Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
“Alfred Simonson House is a historic home located at Edwardsport, Indiana. It was built in 1873, and is a two-story, five-bay, vernacular Greek Revival style brick I-house.”
Wikipedia article Alfred Simonson House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 19 National Register listings published here for Knox County · listed in 2009 · 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 mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alfred Simonson House: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Intrnat Alloys/ Bicknell, Ind | Aluminum | Unknown |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwardsport, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 17 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $25,000 | Sections of roof on a barn lifted and thrown by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $20,000 | A tree was blown by thunderstorm wind gusts onto a small vehicle at 4th Street and Shipping Street. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $15,000 | A garage and numerous trees were blown down on Carlisle Street in Edwardsport due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Several trees and utility lines down throughout Knox County in the Bicknell, Bruceville, Edwardsport, and Vincennes areas due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| January 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 8th at 1630. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| July 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | Excessive rainfall along the White River caused flooding in Knox county, including near Edwardsport. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | The White River flooded in Knox County. High water remained into March. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | The White River remained in flood through the end of the month. Crests were over six feet above flood stage. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $10,000 | The White River remained flooded in Knox County from late February into March. Crests were nearly 4 feet above flood stage. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Edwardsport | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $1,250 | Power lines were downed at the intersection of 2nd and Shipping Streets in Edwardsport due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsport | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on State Route 67, south of Edwardsport. The damage was due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Edwardsport | $1,000 | Flooding continued from March into April on the White River in Knox County. Crests were as high as six feet above flood stage. |
| February 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including in and near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain. It affected most bottomlands and some county roads. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of low lying agricultural land on the White River during late December and very early January, affecting Knox County at and near Edwardsport. This flood event is a continuation from December. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in and near Edwardsport, Indiana. The river crested 5.7 feet above flood stage at the Edwardsport river gauge on April 11th at a reading of 20.7 feet. A river level of 20 feet typically occurs about once a year and affects agricultural land and a few roads or so...state, county, and local. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in and near Edwardsport, Indiana. Flooding continued into May, with the river cresting then. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding of bottomlands occurred along the White River in and near Edwardsport, Indiana. Flooding continued from April. The river crested at 19 feet on May 5th. Flood stage is 15 feet. Crop damage estimate is grossly estimated. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Extensive flooding of bottomlands occurred along the White River in/near Edwardsport, Indiana. The river crested 7.6 feet above flood stage on May 18th at a reading of 22.6 feet. Flooding of this magnitude typically affects local/county/state roads, agricultural land, and surrounds river cabins. Damage costs are grossly estimated. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Flooding occurred along the White River in Knox County, including near Edwardsport, due to heavy rain. This flooding is a continuation from flooding that began on March 18th at 2200. March flood damages are estimated around ten thousand dollars. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Edwardsport | - | Rainfall and warm temperatures that occurred on and off during the second half of December led to flooding of low lying agricultural land on the White River during late December and very early January, affecting Knox County at and near Edwardsport. This flood event continued into January. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kixmiller's Store | 4.8 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09001131 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Knox County | All 19 listed properties in this county. |
Block