Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“Asahel Stone Mansion is a historic home located at Winchester, Indiana. It was built in 1872, and is a Second Empire style brick dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Gen. Asahel Stone Mansion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Randolph County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on White River Township in History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882 names Winchester. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
Early in 1816, Paul W. Way, Henry H. Way, William Way, Jr., Robert Way (a lad sixteen years old), and William Diggs, came from South Carolina and located land four miles west of Winchester. Paul Way returned for his parents and his family.
Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.
In the summer of 1817, William Way returned on horseback alone, to South Carolina, to bring his father, William Way, Sr., to the new country, which purpose he successfully accomplished. With them came, among others, Mrs. Beverly, mother of Dr. Beverly, now of Winchester, and Moorman Way, then a lad of a few years old, but for many years a shrewd, active and successful lawyer, well known to the bar and the courts of the surrounding region for nearly half a century [died 1881.]
Passage source: History of Randolph County, Indiana with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to Which Are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships, published 1882.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on White River Township - 31,943 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winchester, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 7 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $50,000 | Randolph County Airport at Winchester measured 88 mph winds at 0230 EST. Approximately one half dozen barns sustained significant damage to their walls and roofs near and northeast of Winchester. Numerous trees were blown down in the east end of the county at Union City around 0240 EST. |
| January 2008 | Flash Flood | Winchester | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Randolph County. Water was flowing over State Road 32 just east of Winchester. Sandbagging of a residence was also reported due to high water. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $10,000 | A tree limb fell on two or three vehicles at a repair shop on 3 West north of 3 North due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Winchester | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $9,000 | Trees were downed on power lines and billboard signs were damaged, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts, along US Highway 27 in Winchester. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $8,000 | A large and healthy tree had fallen on a car in the 300 block of East Thompson Street due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $7,000 | Trees and power lines were down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A tree fell on a shelter building which destroyed the structure, picnic tables, and a grill. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $6,000 | Trees and power lines were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Winchester | $5,000 | Water flowing over a road in Winchester with standing water noted along many side streets in town. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $5,000 | Utility poles were blown over in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Winchester | $5,000 | Third tornado from supercell crossed into Randolph County farmfields east of Blountsville before dissipating. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $4,000 | Numerous trees were down between State Road 1 and U.S. Hwy 27. Trees were also reported down between County Road 300 S and 600 S. Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts also damaged a wall of a farmhouse at 2886 W and 300 S. |
| November 2017 | Flood | Winchester | $3,000 | Winchester police closed off North Main Street between 3rd and 4th Streets due to flooding from heavy rainfall. The officer reported water up to his fender wells of his police pick-up truck. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $2,000 | Trees and power poles were downed. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Winchester | - | At Randolph County Fairgrounds. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | Several structures were damaged on a farm as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | A few trees were down across the city due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | Large limbs were downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Winchester | - | Roads were closed by high water. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Flood | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winchester | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Winchester | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Winchester Residential Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2011 |
 | Winchester Courthouse Square Historic District | 0.8 miles | 2001 |
 | Randolph County Infirmary | 2.1 miles | 2018 |
 | Ward Township District No. 5 School | 7.1 miles | 2017 |
 | Farmland Downtown Historic District | 7.9 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000040 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Randolph County | All 12 listed properties in this county. |
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