BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Martin County · listed in 2025 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Loogootee Commercial Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. Each side of John F. Kennedy Ave. between Vincennes/Butcher and Railroad Streets, extending northeast/southeast to NE & NW 1st Streets south of Wood Street, Loogootee, 47553
- When was it listed? September 2025
- Category. district
- Township. Perry township
- National Register reference number. 100012179 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Loogootee Commercial Historic District in 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DAVIS SCHOOL 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 Loogootee Commercial Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Resources Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this property
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loogootee, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 30 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $100,000 | Widespread tree damage from thunderstorm wind gusts occurred around West|Boggs Lake north of Loogootee where hundreds of trees were downed. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Loogootee | $70,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $50,000 | Three houses and one business had significant roof damage due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $40,000 | A large tree was snapped 10 feet above the base along Highway 231 at Butcher Avenue due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Several other trees were down throughout the city. Some vehicles were damaged from falling tree. Power was out to the entire city. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Loogootee | $10,000 | Highway 450 was closed for most of the night due to up to 3 feet of water that was flowing over the road. Highway 50 was also closed along with numerous roads within the town of Shoals. Flooding was noted to be the most severe in recent memory. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $10,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust, estimated at 60 mph, was reported in Loogootee. Reports of minor damage to mobile homes and a snapped railroad sign were also reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $9,000 | A few trees were reported down in the city of Loogootee due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Two power poles were also reported to have sustained damage. |
| August 2025 | Flood | Loogootee | $5,000 | Several streets were flooded in the town of Loogootee due to heavy rainfall. A nearby station reported 3.50 inches. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Loogootee | $5,000 | Highway 450 was closed for most of the night due to up to 3 feet of water that was flowing over the road. Highway 50 was also closed along with numerous roads within the town of Shoals. Flooding was noted to be the most severe in recent memory. The exact end time for when the shift from Flash Flood to flood is uncertain with an estimate used for the purposes of Storm Data. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $4,000 | Trees were reported down on Brickyard Road. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $4,000 | Numerous trees were reported down off of State Route 231 near 100S. No damage was reported. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $4,000 | Trees were reported down on Cherry Street in East Loogootee. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $3,000 | Several large tree limbs were snapped on the northside of Loogootee due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $2,000 | Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Loogootee | $2,000 | Numerous roads were flooded in Loogootee due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. Several roads were closed due to water flowing over them. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $2,000 | A tree was reported down and blocking the roadway on Highway 231 about a half mile south of Loogootee. Another tree was reported down on County Road 100 S near 1300 E. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $2,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was estimated in Loogootee. A tree also downed power lines in Loogootee as well. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $2,000 | Several large limbs were blown down in Loogootee. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $1,000 | A 12-inch diameter tree was downed across US Highway 50 between Shoals and Loogootee due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Loogootee | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported major flash flooding along with 2.22 inches of rainfall. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $1,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | $250 | Tree limbs, at least four inches in diameter, were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Loogootee | - | Numerous reports nearby up to 1.75 inches. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Loogootee | - | Thunderstorm hail larger than baseballs near Loogootee, amid quarter to golf ball sized hail over parts of west-central Martin County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | A 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | Trees were downed near Highway 231. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Loogootee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Martin County Courthouse | 6.4 miles | 2005 |
| Shoals Historic District | 6.8 miles | 2016 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100012179 in Record Group 79. |
| Martin 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.
- 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.