BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Ohio County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Speakman-Miller-Kittle Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.
The listing
- Address. 10405 Old State Road 56, Rising Sun, 47001
- When was it listed? December 2023
- Category. district
- Township. Randolph township
- National Register reference number. 100009592 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Speakman-Miller-Kittle Farm: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| D & M Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laughery Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O'Day Excavating & Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Petersburg Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rising Sun, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2000 | Flash Flood | Rising Sun | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall caused Bear Creek Road to be closed. Also, the 4th Street Bridge in Rising Sun was washed out. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $25,000 | Damage occurred to both the high school and elementary-middle schools allowing leaks to produce some water damage. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $25,000 | A large tree was uprooted and fell on a ranch style house, collapsing part of the home. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $20,000 | Numerous trees and large branches in Rising Sun where knocked down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $20,000 | A barn was knocked down and destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A roof was blown off of a garage and a tree was snapped due to the winds. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $10,000 | A home was damaged and the exterior walls of a barn were collapsed. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $10,000 | The press box at the high school softball field was destroyed and blown into the road. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Rising Sun | $10,000 | Several roads in and around town were flooded and closed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $8,000 | A car park roof was uplifted and a small outbuilding sustained damage. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $5,000 | Numerous trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Rising Sun | $5,000 | Heavy rainfall caused Rt. 56 to flood to the north of Rising Sun. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $4,000 | Several trees were downed in the Rising Sun area. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Numerous trees and limbs were blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | A few large tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Trees and limbs were downed. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | A few trees were knocked down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Numerous trees downed. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | Trees knocked down. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $2,000 | A couple of trees were downed along Nelson Road outside of Rising Sun. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $2,000 | A tree fell onto a power line near 2nd Street. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $2,000 | One tree and one large limb were knocked down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $2,000 | Large limbs were knocked down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $2,000 | Trees were knocked down across the county. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $1,000 | A large tree was uprooted along Main Street. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $1,000 | One tree was knocked down on Nelson Road. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | $100 | Several large tree limbs were downed. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | - | The public relayed the wind gust report. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Rising Sun | - | Nelson Road was flooded and impassable. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Rising Sun | - | Roads were flooded near State Route 56. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Rising Sun | - | Heavy rains washed debris onto State Route 262, closing that road for a short period of time. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rising Sun | - | Winds gusted to 60 mph. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Rising Sun | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Rising Sun | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Rising Sun | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Rising Sun | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Rising Sun | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clore Plow Works-J.W. Whitlock and Company | 5.4 miles | 1999 |
 | Rising Sun Historic District | 5.5 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009592 in Record Group 79. |
| Ohio County | All 3 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.