Built in 1902 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
“Washington Ave. in Lenora, Kansas, is a Queen Anne-style house completed in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”
Wikipedia article Barbeau House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Norton County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1902, Queen Anne style.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Barbeau House in 2015, burning about 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 1 April 2015 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 18 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 4 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenora, the town this property stands in, in 64 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 34 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Hail | Lenora | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | $100,000 | Top of grain bin blown off. Power lines down. Shed destroyed. Trailer blown into pole. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | $8,000 | Straight-line winds ripped metal tin panels off a roof of a barn. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | $6,000 | As a strong thunderstorm moved over the town of Lenora, a large healthy hardwood tree was split in half down the trunk. Half of the tree remained upright while the other half landed on the roof of a home and damaged several wooden fence panels. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | $5,000 | Trailer home had siding blown off one side of trailer. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lenora | $1,500 | Public reported windows were broken out of the house. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | Reported via Weather Underground mesonet site KKSLENOR7. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | Reported via Weather Underground mesonet site KKSLENOR20. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | Pea size hail occurred with the wind gusts of 50-60 MPH. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lenora | - | Quarter size hail started at :40 after, then increased to half dollar size at :44 after. The hail also occurred with estimated 70 MPH wind gusts. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Lenora | - | Hail ranging in size from golf ball to baseball fell in the Lenora area over a period of five minutes. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lenora | - | Numerous ping-pong to golf ball size hail fell. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Lenora | - | The tornado tracked northeast through Lenora, then turned more to the north. In Lenora windows and garage doors were blown out/damaged. In addition to the window damage, an aluminum door was folded and mangled at the Coop. Trees were blown through windows in town along with some minor damage to outbuildings. A Nex-Tech building had the roof blown off of it and onto the highway. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Lenora | - | The ground is completely covered with hail. |
| October 2011 | Flood | Lenora | - | Rainfall totaled over five inches at Norton Dam, and newspaper accounts later stated that flooding occurred across parts of the county with some roads southeast of Lenora closed due to water flowing across the road. A large part of the county received three to five inches of rainfall overnight which washed out some county roads. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lenora | - | Hail reported to be covering the ground. Small (1-inch diameter) tree limbs also down. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lenora | - | Report relayed via CoCoRaHS program. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lenora | - | Hail lasted 35 minutes. Size ranged from nickel to quarter diameter. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Lenora | - | Brief tornado lasting under 1 minute. Over open fields. No known damage. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Lenora | - | Hail lasted 7 minutes with sizes from quarter to half dollar. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | Wind gust measured at KSNO |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | 16-inch diameter tree limb down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | Decaying thunderstorms east of Lenora produced a minor heat burst event. Temperatures rose from 64 to 73 degrees F between 10:50 pm CDT and 12:30 am CDT accompanied by winds of 67 mph. No known damage. Gusty winds persisted over 2 hours. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Lenora | - | Minor Street Flooding. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | 58 mph gust recorded at Lenora School. Higher gusts likely across town with numerous tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter down. One 12 inch diameter tree blown over. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lenora | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenora | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | North Fork Solomon River Lattice Truss Bridge | 1.6 miles | 2003 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000684 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Norton County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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