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Henry French House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The Henry French House, also known as the Salmon-French House, is a historic house located in the Port Fulton area of Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States. It was built about 1832, and is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling with a rear ell added about 1839 to form an I-house.”

Wikipedia article Henry French House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1989 · 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. French, Henry, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 217 E. High St., Jeffersonville, 47130
  • When was it listed? June 1989
  • Category. building
  • Township. Jeffersonville township
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture, Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 89000772 - 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Henry French House: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cargill Salt/ Clarksville, Ind.SaltPlant
Globe Union/ Louisville, Ky.LeadUnknown
Pilot Co. PitMagnesitePast Producer
Atkins Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Louisville Sand&Gravel IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alert DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
First Street YardSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Martha E. Green DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nugent PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Utica Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this property

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeffersonville, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 8 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001Flash FloodJeffersonville$30,000Four homes were flooded in Jeffersonville. Roads were covered with water. One car was submerged.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville$15,000A trained spotter reported a large tree, multiple limbs, and power lines down just northeast of downtown Jeffersonville.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville$10,000A trained spotter reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down power poles in the area.
August 2007HailJeffersonville$10,000Hail caused damage to cars in the Jeffersonville area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-A tree fell onto a power line and a firework tent was damaged near White Castle.
June 2023HailJeffersonville-This report came from mPing.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-A tree fell on a house on Hertzsch Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Trees were reported down on Pratt Street in Jeffersonville. Some minor street flooding also occurred.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-A public report was received of a tree blown down on Cedarview Drive.
July 2015Flash FloodJeffersonville-A public report of flooded and impassable side streets was received across pars of Jeffersonville. Rainfall amounts across southern Clark County varied from 3 to locally 4 inches.
June 2013HailJeffersonville-One inch hail fell in Clarksville, just across the Ohio River from Louisville.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-A 60mph wind gust was estimated at the leading edge of a squall line. Many downed trees and branches were reported from around the county.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-A trained spotter reported gusts to 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Trees were damaged in Jeffersonville.
August 2009Flash FloodJeffersonville-Heavy rain of more than four inches in an hour and a half caused streams to rapidly rise out of their banks.
August 2009Heavy RainJeffersonville-A spotter measured 5.50 inches of rainfall between 7 am and 240 pm EDT.
August 2009HailJeffersonville-One inch hail was falling at the YMCA.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Several trees were downed along State Highway 62.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Trees and power lines were downed.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Power lines and a large tree were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-An off duty NWS employee estimated a 70 mph wind gust.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
December 2002Flash FloodJeffersonville-Underpasses were flooded on Eastern Boulevard.
January 2002Flash FloodJeffersonville-Numerous roads were covered by water, mainly in the Jeffersonville area.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Trees were blown down.
April 2002Flash FloodJeffersonville-Streets in Jeffersonville were covered by as much as two feet of water.
January 2000Flash FloodJeffersonville-Roads flooded in southern Jeffersonville
January 2000HailJeffersonville-Tennis ball size hail
July 1998Flash FloodJeffersonville-Several streets were water covered as 4 inches of rain fell in less than 2 hours.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Trees downed along Charlestown Pike.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-Power lines down.
May 1995HailJeffersonville-Three-quarters inch hail reported by police.
May 1994HailJeffersonville-An off duty weather service employee reported 1 inch to golfball sized hail in Jeffersonville. IOWA
March 2025HailJeffersonville-no account filed
May 2014HailJeffersonville-no account filed
April 2009HailJeffersonville-no account filed
August 2007HailJeffersonville-no account filed
August 2007HailJeffersonville-no account filed
April 2001HailJeffersonville-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-no account filed
March 1997HailJeffersonville-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindJeffersonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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

6 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Howard Home0.3 miles1973
Old Jeffersonville Historic District0.9 miles1987
Grisamore House1.2 miles1983
M. Fine & Sons Building1.3 miles2020
Spring Street Freight House1.4 miles2007
Indiana State Prison South-Indiana Reformatory- Colgate-Palmolive Historic District1.8 miles2019

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89000772 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clark CountyAll 19 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.