Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
“Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker is a historic home and road marker located at Stone Head, Indiana. The house was built in 1891, and is a two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Thomas A. Hendricks House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Brown County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker between 1999 and 2018, burning about 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | WHITE |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Hoosier National Forest | FREEDOM |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | POPLAR GROVE |
| 4 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Hoosier National Forest | CORNER FIRE |
| 15 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | 135 CAMPFIRE |
| 5 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Hoosier National Forest | HARRIS |
| 26 December 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | BERRY RIDGE |
| 4 November 2001 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | GREATHOUSE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stone Head, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Head | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed three trees onto Indiana Route 135 about 1 mile north of Van Buren Elementary School. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stone Head | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed 3 to 5 inch diameter tree branches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Story Historic District | 3.7 miles | 2019 | |
| Brown County State Park | 3.9 miles | 2020 | |
 | F.P. Taggart Store | 7.2 miles | 1983 |
 | Brown County Courthouse Historic District | 7.2 miles | 1983 |
| Nashville Historic District | 7.2 miles | 2022 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84000450 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Brown County | All 9 listed properties in this county. |
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