Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“Logan School House is a historic one-room school building located at Kitts Hummock, Kent County, Delaware. It was built about 1868, and is a one-story, gable roofed frame structure with grey simulated brick composition siding.”
Wikipedia article Logan School House K-834, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 136 National Register listings published here for Kent County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Logan School House K-834 between 2002 and 2014, burning about 206 acres in total. 5 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 | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 26 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 3 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Delaware State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Logan School House K-834: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Equip. Co. Dredge No. 7 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| George Nashold Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St Jones River Gravel Co Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kitts Hummock, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports in 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hummock | - | A tree was downed onto a mobile home. Other damage reports were received from the area. Damage in this area was studied for a possible weak tornado produced by the parent circulation which produced a weak tornado in Caroline County, Maryland. It was determined damage was most likely consistent with straight line winds. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hummock | - | A tree was downed on US-1 just south of Dover AFB. Time estimated from radar and nearby reports. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hummock | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John Dickinson House | 1.1 miles | 1966 |
 | Town Point | 1.3 miles | 1972 |
 | Delaware Boundary Markers | 2.1 miles | 1975 |
 | Saxton United Methodist Church | 3.2 miles | 1990 |
 | Matthew Lowber House | 3.3 miles | 1971 |
 | John B. Lindale House | 3.7 miles | 1973 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003231 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Kent County | All 136 listed properties in this county. |
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