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Photograph of Jenkins Place
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jenkins Place

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“Jenkins Place are two historic homes and, together, a national historic district located at Orleans, Indiana. The Rock and Lucie Jenkins House was built in 1908, and is a American Foursquare brick dwelling., with Prairie School influences.”

Wikipedia article Jenkins Place, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2010 · category: District.

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 12 objectss, 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 448-488 Liberty Rd., Orleans, 47452
  • When was it listed? March 2010
  • Category. district
  • Township. Orleans township
  • National Register reference number. 10000127 - 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.

Fires near this property

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jenkins Place between 2002 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 July 2013Naturalunder an acreHoosier National ForestTOWER HILL
29 February 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresHoosier National ForestLOST ROVER FIRE
28 February 2004Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresHoosier National ForestSILVERTON FIRE
15 February 2002Arson/incendiarism30 acresHoosier National ForestLIBERTY FIRE
19 November 2020Debris and open burning4.5 acresIndiana Division of ForestryFLEENOR ROAD

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jenkins Place: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Orleans QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this property

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orleans, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Trees blew down along Highway 337 in Orleans.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindOrleans-A spotter estimated that 50 to 60 mph winds downed numerous branches up to 2 inches in diameter.
April 2008FloodOrleans-State highway 337 was closed. Many creeks and streams in the county were at bank full.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Power lines were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Numerous trees were downed.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Trees and power lines were downed.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOrleans-Trees and power lines down
April 2006HailOrleans-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
June 2006HailOrleans-no account filed
June 2006HailOrleans-no account filed
June 2002HailOrleans-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
April 1998HailOrleans-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindOrleans-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orange 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

6 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
Shindler-Stetson House0.4 miles2021
Orleans Historic District0.5 miles2009
Thomas Newby Braxtan House6.9 miles1989
Newberry Friends Meeting House7.0 miles1996
Paoli Historic District7.0 miles1994
Orange County Courthouse7.0 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000127 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orange CountyAll 18 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.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.