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The Weather Bureau is Born

The Original Weather Bureau Buildings 1894 – 1915 Stephen R. Doty Doty Data Services Compiled under contract for : NOAA’s Preserve America Initiative Program National Climatic Data Center American Association of State Climatologists. The Weather Bureau is Born. October 1, 1890. The Organic Act

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The Weather Bureau is Born

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  1. The Original Weather Bureau Buildings1894 – 1915Stephen R. DotyDoty Data ServicesCompiled under contract for:NOAA’s Preserve America Initiative ProgramNational Climatic Data CenterAmerican Association of State Climatologists

  2. The Weather Bureau is Born October 1, 1890 The Organic Act “An act to increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal Corps of the Army and to transfer the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture.” Fifty-first Congress, Sess. I, Ch. 1265, 1266. Stat. 653-55

  3. Inherited Buildings and The Need For Observatories “The Wisdom of the Weather Bureau in erecting its own buildings becomes more apparent each day. It not only saves to the Government the amount heretofore paid for rent of office quarters, which in many cases are unsuited to our needs, especially as regards the architecture of the roofs for the exposure of meteorological instruments, but places the Weather Bureau on a footing of equality with other branches of the Government service…” Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau 1902-1903

  4. Buildings Obtained from the Army Signal Service – 3 Total Kitty Hawk, NC 1884 $1,600 remodel Yuma, AZ 1872 $1,500 remodel Washington, DC 1889 $175,000

  5. Buildings Purchased2 Total North Platte, NE 1906 $3,800 Nantucket, MA 1904 $4,700

  6. Let the Construction Begin 13 Total Point Crescent, OR 1903 $800 Modena, UT 1903 $4,300 Bismarck, ND 1894 $10,000 Cape Henry, VA 1901 $9,200

  7. A Move Towards Standardization25 Total St. Joseph, MO 1909 $21,900 Atlantic City, NJ 1902 $6,000 Anniston, AL 1907 $14,700 Bentonville, AR 1906 $5,600

  8. The Buildings Mature5 Total Northfield, VT 1909 $12,800 Canton, NY 1909 $14,100 Richmond, VA 1909 $15,500

  9. Buildings Still Occupied - 2007 Abilene, TX Company Office Block Island, RI The Weather Bureau Inn Hatteras, NC National Historic Park Iola, KS County Offices North Platte, NE Office Building

  10. Still Occupied – Continued Narragansett, RI Condominiums Bismarck, ND State Historic Park Cincinnati Private Residence Key West, FL Weatherstation Inn St. Joseph, MO Private Residence

  11. Still Occupied - Continued Burlington, VT Univ. of Vermont Canton, NY St. Lawrence Univ. La Crosse, WI Chiropractor’s Office Duluth, MN Private Residence Northfield, NY Norwich Univ.

  12. Still Occupied - Continued Oklahoma City, OK Law Offices Richmond, VA NPS Visitors Center Yuma, AZ State Park Sault Saint Marie, MI Museum Sheridan, WY Law Offices

  13. Home and Office To the comfortable From the basic

  14. Working and Living Well

  15. The History Recapped First Building Built by WB – Bismarck, ND (1894) Last Building Built by WB – Cincinnati, OH (1915) Least Expensive Building – Port Crescent, WA $833 (1903) Most Expensive Building – St. Joseph, MO $21,864 (1909) First Building Closed – Kitty Hawk, NC (1904) Last Building Closed – Cincinnati, OH (1965) Longest Serving Observer – William H. Green, Abilene, TX (1910-1944) The Saddest Story – Tatoosh Island, WA – the daughter of the observer died the day after he began observing in 1908, one of only two graves on the island

  16. Observers Giving Their All The following died while living and working in the Weather Bureau buildings: Abilene, TX James W. Watson December 18, 1909 (fell down the stairs) Amarillo, TX Thomas J. Considine January 10, 1925 Atlantic City, NJ Walcott L. Day February 28, 1932 Atlantic City, NJ Levi A. Judkins January 27, 1917 Block Island, RI Henry T. Peace May 12, 1944 Burlington, VT John K. Hooper April 4, 1919 Canton, NY Hobert E. Heyer 1950 Charles City, IA Hal P. Hardin March 20, 1922 Cincinnati, OH William C. Deveraux July 6, 1941 Duluth, MN Herbert W. Richardson March 27, 1931 Hatteras, NC Mark S. Howard September 29, 1918 Iola, KS Howard K. Holcomb November 25, 1917 Iola, KS Mrs. Myrtle Wright October 23, 1935 Key West, FL Harry B. Boyer July 19, 1931 Narragansett Pier, RI Mrs. Margaret E. Conway May 25, 1918 Oklahoma City, OK J. Pemberton Slaughter December 22, 1932 Richmond, VA Edward A. Evans March 28, 1930 (struck by car) Washington, DC Samuel L. Mosby December 12, 1935

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