Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
“Ward House is a historic house in Cuba, Alabama. The two-story, wood-frame I-house was built for Dr.”
Wikipedia article Dr. H. B. Ward House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Sumter County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Dr. H. B. Ward House between 1994 and 2019, burning about 447 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Mississippi Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-15 |
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140901-001 |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dr. H. B. Ward House: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May Park Property | Clay | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cuba, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 22 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Cuba | $3,910,000 | A tornado touched down in Sumter County, near US Highway 80, where several trees were snapped. The tornado strengthened to an EF-2 rating, with maximum wind speeds of 115 mph and continued to move northeast as it crossed Alabama Highway 17, where two homes sustained significant damage, and two outbuildings were completely destroyed. The tornado lifted near County Road 17, about 7 miles south of Livingston. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $100,000 | A swath of wind damage cut across the southern half of Sumter County, from west of the Ward community, east-northeastward to south of Bellamy. Dozens of trees were snapped and uprooted, many of them blocking roads. One home near CR-10 southeast of Ward received minor roof damage. The driver of a vehicle became trapped by fallen trees near AL-17. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cuba | $13,000 | A rotating thunderstorm, known as a supercell, produced penny to golf ball size hail all the way across Sumter and Greene Counties. Several trees were also blown down just northwest of Livingston along CR 12. National Weather Service Doppler radar estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain across Sumter County. This rain produced some minor urban flooding in the city of Livingston. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $10,000 | Two large trees were blown down. One tree fell on a home causing minor damage. The other tree fell on some power lines. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Cuba | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down onto power lines along Pretty Branch Road, in Cuba. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cuba | $5,000 | Golf ball size hail was observed along Interstate 20 near the Alabama Welcome Center and Exit 1. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cuba | $5,000 | Golfball size hail fell in Cuba. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cuba | $4,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $3,000 | Several trees were blown down in Cuba. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down on County Road 27 near Interstate 20 and 59. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $1,000 | A tree fell on a power pole on 6th Ave East and Stevens Street. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down in and around Cuba. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | A tree was downed on County Road 10 just south of Siloam Road. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cuba | - | Quarter-size hail was reported along County Road 1 south of Cuba. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | A couple trees were downed in Cuba. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Several trees fell around southwestern Sumter County. One tree fell on power lines at CR 10 and Siloam Rd. Two large plate glass windows were blown out of a building along 3rd St at Railroad Ave in Cuba. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Multiple trees were downed in Livingston and parts of southwestern Sumter County, including along Interstate 59/20. Several power outages were reported. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Trees were downed across southern Sumter County, including in York, along McElroy Road and Delaine Road south of Cuba, along County Road 9 in Ward, and along Alabama Highway 28 in Coatopa. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Cuba | - | Two inch size hail reported in Cuba. |
| February 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Cuba | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Sumter County and determined that it was consistent with an EF2 tornado, with maximum winds near 120 mph. The tornado began on Jarman Road where some trees were snapped. It continued northeast and quickly reached its maximum intensity near Jemison Street and Campbell Street. At this location, numerous trees were uprooted and a home was shifted off its foundation with collapse of some of its walls. The tornado weakened by the time it crossed County Road 10, but continued to cause timber damage on Johnson Street and Siloam Road. Trees continued to be snapped and uprooted near the intersection of Highway 80 and Highway 17, with a 300 yard wide swath of downed trees reported by a landowner on Rumley Tower Road. The tornado dissipated after crossing County Road 13. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Numerous trees uprooted along I-20 between Cuba and York. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Cuba. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | A large tree uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Cuba. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and 4th Street North in the city of Cuba. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Several large trees uprooted along County Road 5 near the intersection of Randolph Street. |
| January 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Cuba | - | National Weather Service Meteorologists surveyed damage in Sumter County and confirmed a weak tornado. The tornado touched down just west of Pretty Branch Road along the Norfolk Southern Railroad, about 0.5 miles east of Cuba. The tornado tracked northeast downing several large hardwoods and caused damage to the roof and anchoring system of a manufactured home as it crossed Pretty Branch Road and the railroad track. The tornado moved parallel to the railroad track downing approximately one dozen trees. The tornado lifted just west of Old Livingston Road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Two homes damaged by an uprooted large oak tree. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | A tree fell on a home along Fifth Avenue. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | A tin roof was blown off of a shed near the intersection of County Road 10 and Highway 11. The metal awning was also blown off of a mobile home near the intersection of Highway 1 and Sheepskin Road. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cuba | - | Reported at the 6 mile marker on US 80 in Cuba. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Cuba | - | 4th Street and 5th Avenue in Cuba became temporarily impassable due to flash flooding. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Cuba | - | Nickel size hail fell across eastern Sumter County from near the Siloam community to near the Belmont community. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cuba | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 miles an hour near Cuba. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cuba | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Cuba. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Cuba | - | Quarter size hail was observed along Interstate 20 near mile marker 1. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Cuba | - | Quarter size hail was reported around Cuba. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Cuba | - | Penny size hail was reported in and near Cuba. |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Cuba | - | A funnel cloud was reported in Cuba. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cuba | - | Pea to penny size hail was reported from near the Mississippi state line to just east of Cuba. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Cuba | - | Dime to nickel size hail was observed in Cuba. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Cuba | - | Three-quarter inch hail was reported at Cuba and at York. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Cuba | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cuba | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dr. James Alvis Beavers House | 1.2 miles | 2000 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 98001020 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sumter County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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