Old Pierce House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Harrison County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: 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.
Address. 303 N. Columbus St., Marshall, 75670
When was it listed? April 1973
Category. building
Census division. Marshall
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 73001965 - 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

234 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Old Pierce House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 850 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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	142
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Smoking	8
Natural	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	2

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 September 2013	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	6297
8 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BAILEY CUT OFF
7 September 1993	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FM3379
4 September 2010	Power generation/transmission/distribution	7.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LINDEN - 155
30 September 1994	Smoking	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
3 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	TOMMIE DUTTON
29 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Old Pierce House: 20 producers, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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	Recorded
Marshall Plant No. 2	Clay	Producer
Cobb Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Cobb White and Schriver Pits	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer	Sedimentary
Henderson Clay Prod Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Unknown
Henderson Clay Products Inc Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Unknown
Henderson Clay Products Inc Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Marshall Pits	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Marshall Plant & Pits	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Marshall Pottery New Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Marshall Pottery Old Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Unknown

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this property

60 of 176 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshall, the town this property stands in, in 176 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 89 thunderstorm wind, 49 hail, 25 flash flood, 5 lightning. 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 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	1 hurt, $50,000,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour raked the south side of Marshall. Extensive roof damage was reported due to trees blown down onto homes and cars. One person was injured and admitted to the hospital. Other damage was done to commercial buildings, an apartment complex and 40 to 50 power line poles were blown down.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	1 hurt	A tree was blown over onto a man causing extensive injuries.
November 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$500,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down by high winds. Trees were blown down onto at least 30 homes causing over $100,000 damage.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$250,000	North to south oriented multi-cellular squall line produced a significant microburst with damage to light to moderate damage homes and businesses. Numerous large trees toppled and snapped crushing cars and damaging roofs. One eye witness described as everything suddenly went horizontal, rain and debris.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$200,000	Trees were downed onto powerlines, a few homes as well as on a few cars. Roof damage was reported to several buildings and commercial signs. Most of the damage was on the north side of the city.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$200,000	Assisted living center under construction in east Marshall was torn down by high thunderstorm winds.
September 2001	Lightning	Marshall	$120,000	Lightning struck a 100 year old church which caught fire and burned to the ground.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$68,000	Numerous reports of trees and powerlines toppled. Some trees that fell in and near the Linwood Drive Community caused minor roof damage to homes and removed some porches. Ten different locations in Marshall suffered damage with nearly 600 homes losing power. Winds measured by WCM who had porch removed from his home.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$40,000	Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the county. A tree was downed on a house and a shed near Marshall, Texas as well.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$40,000	Numerous trees and powerlines were toppled. A home lost its roof.
December 1999	Tornado (F1)	Marshall	$40,000	In southwest Marshall from just southeast of West Pinecrest Drive (hwy 43) and just east of West End Blvd to South Washington Ave to just west of East End Blvd (Hwy 59). Eyewitnesses indicated tornado was heavily rain wrapped, fast moving and very difficult to see. Tree on home. Few removed shingles. About ten large pines snapped or uprooted. Flag pole bent. Power lines down.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$30,000	Winds blew the roof off a business on the west side of town along Hwy 80.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$20,000	Trees and powerlines were downed in downtown Marshall. One tree fell on a house.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Marshall	$20,000	A daycare facility on West Houston Street was flooded.
March 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Marshall	$20,000	A supercell thunderstorm moved northeast across Harrsion County Texas and spawned a tornado just west of Marshall, Texas. Damage consisted of soft wood trees with large branches broken or twisted...one hard wood blown down and a large barn blown apart. The tornado was rated an EF1 on the new Enhanced Fujita Scale. Damage Indicator (DI): SBO. Degree of Damage (DOD): 6.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$12,000	A roof was blown off an old wood frame house in west Marshall from straight line winds (macroburst).
October 1997	Lightning	Marshall	$12,000	Lightning struck a small wood-framed home in town resulting in a fire causing moderate damage.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$10,000	Trees were downed along Hwy. 59 near Marshall, Texas. Several trees were also downed along Rosborough Springs Road near Liberty Church Road. One tree fell on top of a house doing moderate damage but no injuries were reported.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$10,000	Two trees were downed on Warren Drive near the Marshall, Texas airport. Another tree fell on a home near the airport. No injuries were reported.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$10,000	Several trees down in town including one that fell across a house.
September 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$10,000	no account filed
March 2008	Flash Flood	Marshall	$5,000	A daycare on the west side of Houston Street west of downtown near a small creek had to be evacuated due to flash flooding. Minor street flooding was also reported at Hwy. 59 and Bussey Road and also on Franklin Street.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$5,000	Several large oak trees were blown along with a billboard.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	$5,000	Power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 1997	Lightning	Marshall	$3,000	no account filed
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Multiple trees and power lines downed in the vicinity of Marshall.
January 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several trees downed along U.S. Highway 80 near Marshall.
June 2025	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Flash flooding reported across the highway with a high water rescue that occurred.
November 2025	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Flash flooding with high water reported at several locations in the city of Marshall along U.S. Highway 259.
January 2024	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Several roads were flooded across Harrison County.
February 2024	Hail	Marshall	-	Golf ball size hail reported at Interstate 20 and Highway 59 south of Marshall.
February 2024	Hail	Marshall	-	Ping pong ball size hail reported in Marshall.
February 2024	Hail	Marshall	-	Nickel size hail reported in Marshall.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Flash flooding reported with numerous roads covered in high water in Marshall, resulting in road closures throughout parts of Harrison County.
April 2024	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Flash flooding reported in Marshall with water covering the road at the corner of West Grand Avenue and Ward Street as well as two other nearby intersections.
May 2024	Hail	Marshall	-	Quarter size hail reported in Marshall.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Numerous trees downed, shingles removed and one brick support blown away in Marshall.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Damage survey concluded that damage on the southeast side of Marshall was consistent with that of straight-line winds near 95 mph with several trees uprooted and/or snapped. Concentrated tree damage was observed in the Bel Air community.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	An NWS Storm Survey concluded that an intense and short thunderstorm line segment bowing arc moved through the northern half of the city of Marshall, and produced a damaging downburst of straight-line winds. These winds were estimated to range from roughly 65-85 mph, although there were a few locations where peak wind estimates were between 90-95 mph. A vast majority of the damage was due to uprooted trees with most structural damage to buildings and infrastructure due to trees falling. There were a few cases of wind doing damage to structures, such as at the East Texas Baptist University where the wind did minor roof damage and also removed the facade from a west-facing wall. In addition, there were a few outbuildings in the wind damage swath which were heavily damaged which were heavily damaged or destroyed by the force of the wind. The most concentrated damage extended from the university northeast through Sledge Street were numerous snapped trees garnered the peak wind estimate of 90-95 mph. But even in this area, the overwhelming majority of the trees fell to the east and did not exhibit a convergent damage pattern typical of tornadoes. The pattern of tree fall in an easterly direction was repeated in a vast majority of instances throughout the damage swath.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Trees downed throughout Harrison County.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	NWS storm survey observed numerous snapped softwood trees indicative of 80 mph wind gusts, lying in southeasterly direction along Interstate 20 south of Marshall between State Highway 43 and U.S. Highway 59.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Reports of widespread trees and power lines downed in Marshall and throughout Harrison County.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Widespread reports of trees downed along with widespread power outages in the city of Marshall.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Marshall	-	Numerous roads in Downtown Marshall south of Highway 43 including the south side of town were flooded.
October 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several trees and large limbs were blown down near Highway 43/Pinecrest Drive on Rosborough Springs Road in Marshall.
January 2022	Hail	Marshall	-	Hen egg size hail fell in Marshall.
January 2022	Hail	Marshall	-	Tennis ball size hail fell at the home of a NWS employee in Marshall.
May 2020	Hail	Marshall	-	Quarter size hail fell and damaged a Texas DPS patrol vehicle and caused an accident on I-20 near Marshall.
April 2020	Hail	Marshall	-	Quarter size hail was reported on the south side of Marshall.
April 2020	Hail	Marshall	-	Nickel size hail fell just south of Marshall.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Winds were estimated at 65 mph on Highway 43 near Rosborough Springs Road. Small hail was reported as well.
April 2019	Hail	Marshall	-	Nickel size hail fell in Marshall.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A NWS Storm Survey confirmed that damaging straight line winds uprooted approximately five trees along Interstate 20 between exits 610 and 614 and again at the Granger Hall Cemetery along Highway 43 just southwest of Marshall. Large limbs were also snapped off, with all of the damage oriented in a northeast direction.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	A tree was blown down onto a home on East Rusk Street.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Several signs and a billboard were damaged by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 80.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 80 and FM 968 west of Marshall.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Trees were downed on Meredith and Wingwood Street.
April 2018	Hail	Marshall	-	Golfball size hail fell in Marshall.
April 2018	Hail	Marshall	-	Half dollar size hail fell in Marshall.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Marshall	-	Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped across the city of Marshall. A very concentrated area of snapped and uprooted trees occurred in the Greenwood Cemetery, and the damage pattern was consistent with a downburst, with wind speeds estimated between 95-105 mph.

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Hagerty House	0.2 miles	1978
Harrison County Courthouse	0.2 miles	1977
Hochwald House	0.2 miles	1983
Marshall US Post Office	0.3 miles	2001
John R. Stinson House	0.3 miles	1979
Ginocchio Historic District	0.3 miles	1974

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73001965 in Record Group 79.
Harrison County	All 17 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.