	-	no account filed
July 2019	Hail	Mitchell	-	no account filed
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mitchell	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Mitchell	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scotts Bluff 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Sandford Hall	0.4 miles	1997
	Knorr-Holden Continuous Corn Plot	5.5 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83001105 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Scotts Bluff County	All 19 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.
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.