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Scott County Home

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Scott County Home is a historic county home located one mile south of Scottsburg, Indiana. The original County Home was built in 1872 to replace the previous County Home located in Lexington, Indiana.”

Wikipedia article Scott County Home, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Scott County · listed in 2000 · category: Building.

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. 1050 S. Main St., Scottsburg, 47170
  • When was it listed? May 2000
  • Category. building
  • Township. Vienna township
  • National Register reference number. 00000530 - 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.

Storms near this property

48 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scottsburg, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 30 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 6 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg$40,000Two trees were down on homes in Scottsburg, Indiana.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg$15,000Power lines blew down on Carla Lane in Scottsburg.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg$15,000Power lines blew down on Gardner Street in Scottsburg.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg$15,000Power lines blew down on Willow Shore Drive in Scottsburg.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindScottsburg$5,000A roof was blown off a barn on Double or Nothing Rd.
April 2026Flash FloodScottsburg-There was high water at the intersection of State Road 56 and US 31.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-The Scottsburg Water Department had its roof peeled back on the 700 block of West Lake Road West.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-There was a roof torn off a building on South Lake Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-There were multiple reports of tree damage from 2nd Street and Washington Street in Scottsburg. There was at least one power line down as well.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-A tree was down at Lovers Lane and Prewitt Lane.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-A tree fell on a house in Scottsburg.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-The survey team went across the west northwest side of Scottsburg over to Lake Iona. There was sporadic straight line wind damage of 60 mph. Trees were all facing towards the east northeast.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-There were multiple trees that were uprooted and power lines blown down in Scottsburg.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Trees were reported down throughout Scott County, Indiana.
June 2018Flash FloodScottsburg-The emergency manager of Scott County, Indiana reported that the main intersection in Scottsburg was flooded.
February 2018Flash FloodScottsburg-Public reported flash flooding on US 31N, north of Indiana 56 and east of I-65.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-There was a tree down on one of the exit ramps from Interstate 65 to Scottsburg, Indiana.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-There was a tree down at Scottsburg High School.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-A tree blew down on Madison Street.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-A report of trees down due to severe thunderstorm winds was received by the public.
July 2015Flash FloodScottsburg-A law enforcement official reported that Highway 56 at Highway 31 was flooded and impassable. Slow moving thunderstorms brought intense rain rates and total amounts during the early morning hours was between 2 and 3 inches. This fell on top of already saturated ground.
December 2015Flash FloodScottsburg-Scott County law enforcement officials reported to the NWS that several roads were closed across the county due to high water from excessive rainfall. Roads include Highway 31 at Lake Road, Highway 31 at Indiana 56, Highway 56 west of Buckman Road and Highway 203 north of Highway 56.
December 2015FloodScottsburg-A Scott County dispatch official reported to the NWS that numerous reports were received of high water over some Scott County roads, making them impassable. This included State Road 203 north of Highway 56 and Highway 31 at Lake Road.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Several trees were downed across the county. One tree was toppled just east of Scottsburg.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-The Scott County emergency management reported several trees down countywide.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Scottsburg-An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-0 tornado with wind speeds up to 80 mph touched down in Scottsburg, tearing off exterior wall panels of a 3-story Holiday Inn, as well as causing roof damage and snapping numerous large limbs in an adjacent residential area. The tornado continued to the northeast into Jefferson county where it lifted approximately 2.5 miles east of Deputy. Near Indiana 203 and North Bethlehem Road in Scott County several trees were down and agricultural buildings and residences experienced roof damage.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-A tree was blown down on to a garage on South Lake Rd.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-A house on Sharon Dr. had a tree down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Trees were blown down county-wide. Some were blocking roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-County officials reported that trees and power lines were downed near Scottsburg.
July 2010HailScottsburg-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail a mile south of Scottsburg. Hail began at 3:28 pm EDT and ended at 3:35 pm.
October 2009Flash FloodScottsburg-Boatman and Flab roads were closed due to high water. Parts of Indiana Highway 31 were flooded south of Indiana Highway 356. Parts of Indiana 56 were flooded near McNeely Road.
August 2009Flash FloodScottsburg-Boatman Road was closed by high water between Scottsburg and Austin.
August 2009Flash FloodScottsburg-The intersection of HWY 31 and 56 was closed due to high water.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Trees were downed.
March 2006Flash FloodScottsburg-Residents in Scottsburg reported water backing up into their basements.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Trees were downed in and north of the city of Scottsburg.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Spotter estimate of 60 mph winds
February 1999Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-Trees down east of Scottsburg
March 2025HailScottsburg-no account filed
August 2017HailScottsburg-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-no account filed
April 2003HailScottsburg-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindScottsburg-no account filed
May 2002HailScottsburg-no account filed
February 2000Flash FloodScottsburg-no account filed
June 1998HailScottsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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

2 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Scottsburg Depot0.8 miles1991
Scottsburg Courthouse Square Historic District0.8 miles2003

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000530 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Scott CountyAll 3 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.
  • 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.