Thornhurst Addition

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

From the record

“Thornhurst Addition is a national historic district located at Carmel, Indiana. It encompasses 21 contributing buildings and one contributing site in a predominantly residential section of Carmel.”
Wikipedia article Thornhurst Addition, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Hamilton 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

Address. Bounded by 650 to 742 W Main St, Thornhurst Dr and Rogers Ct, Carmel, 46032
When was it listed? June 2010
Category. district
Also known as. Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830-1960 MPS
Township. Clay township
National Register reference number. 10000378 - 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.

The ground it stands on

6,892 words

The chapter on Clay Township in History of Hamilton County Indiana, published 1915 names Carmel. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Subscription schools were the vogue until 1852 when the public schools were inaugurated. There have been as many as eight district schools in the township at one time, but gradually the number of pupils in each district de¬ creased, till one by one the old district schools were abandoned. At the present time there is but one consolidated graded school in the township. It is a fine modern school building situated at Clay Center and five teachers are there em¬ ployed in giving instruction to the youth of the township. This is the second year of the school and Henry Hollenback has been the principal both years. The school has proved a decided success and more than one hundred pupils are enrolled. Clay and Delaware jointly have a township graded and high school at Carmel.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County Indiana, published 1915.

In 1830 the Friends met at the home of Harmon Cox northeast of Carmel to organize and consult about a place in which to hold their services. They decided on the log cabin used for subscription schools and here for a period of three years they met regularly for worship. This was the first meeting of Friends in Hamilton county and is more fully described elsewhere in this volume.

Passage source: History of Hamilton County Indiana, published 1915.

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 Clay Township - 6,892 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Thornhurst Addition: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Indianapolis 521 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Carmel 512 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Indianapolis 513 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Road Materials Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this property

60 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carmel, the town this property stands in, in 101 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 48 hail, 34 thunderstorm wind, 16 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 1999	Lightning	Carmel	1 killed	A 32 year old male was struck by an isolated cloud-to-ground lightning bolt and became comatose. He died a week later. The man was struck while standing next to a tree in his yard.
May 1996	Lightning	Carmel	1 hurt, $500,000	no account filed
June 2002	Lightning	Carmel	1 hurt	Lightning struck a man in a parking lot.
May 1998	Lightning	Carmel	$400,000	Lightning struck 5 Carmel area homes igniting fires.
July 2001	Lightning	Carmel	$350,000	no account filed
May 1996	Lightning	Carmel	$120,000	no account filed
August 2000	Lightning	Carmel	$110,000	no account filed
April 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$100,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$100,000	no account filed
August 2000	Lightning	Carmel	$95,000	no account filed
September 2001	Lightning	Carmel	$85,000	A house was struck by lightning. The fire was contained to the basement by the rest of the house received heavy smoke damage.
August 2000	Lightning	Carmel	$81,000	no account filed
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$50,000	Several trees knocked down due to thunderstorm wind gusts. One tree had fallen on a home.
June 2019	Flash Flood	Carmel	$50,000	Water rescues were occurring across parts of Carmel due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
May 2006	Lightning	Carmel	$50,000	A lightning strike ignited a fire in a residence which severely damaged the roof, attic, and the upstairs ceiling and hallway.
July 2001	Lightning	Carmel	$50,000	no account filed
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$35,000	Multiple reports of trees being downed across Carmel due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. There were several reports of trees and large tree limbs on houses.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$25,000	Trees and tree limbs downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2000	Lightning	Carmel	$20,000	no account filed
January 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$15,000	A tree was uprooted and fell on a house due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. This report came in via Twitter.
February 2008	Lightning	Carmel	$15,000	Lightning struck a flexible natural gas line that went to the basement. The homeowner was treated by medics for smoke inhalation, but was not taken to the hospital.
July 2005	Lightning	Carmel	$12,000	Lightning sparked a fire which damaged a home. The damage amount is estimated.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$10,000	Multiple trees downed onto power lines by thunderstorm wind gusts across Carmel.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$10,000	Numerous trees were reported down in downtown Carmel due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Trees were also reported down on buildings. No information about damage to these buildings was received.
August 2016	Hail	Carmel	$8,000	Multiple trees and power lines were down near this location in addition to the large hail.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$7,000	A large tree snapped and fell onto a house in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Several power lines were downed as well.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$5,000	The Home Place area had numerous trees down blocking roads due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed at least one large tree on the east side of Carmel with multiple large branches downed throughout the area. About 15 minutes prior, winds gusted to 55 mph in Westfield.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$2,500	Shingles were damaged on some roofs due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. Several small tree limbs were downed as well.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$2,000	Power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$2,000	no account filed
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$1,500	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$1,000	Tree limbs downed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$1,000	An uprooted tree blocked traffic between Greyhound Pass and 146th Street on Spring Mill Road due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$1,000	A tree, about one foot in diameter, was reported down in this location due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$1,000	A tree was reported down at 136th Street and Keystone Avenue due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$1,000	Power lines were downed throughout town.
July 2017	Flood	Carmel	$500	One to two feet of water was on the road at 126th Street due to heavy rainfall.
November 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	$500	Large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2013	Hail	Carmel	$500	Some holes were ripped in window screens due to the hail.
March 2021	Hail	Carmel	-	Two separate reports of nickel size hail in downtown Carmel.
March 2021	Hail	Carmel	-	Relayed via Emergency Management.
March 2020	Hail	Carmel	-	This report was relayed via the SKYWARN network.
March 2020	Hail	Carmel	-	Report was relayed via mPing.
March 2020	Hail	Carmel	-	Report relayed via mPing.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	-	A wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was observed in northwest Carmel.
February 2009	Heavy Rain	Carmel	-	A retired National Weather Service Meteorologist reported 1.77 inches of rainfall since 0640 EST and a storm total of 2.75 inches. Begin time of event is roughly estimated.
April 2006	Hail	Carmel	-	No property damage estimates were available.
April 2006	Hail	Carmel	-	No property damage estimates were available.
August 2005	Lightning	Carmel	-	Lightning struck a home, causing a fire. The home had been the victim of another lightning-induced fire just three weeks before.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	-	4" diameter trees down
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carmel	-	Numerous trees were blown down in the Carmel area. Report from law enforcement and media.
May 2025	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
March 2024	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
March 2020	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
April 2018	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
March 2017	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed
April 2013	Hail	Carmel	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Carmel Monon Depot	0.5 miles	2013
John Kinzer House	1.6 miles	1975
Micah Newby House	2.7 miles	1986
Applegate-Johnson Farmstead	3.8 miles	2024
Union High Academy Historic District	4.0 miles	1995
Stultz-Stanley House	4.3 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 10000378 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hamilton County	All 31 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.
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.