Cassidy Farmhouse

Built in 1860 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Cassidy Farmhouse is a historic farmhouse located in Barneveld, Wisconsin, along County Highway K in the north of the village. The Greek Revival house was built circa 1860, making it the oldest extant building in Barneveld.”
Wikipedia article Cassidy Farmhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 30 National Register listings published here for Iowa County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1860, Greek Revival 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.
Address. Off WI K N of US 18/151, Barneveld, 53507
When was it listed? September 1986
Category. building
Also known as. Barneveld MRA
Village. Barneveld village
When was it built? 1860
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 86002297 - 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Cassidy Farmhouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 171 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	29
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
8 June 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	19250
8 May 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	RYAN RD
8 May 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 May 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	FOX FIRE
15 May 1993	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
13 May 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 April 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 April 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Iowa County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cassidy Farmhouse: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Stone. 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
Brighams Mine	Lead, Zinc	Unknown	Galena
Swenson Quarry	Stone	Unknown
Barnveld Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Reilly Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Iowa County

Storms near this property

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barneveld, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	$200,000	Powerful downburst thundestorm winds gusting to around 65 knots (75 mph) toppled hundreds of large trees in a forested area. Several power-lines came down with tree debris. One large tree fell onto a vehicle. Two small sheds were destroyed by the winds, and one home sustained window damage.
June 2006	Tornado (F0)	Barneveld	$5,000	A tornado spun up 1.5 miles west of Barneveld at 1833 CST just northwest of the intersection of STH 18/151 and Ihm-Harris Rd. It traveled southeast across the intersection of these two roads and dissipated about 100 yards southeast of the intersection about 1.4 miles WSW of Barneveld at 1835CST. About 5,000 dollars in damage occurred to a shed and home. The tornado was rated an F0 with winds around 56 knots (65 mph).
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	$2,000	Powerful thunderstorm wind gusts to around 52 knots (60 mph) toppled saeveral large trees and branches. A power-line was damaged.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	$2,000	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Barneveld	-	Public report of 1 inch diameter hail in Barneveld. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026	Hail	Barneveld	-	Public report of 1.50 inch diameter hail near Barneveld. Time confirmed via radar data.
April 2026	Hail	Barneveld	-	Public report of 1 inch diameter hail near Barneveld. Time confirmed via radar data.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	-	Several large trees were uprooted and large branches were broken.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	-	Several large trees were uprooted and large branches were broken.
October 2023	Hail	Barneveld	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Barneveld	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Barneveld	-	no account filed
June 2000	Funnel Cloud	Barneveld	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Barneveld	-	no account filed
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Barneveld	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Iowa 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
Roberts House	0.5 miles	1988
Ihm House	0.6 miles	1986
Kittleson House	0.7 miles	1986
Harris House	0.7 miles	1986
Grove Street Historic District	0.7 miles	1986
Roethlisberger House	0.8 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86002297 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Iowa County	All 30 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.