Built in 1850 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
“The Reynolds-Weed House is a historic house located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. It was built as the Elkhorn Union School in 1850, then later modified.”
Wikipedia article Reynolds-Weed House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 50 National Register listings published here for Walworth County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1850, Italianate architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Elkhorn City in History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912 names Elkhorn. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
John Matheson (1820-1895), son of John and Jessie, was born in one of the joint counties of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ; apprenticed to a tailor at Inverness; came to Lafayette in 1840; opened a shop and store at Elkhorn; married Loretta (1827-1903), daughter of Rev. Luther Lee.
Passage source: History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912.
Samuel Tubbs (died in 1861) and wife. Polly Frost (1785- 1875), were natives of Connecticut who settled at Augusta, New York, and lived a short time at Chagrin Falls, Ohio. A son. Isaac P., died at Elkhorn in 1859, aged fifty. A daughter. Martha, wife of Nicholas George Bowers, and two daughters were successively wives of Lot Mayo. Mrs. Tubbs was nearl) related to Alvah J. and Eli K. Frost.
Passage source: History of Walworth County, Wisconsin .., published 1912.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Elkhorn City - 11,199 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Reynolds-Weed House between 2018 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 1 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 336 |
| 8 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 281 |
| 15 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 297 |
| 3 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 222 |
| 15 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 241 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 239 |
| 1 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1906001 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 153 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Reynolds-Weed House: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Ames Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Home Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hopkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hopkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jolliffe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Mauritz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mawhinney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Potter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elkhorn, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 22 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 lightning, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | 12 hurt, $1,900,000 | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Elkhorn | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Elkhorn | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Lightning | Elkhorn | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $30,000 | Powerful thunderstorms winds knocked down large trees and power-lines. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $15,000 | Numerous tree branches and power lines down. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $15,000 | Large trees were toppled and several power-lines were damaged due to powerful straight-line thunderstorm winds that raked the city of Elkhorn. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $10,000 | Numerous large trees down throughout Elkhorn. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts that downed power lines, trees and tree limbs just south of Elkhorn. The downed trees and limbs damaged a few homes as well as a fence. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $8,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $4,000 | Several trees down in the Sugar Creek Township. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $4,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $2,000 | Two-three inch diameter branches down. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Elkhorn | $1,000 | Flash flooding of streets in the Elkhorn area including on 1st Ave and on W. Hidden Trail just west of highway 67. |
| April 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Elkhorn | - | Public report of a funnel cloud southwest of Elkhorn. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | Five to 10 minutes of quarter size hail. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | Picture shown of 1 inch hail. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | Ping pong sized hail damaged 400 cars at an automobile dealer. |
| May 2014 | Heavy Rain | Elkhorn | - | Heavy rain causing minor street flooding. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | A few large trees were toppled by thunderstorm winds in the area around Elkhorn. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| July 2022 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Heavy Rain | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elkhorn | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Elkhorn Municipal Building | 0.1 miles | 2012 |
 | Elkhorn Post Office | 0.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Joseph P. Webster House | 0.3 miles | 1972 |
 | Edward Elderkin House | 0.4 miles | 1974 |
 | Elkhorn Band Shell | 0.6 miles | 2012 |
 | Wandawega Inn | 5.2 miles | 2015 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83003429 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Walworth County | All 50 listed properties in this county. |
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