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One of 38 National Register listings published here for Manitowoc County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Ruth St. John and John Dunham West House and Gardens
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 3 objectss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. West, Ruth St. John and John Dunham, House and Gardens - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 915 Memorial Dr., Manitowoc, 54220
- When was it listed? February 2023
- Category. building
- City. Manitowoc city
- National Register reference number. 100008630 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ruth St. John and John Dunham West House and Gardens between 2018 and 2019, burning about 1 acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 47 |
| 14 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18545 |
| 25 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2018033 |
| 2 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18360 |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 29 |
| 2 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18165 |
| 18 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 18203 |
| 3 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 180124 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ruth St. John and John Dunham West House and Gardens: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housbach Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Manitowoc Operation | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Manitowoc Lime Kiln | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Rockwell Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Scheutte Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manitowoc, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. 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 2013 | Hail | Manitowoc | $1,500,000 | Thunderstorms produced copious amounts of golf ball size to tennis ball size hail in Manitowoc. The hail damaged hundreds of cars and at least 50 homes and businesses. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Manitowoc | $200,000 | Torrential rain, including 5.10 inches in Valders, caused the Manitowoc River to rise three feet in four hours. Resultant flooding washed out part of State Highway 57 near Kiel and created a large pothole on Clarks Mills Road. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | $150,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Manitowoc | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Lightning | Manitowoc | $3,100 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Flood | Manitowoc | $1,000 | Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused minor urban flooding in Manitowoc. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees across Manitowoc County. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Manitowoc. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Manitowoc. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Manitowoc. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees around Manitowoc. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Manitowoc. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | Penny size hail fell in Manitowoc as a thunderstorm passed. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in Manitowoc. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the City of Manitowoc. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees around the city of Manitowoc and throughout Manitowoc County. |
| September 2016 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | Nickel size hail fell in Manitowoc as thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees and some tree limbs in Manitowoc. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees on the north side of the city of Manitowoc. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorms in Manitowoc produced estimated wind gusts to 65 mph. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and power lines in the City of Manitowoc. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph downed trees and tree limbs in the City of Manitowoc. Trees were also downed in other parts of Manitowoc County. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flood | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manitowoc | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ARCTIC (tug) Shipwreck | 0.2 miles | 2018 |
| Lincoln Boulevard Historic District | 1.2 miles | 2019 | |
| Luling School | 1.5 miles | 2025 | |
 | Joseph Vilas Jr. House | 1.6 miles | 1977 |
 | USS COBIA (submarine) | 1.8 miles | 1986 |
 | Eighth Street Historic District | 2.0 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100008630 in Record Group 79. |
| Manitowoc County | All 38 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.