William L. Lords House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Lords House, also known as the Stone House, is a historic home located in Clear Lake Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built about 1866, and is a "T"plan, dwelling constructed of random laid cut fieldstone.”
Wikipedia article William L. Lords House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Steuben County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Lords, William L., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Clear Lake Rd., Fremont, 46737
When was it listed? June 1983
Category. building
Township. Clear Lake township
National Register reference number. 83000114 - 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.

The ground it stands on

3,676 words

The chapter on Clear Lake Township in History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 names Fremont. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The smallest township in the county, occupying the northeastern corner, not only of Steuben County, but also the State of Indiana, is Clear Lake. It is congressional township 38 north, 15 east, and is bounded as follows : On the north by Branch and Hillsdale counties, Mich.; on the east by Hillsdale County, Mich., and Williams County, Ohio; on the south by York Township, and on the west by Fremont Township. It is four miles north and south, by two and three-quarters east and west. Its area is therefore about eleven square miles, or 7,000 acres, nearly 1,000 being covered by water. The township derives its name from the beautiful lake that is situated nearly in the center, on the north banks of which two hotels were built, a few years ago, for the accommodation of tourists. Clear Lake deserves to become still more popular as a resort. It was at one time proposed to build to it a branch from the railroad, but this plan was unfortunately given up. Besides Clear Lake, there are several smaller bodies of water, all connected with it. The soil is of a sandy nature, except in the eouth part of the township, which is of a rich, sandy loam. Most of the township is considered fertile. Tne surface is rolling, and interspersed with small rivulets which empty into the lake.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

Fredericksburg, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca. He was mustered out at the close of the war at Camp Chase, Cohimbus, Ohio. He was shot in the right shoulder by a picket while out on a pass, being mistaken for another man. He was also injured by his horse tailing on him. Mr. McElroy is a member of Judson Kilpatrick Post, No. 45, G. A. R., at Fremont. In politics he is a stanch Republican.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

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 Clear Lake Township - 3,676 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of William L. Lords House between 2002 and 2019, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	BRANCH 01 - MUCK LAKE FIRE
14 May 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CAMDEN FIRE/RESCUE 0201927 - 2019
1 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CAMDEN FIRE/RESCUE 0201820 - 2018
26 March 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	WRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000109 - 2019
18 December 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	CAMDEN FIRE/RESCUE 0201905 - 2018
15 November 2002	Natural	under an acre	Michigan Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this property

34 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fremont, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 19 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 1 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
July 1998	Lightning	Fremont	$312,000	LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRES DESTROYED A BARN AND KENNEL AT 3580 S CR RD 800 E. ANOTHER LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE DESTROYED ANOTHER BARN AND FARM TRACTORS AT 3285 N CR RD 650 E WHICH TOOK FIRE FIGHTERS 40 MINUTES TO GET UNDER CONTROL.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$100,000	Local emergency management performed a storm survey of damage west of Fremont. A strip mall suffered significant damage to the roof and soffits as well as broken windows. Numerous trees were reported down in the area with one onto a car. Some trees were uprooted, as large as 20 inches in diameter. Trees and a light pole were blown down at a Holiday Inn Express. The damage appeared to be consistent with straight line winds of around 70 mph. Damage is estimated at around $100,000.
September 2005	Hail	Fremont	$50,000	30 to 35 homes were reported to have siding damage and a few vehicles also suffered some damage. Hail up to golf ball size was reported.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$40,000	Several trees were blown down, one reported to be 24 inches in diameter. A 12 inch diameter tree fell onto a parked police car, which was totaled as a result. A large cottonwood tree was blown down near Snow Lake, with debris from the tree knocking over a fence and utility shed.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$20,000	Numerous power lines and trees were blown down.
July 2001	Flood	Fremont	$9,000	Store located in "a small gully" as described by owner experienced water up to the owners knee after rainfall of around 2 inches in 3 hours. No injuries.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$2,000	Tree branches one foot in diameter were down south of Fremont.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$1,000	Trained spotter reported large trees down west of Fremont near Pleasant Lake. One of the trees was blown down on a home with minor damage.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	$1,000	Power lines and trees down in northern Steuben County south of Fremont and north of Snow Lake.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	The public reported several large tree limbs down along as well as a flipped trampoline.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	EM reports numerous trees down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Emergency management officials reported multiple trees and power lines blown down along SR 120, west of Fremont.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Emergency management officials reported tree limbs blown down onto power lines.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	A trained spotter reported numerous three to six inch diameter tree limbs down.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Amateur radio operators reported the top half of a five inch diameter tree down blocking the road near State Route 827 and County Road 300 East.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Amateur radio operators reported several power lines and trees down in and around Fremont.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Emergency management officials reported trees down in the Fremont area, one of which fell onto a house. No further damage details were provided.
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	A measured 62 mph wind gust was reported by a spotter in Fremont.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Several tree limbs were blown down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Tree down onto power line.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Numerous limbs were blown down.
September 2005	Hail	Fremont	-	Hail up to the size of nickels was reported.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fremont	-	Tree blown down onto power line.
February 2017	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
July 2007	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
May 1999	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed
August 1998	Hail	Fremont	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben County

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 miles

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
	Enos Michael House	4.4 miles	1982
	Erastus and Louise Farnham House and Barn	4.8 miles	2022

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83000114 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Steuben County	All 17 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.
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.