BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 2020 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Henry County Memorial Park
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- Address. 2221 North Memorial Dr., New Castle, 47362
- When was it listed? August 2020
- Category. district
- Township. Henry township
- National Register reference number. 100005504 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
The ground it stands on
774 wordsThis property stands in Henry Township. Henry County; Past and Present: a Brief History of the County from 1821 to 1871, published 1871 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Henry Township - 774 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Henry County Memorial Park: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Summit Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| New Castle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Oakville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
60 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Castle, the town this property stands in, in 79 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 38 thunderstorm wind, 28 hail, 5 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | 1 hurt, $200,000 | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F2) | New Castle | $2,000,000 | A tornado formed along a squall line. Ten single family homes sustained major damage. As the tornado passed through a trailer park, 30 trailer homes sustained major damage. |
| July 2004 | Lightning | New Castle | $500,000 | A bus barn was destroyed by a lightning induced fire at Blue River Valley High School. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | New Castle | $50,000 | Flash flooding occurred around the county causing damage to property and roadways. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $50,000 | A thunderstorm blew a tree down onto a house, barn, and garage in Knightstown. A large commercial-use garage was demolished by straight line winds. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $40,000 | Barn with metal siding was blown down at this location due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Nearby, several trees and power lines we downed. |
| July 2002 | Tornado (F0) | New Castle | $30,000 | National Weather Service survey confirmed an F0 touchdown. Minor damage to 3 homes. Trees down. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $20,000 | The roof of a building near the intersection of 9th and New York Streets was blown down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $20,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. The top of a 140-foot radio tower was blown down in New Castle. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (F0) | New Castle | $15,000 | What was likely a small gustnado swept quickly through a field and a small subdivision of manufactured homes, causing minor damage to crops, two roofs, and outdoor decorations. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in the New Castle area, before a funnel cloud was observed just above the ground 1 mile east of New Castle. |
| July 2010 | Flood | New Castle | $10,000 | Minor flooding was reported in the New Castle area. The Henry County Emergency Management spokesperson said that Crescent Creek Drive was the only road closed due to flooding. He also reported floodwater that blew out the basement windows of one home. Some parks also had standing water. |
| May 2008 | Lightning | New Castle | $10,000 | Lightning struck the wall of a church catching the wall on fire. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $8,000 | Gravestones were moved off their bases and flower arrangement were scattered due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Twenty four trees also were blown down on the property due to the winds. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F2) | New Castle | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $4,000 | A power pole was down, a tree was reported to be on a road, and a large produce tent was blown over in New Castle due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Several trees were reported to be down in other locations around the county as well. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down at various points in the county. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $2,000 | Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts onto a road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $2,000 | Tree downed by thunderstorm wind gusts near the intersection of State Road 103 and County Road 300 South. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $1,250 | A tree with an 18-inch base was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2017 | Hail | New Castle | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph. Power was reported to be out with a fence blown down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damged some crops |
| July 1997 | Tornado (F0) | New Castle | $1,000 | Same supercell thunderstorm that spawned Hamilton County and City of Anderson tornadoes also spawned this weak tornado. It was a brief touchdown near State Road 3 and the Conrail Railway on New Castle's northwest side. The tornado briefly touched down in Memorial Park knocking down some trees. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | $100 | An estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 50 mph downed a 4-inch diameter tree limb. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A storm spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at this location. |
| June 2018 | Hail | New Castle | - | This report was received via Twitter. |
| August 2009 | Hail | New Castle | - | Thunderstorm hail, the size of ping pong balls was observed at 15th Street and Grand Avenue in New Castle. |
| May 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | No property damage was reported. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Large limbs were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees and limbs were blown down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were blown down and a barn was damaged. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Numerous trees and power lines downed. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | A large healthy tree was downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees/Limbs down |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Large limbs were downed on the north side of New Castle. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2021 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Castle | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | New Castle | - | no account filed |
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
4 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry County Courthouse | 1.5 miles | 1981 |
 | New Castle Commercial Historic District | 1.5 miles | 1991 |
 | Gen. William Grose House | 1.8 miles | 1983 |
 | Richsquare Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery | 7.1 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005504 in Record Group 79. |
| Henry County | All 13 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.