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One of 47 National Register listings published here for Parke County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
William E. and Carolyn Davis House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Davis, William E. and Carolyn, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 411 Jackson St., Rockville, 47872
- When was it listed? February 2022
- Category. building
- Township. Adams township
- National Register reference number. 100007446 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
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 William E. and Carolyn Davis House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parke Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockville, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $150,000 | Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm wind gusts on roads including including US 36 and IN 59. Over 4500 power outages caused by the storm. |
| April 2018 | Flash Flood | Rockville | $20,000 | Numerous roads were closed due to flooding across the county from heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Flash flooding washed out several rural roads with debris left behind. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $5,000 | Numerous trees down by thunderstorm wind gusts across Parke County. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree over US 41 near Snake Hollow. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $1,000 | Several 4 to 6 inch tree limbs were snapped near West Strawberry Road in Rockville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $1,000 | The roof of a minibarn was blown off. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | $500 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured with a personal weather station. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Several trees of unknown size were downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph were observed in this location. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Rockville | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported in this location, along with gusty winds from a severe thunderstorm. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Rockville | - | Hail ranging in diameter from pea to quarter size was reported by the emergency manager. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | A large tree was downed. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Several trees were downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Large limbs were downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | A small tree was downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Trees and large limbs were downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Trees were downed. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | A few trees were downed. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | Several trees blown down. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Rockville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Rockville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rockville Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1993 |
 | Rockville Chautauqua Pavilion | 0.6 miles | 1999 |
 | Billie Creek Bridge | 1.2 miles | 1978 |
 | Catlin Bridge | 1.8 miles | 1978 |
 | William Hill Polygonal Barn | 3.5 miles | 1993 |
 | State Sanitorium Bridge | 3.5 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007446 in Record Group 79. |
| Parke County | All 47 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.