BlockFrom the record
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Tippecanoe County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Levi and Lucy Morehouse Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- Listed as. Morehouse, Levi and Lucy, Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 5038 Morehouse Rd., West Lafayette, 47906
- When was it listed? December 2012
- Category. building
- Township. Wabash township
- National Register reference number. 12001065 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
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 Levi and Lucy Morehouse Farm: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Lafayette, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 9 flood, 2 tornado. 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 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $500,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. 30 to 40 homes were damaged by flood waters. |
| February 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $400,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Numerous homes were affected by flood waters. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F1) | West Lafayette | $200,000 | Tornado damaged several houses and blew down numerous trees and power lines near North River Road and Happy Hollow Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $50,000 | A concrete plant had it's roof blown off due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. The building's bay doors were open at the time. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $30,000 | A tree fell on a home in West Lafayette. No one was injured. |
| March 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $15,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $12,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until April 5th at 17:12. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $5,000 | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location with the passage of the gust front. Also, shingles were blown off of the State Farm building. |
| May 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $5,000 | Flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flooding continued until June 3rd at 0049. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | West Lafayette | $5,000 | The rain and flash flooding created high water on numerous streets around Greater Lafayette Tuesday morning. It also forced the Lafayette Parks Department to close Munger Park and the city's aquatic facilities for the day. Power companies reported power outages scattered across the area that continued into the afternoon. |
| March 2006 | Hail | West Lafayette | $5,000 | Golfball sized hail damaged a Sheriff deputy's car. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $4,000 | Multiple trees, three to four inches in diameter, were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2008 | Flood | West Lafayette | $2,000 | This flooding is a continuation from flooding that began on May 31st at 1636 EST. The flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. Flood damage from May included five-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage. An addition two-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage occurred in June for a total of seven-thousand dollars in both crop and property damage. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $1,000 | Tree downed near intersection of North River Road and US Highway 52. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a tree across State Route 43 between US Route 52 and State Route 443 near the Purdue University campus. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | $1,000 | no account filed |
| December 2007 | Flood | West Lafayette | $500 | Heavy rain caused flooding of the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette. |
| August 2014 | Flood | West Lafayette | $250 | Four to five inches of standing water was observed in a parking lot due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall. |
| September 2015 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | This event occurred at Highway 52 and Piermont Drive. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed at Highway 52 and Piermont Drive. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | A 55 to 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location. Penny sized hail was also noted. |
| March 2009 | Flood | West Lafayette | - | Very minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County, including in and near Lafayette, due to heavy rain. The river crest was less than one foot above flood stage. This event is a continuation from February. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | A trained spotter observed an estimated 58 mph wind gust with pea sized hail in West Lafayette. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | Trees were reported down on South River Road, south of the airport, due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2017 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lafayette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | James Pierce Jr. House | 1.5 miles | 1982 |
 | Cairo Skywatch Tower | 3.7 miles | 2002 |
 | Curtis-Grace House | 4.0 miles | 2012 |
 | Indiana State Soldiers Home Historic District | 4.0 miles | 1974 |
 | John E. and Catherine E. Christian House | 4.4 miles | 1992 |
 | Happy Hollow Heights Historic District | 4.6 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12001065 in Record Group 79. |
| Tippecanoe County | All 48 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.