Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
“Joseph & Lucinda Thawley House is a historic home located at Summitville, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1894-1895, and is a Queen Anne style frame dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Joseph & Lucinda Thawley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Van Buren Township in History of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874 names Summitville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Summitville, is in this township, a separate account of which will be given in another place. The general surface of the township is level. It is comparatively new but is improving rapidly, and will soon compare favorably with other townships. The proposed railroad from the lakes to Anderson will pass through this township, and will give them a much needed market. Mud Creek passes through, the eastern part and near Summitville.
Passage source: History of Madison County, Indiana, from 1820 to 1874 : Giving a General Review of Principal Events, Statistical and Historical Items, Derived from Official Sources, published 1874.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Van Buren Township - 5,085 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summitville, the town this property stands in, in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Summitville | $115,000 | NWS Survey confirmed an EF0 skipping tornado tracked 0.57 miles through the town of Summitville. The initial touchdown was west of the waste water treatment plant in a grove of trees. At the plant, a poorly secured roof was partially lifted and pieces strewn downwind in a convergent pattern. A 2x4 was planted into the ground from the southeast which was opposite of the general damage direction. The tornado then skipped through town causing tree and roof damage before causing more significant damage along Mill Street. There, several large tree limbs damaged a car and home with insulation splattered across 3 of the 4 sides of the home. Small amounts of mud splatter was also noted through town. Damage then briefly lessened near the school before 2 large and unhealthy oak trees were snapped. The tornado lifted afterwards with no additional damage. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $20,000 | A partial collapse of a pole barn occurred due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Trees were downed as well. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $10,000 | Nine power poles knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts with some broken at ground level along County Road 1550 North just west of State Route 9. Power lines down as well. Wind damage to a wheat field just south along County Road 1450 North. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $5,000 | Several trees and some power poles down by thunderstorm wind gusts across mainly northern Madison County. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | $1,500 | A large tree was downed with power lines at County Road 1700 North and State Road 9 due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Summitville | - | Report from mping. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Summitville | - | Relayed via mPing. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summitville | - | A pulse severe thunderstorm briefly produced nickel size hail near Summitville. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summitville | - | Tree limbs and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Summitville | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Summitville | - | 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.
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000760 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Madison County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
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