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Jackson Hotel

Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

From the record

“The Jackson Hotel is a historic hotel building located at 139 W. The hotel was built in 1921 on a site which had contained a hotel since 1863; the Jackson Hotel was the third hotel built at the site.”

Wikipedia article Jackson Hotel (Paola, Kansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Miami County · listed in 2008 · category: Building · built in 1921, by George P. Washburn.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 139 W. Peoria St., Paola, 66071
  • When was it listed? July 2008
  • Category. building
  • City. Paola city
  • When was it built? 1921
  • Architect. George P. Washburn
  • National Register reference number. 08000646 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

87 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Hotel between 2015 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMiami County236
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami County234
12 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami County242
8 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami County202
6 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service186
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service210
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service199
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service197

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Storms near this property

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paola, the town this property stands in, in 64 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 34 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
October 2018FloodPaola1 killedFrom FOX 4 Kansas City: Miami County Sheriffs Office confirmed to FOX4 that a missing 78-year-old woman has been found dead. Authorities found Hazel Phillips inside her vehicle near Hospital Drive south of 327th Street Friday morning. According to deputies, someone noticed the roof of a silver car showing after flood waters in the area receded and alerted authorities. Osawatomie Fire Department pulled the car from the water and determined it belonged to Phillips. Phillips was still inside. Phillips family reported her missing Wednesday. They said they last spoke to her Tuesday night when she told them she was going to Drexel, Missouri, on Wednesday morning. ||https://fox4kc.com/2018/10/12/missing-78-year-old-miami-county-woman-found-dead-in-vehicle-pulled-from-flood-waters/ .
July 1996LightningPaola1 hurtno account filed
August 2004LightningPaola$300,000House struck by lightning and totally destroyed by fire.
April 2026HailPaola$50,000Softball sized hail (4 inch) reported on north side of Paola.
July 1997LightningPaola$50,000Lightning struck a house causing a fire during a thunderstorm. Several rooms of the house were damaged.
September 2000LightningPaola$7,000Lightning downed half of a tree, which fell on a 1994 Honda, rendering the vehicle a total loss.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPaola$7,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPaola$6,000Severe thunderstorms produced up to Golfball size hail in the Hillsdale lake area, with damaging winds striking Paola. Several tree limbs fell onto a car in Paola, causing substantial damage.
July 2011LightningPaola$1,000A transformer was hit by lightning and set on fire, at 247th and Metcalf.
April 2026HailPaola-Two inch hail reported south of Paola.
April 2026HailPaola-Hail larger than baseballs on the east side of Paola.
April 2026HailPaola-Tennis ball sized hail measured in downtown Paola.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPaola-Downed wires in Paola.
April 2026HailPaola-Golf ball sized hail reported at Paola Golf Club north of town.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPaola-Downed power lines near Pressonville Road and Highway 68 with power outages reported.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPaola-Downburst from decaying thunderstorm resulted in damage to multiple rural properties near Paola. A barn door was torn off in one circumstance. Damage to multiple loose structures and outbuildings.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPaola-Emergency management reports several trees down.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPaola-Strong winds caused damage and destruction of several outbuildings in the Paola area. Several residences had major roof damage and power lines were down all across the county.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindPaola-A 60 mph wind gust was reported by law enforcement.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPaola-Several trees were down blocking a roadway near Paola.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPaola-Numerous trees were reported down in Paola. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2010Flash FloodPaola-The Miami County Sheriff's Office, reported 2 inches of rain in 20 minutes. Old Kansas City Road, between Paola and 327th Street, was closed due to high water.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPaola-Considerable number of tree limbs down across town.
March 2004Flash FloodPaola-160/7 Highway closed briefly due to high water from heavy rains.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindPaola-The Miami County Sheriff's Department estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindPaola-Trees 10 to 16 inches in diameter were downed.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindPaola-Severe thunderstorm winds knocked several large trees down 4 miles east of Paola.
June 1998HailPaola-The same severe thunderstorm responsible for the damaging winds throughout Miami County also produced quarter-size hail in Paola.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPaola-The Miami County Sheriff's Department reported six inch tree limbs downed by severe thunderstorm winds in Paola and Osawatamie. Spotters recorded a 70 MPH wind gust 8 miles northeast of Paola which downed a large tree.
March 1998HailPaola-Nickel-size hail was reported by the public 3 miles northwest of Paola.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPaola-The Paola Police reported 60 MPH winds during a severe thunderstorm 4 miles southwest of Paola.
August 1997HailPaola-Dime-size hail was reported 2 miles north of Paola.
May 1997HailPaola-A slow moving super cell type severe thunderstorm developed over Miami County during the evening and produced numerous reports of large hail. Golfball-size hail was reported in and around Paola. Softball-size hail, approximately 4.5 inches in diameter, was reported by a spotter 3 miles southeast of Hillsdale.
May 1997HailPaola-A Ham radio operator reported golfball-size hail in the community of Hillsdale Lake about 8 miles northwest of Paola.
April 1995HailPaola-Hail up to dime-size occurred in many areas across the entire county between 2330 and 2400 CST. Accumlated several inches deep.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindPaola-Thunderstorms downed trees throughout Miami County, including the southern portion of Spring Hill and around Paola.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindPaola-A repeat of thunderstorm activity produced over four inches of rain leading to flash flooding of several county roads in Paola, Hillsdale, and Oak Grove.
April 2019HailPaola-no account filed
May 2017HailPaola-no account filed
May 2017HailPaola-no account filed
October 2014HailPaola-no account filed
March 2011HailPaola-no account filed
February 2011HailPaola-no account filed
May 2010HailPaola-no account filed
September 2007HailPaola-no account filed
May 2007HailPaola-no account filed
May 2007HailPaola-no account filed
February 2007HailPaola-no account filed
February 2007HailPaola-no account filed
August 2006HailPaola-no account filed
March 2005HailPaola-no account filed
June 2005HailPaola-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPaola-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindPaola-no account filed
June 2004HailPaola-no account filed
August 2004HailPaola-no account filed
May 2003HailPaola-no account filed
May 2003HailPaola-no account filed
March 2002HailPaola-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPaola-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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
Fowler and Baehr Buildings0.1 miles2025
Miami County Courthouse0.1 miles1973
Miami County Mercantile Company0.2 miles2021
First Presbyterian Church of Paola0.2 miles2025
Ursuline Academy - Auditorium0.7 miles2025
William Mills House5.2 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08000646 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Miami 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.
  • 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.