Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“William Kerr House is a historic home located at Union City, Indiana. It was designed by architecture firm of George F.”
Wikipedia article William Kerr House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 12 National Register listings published here for Randolph County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The chapter on Wayne 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 Union City. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
WILLIAM KENNON, born in I.eland, cnme lo America when fourteen years old; lived for a time in Guernsey County, Ohio, ami came to IlanJolph County, Ind., in 1830. He settled on the Downing place, south from the tollgale south of Union City. He married Eleanor Smith, and hart four children. He owned '210 acres of land, was a Democrat, was .Justice of the Peace for four years, and was highly esteemed for integrity and inlelligonce. He died many years ago, as did also his wife, but the dale of their death cannot now be exactly told.
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.
Richard Mason (father of the " Mason's') was horn in North Carolina in about 1795; came to Clinton County, Ohio, when a boy, perhaps in 1805, married .Sarih Jackson in Ohio, movcil thence to Wayne County, Ind., and to Kosciusko County, Ind., to the latter in 1834. He hail ten children, and died in 1844 in the last named county, his wife dying in Randolph County, Ind., In 1850. His children all grew up and were married, and eight still survive. They are as follows : Thomas, ten children, resides at Union City, Ind. ; Elizabelh (JIason), seven children, is dead; DelilB (Harper), four children, lives in Iowa; Louisa (Drake), seven children, is dead; William, has seven children, resides in Union; Sarah (Gunter), one child, Kosciusko County; Salina(Frazier-Milnor) nine children, Iowa ; Elihu, several children, resides in Ohio ; Mary (Conkling), four children, Wayne Township ; Jemima(Duncan), three children, Iowa. Six of them have been residents of Randolph County, Thomas, William, Salina, Elihu, M.ary and Jemima; and Thomas, William and Mary live here sllU.
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 Wayne Township - 43,559 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union City, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | $150,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused a covered bridge at Harter Park to collapse. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | $120,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts caused damage to the roof and A/C unit of Union City Jr/Sr High School. |
| August 2007 | Lightning | Union City | $10,000 | Lightning struck the Union City police department's communication system. The storm took out the base radio and a couple of computers. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | $5,000 | Utility poles and power lines were downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | $4,000 | Multiple power poles knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts in Union City. |
| November 2017 | Flood | Union City | $3,000 | Localized flooding was occurring on various streets due to heavy rainfall. Rainfall of 2.38 inches fell in the Emergency Manager's rain gauge. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | $2,500 | The Randolph County EMA reported a tin roof being blown off an American Legion storage shed that was completely open on one side due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts. A trampoline was also picked up and tossed. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Union City | - | This report was relayed by Emergency Management. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | - | Trees were down near County Road 700 East due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | - | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Union City | - | Weak, Brief Touchdown |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Union City Public Library | under 500 feet | 2004 |
 | Raphael Kirshbaum Building | 0.2 miles | 1990 |
 | Union City Commercial Historic District | 0.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Union City Passenger Depot | 0.3 miles | 1983 |
 | Union City School | 0.3 miles | 2010 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87001776 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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