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One of 18 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Shindler-Stetson House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 630 East Washington St., Orleans, 47452
- When was it listed? May 2021
- Category. building
- Township. Orleans township
- National Register reference number. 100006565 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
6 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Shindler-Stetson House between 2001 and 2020, burning about 45 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/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | TOWER HILL |
| 9 March 2001 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SIXTY |
| 29 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LOST ROVER FIRE |
| 28 February 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SILVERTON FIRE |
| 15 February 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Hoosier National Forest | LIBERTY FIRE |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Indiana Division of Forestry | FLEENOR ROAD |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shindler-Stetson House: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
17 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Trees blew down along Highway 337 in Orleans. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | A spotter estimated that 50 to 60 mph winds downed numerous branches up to 2 inches in diameter. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Orleans | - | State highway 337 was closed. Many creeks and streams in the county were at bank full. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Power lines were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | Trees and power lines down |
| April 2006 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Orleans | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jenkins Place | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
 | Orleans Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2009 |
 | Thomas Newby Braxtan House | 7.3 miles | 1989 |
 | Newberry Friends Meeting House | 7.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Paoli Historic District | 7.4 miles | 1994 |
 | Orange County Courthouse | 7.4 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006565 in Record Group 79. |
| Orange County | All 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.