Built in 1880 (Victorian architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
“The Welborn 'Doc' Barton House, located at 202 S. Edwards St. in Ingalls, Kansas, was built in c.1880 and moved to its current location in 1896.”
Wikipedia article Welborn 'Doc' Barton House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Gray County · listed in 2010 · category: Building · built in 1880, Victorian architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Barton, Welborn 'Doc', House between 2017 and 2020, burning about 763 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gray County | 13 |
| 21 June 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Gray County | 14 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 749 acres | Gray County | INGALLS |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ingalls, the town this property stands in, in 120 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 61 hail, 46 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | $350,000 | Six center pivot sprinklers (out of 33 in this county) were overturned in this vicinity. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Ingalls | $200,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Ingalls | - | A report of 1 inch diameter hail was received from the Public. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Ingalls | - | One inch hail was reported though MPING. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Strong winds reported. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Social media picture of a blown down shed, damage to metal fencing, and snapping of large tree limbs. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Ingalls | - | Street and road flooding. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Ingalls | - | Flooding reported. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Ingalls | - | A report of 3.10 inches of rain reported. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Ingalls | - | Report made via social media. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Power poles snapped, and irrigation sprinkles flipped - described as straight-line wind damage from northwest to southeast. Time estimated by radar. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Ingalls | - | Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.). |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Shed was destroyed. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Storm survey found no solid evidence for a tornado as this previous report has been corrected to thunderstorm wind damage. A video was received via social media of structural damage on a farm around 8 miles southwest of Cimarron. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | One inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | A truck was blown off the road east of Ingalls. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Ingalls | - | Rainfall of 2.10 inches was observed. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | There was damage done to a shed and there was also shingle damage. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ingalls | - | Multiple vehicles had windshields broke by the hail. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Power lines were blown down at roads 8 and N. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Power poles were snapped off by the high wind. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Part of a roof of a house was torn off by the high wind. |
| June 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Ingalls | - | This was a brief landspout tornado. |
| October 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | A powerpole was blown down by the wind. |
| October 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | A semi truck was blown over on highway 50 at this location. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Winds were estimated to be 55 to 65 MPH. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Ingalls | - | The hail was quarter to ping pong ball size and was soft like slush balls. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Large tree limbs were blown down and a window was blown out of a house. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Ingalls | - | Rainfall of 1.30 inches was reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | A parked and empty semi truck and trailer were blown over by high wind. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Ingalls | - | Rainfall of 1.67 was observed. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Ingalls | - | A brief landspout made contact for about 2 minutes. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | The high wind gust was measured by the KSN Weather Lab at the Ingalls Grade School. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | The observer estimated winds of 60 mph. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Ingalls | - | Only a few hail stones were 1 in diameter. The remainder were around 1/2. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Ingalls | - | There was a brief spin-up making contact with the ground that lasted about 45 seconds to a minute. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Ingalls | - | The hail destroyed 80 percent of the wheat. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Ingalls | - | Heavy rain fell during the night with 4.75 inches measured. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | This wind was measured on KSN-TV weather lab equipment |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | Measured at a weatherlab |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Ingalls | - | Transparent landspout was photographed by off duty Meteorologist. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Ingalls | - | Tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage reported or observed. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| December 2022 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ingalls | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Ingalls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 1 | 1.0 miles | 2014 | |
| Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 2 | 1.9 miles | 2014 | |
 | Cimarron Hotel | 5.9 miles | 1983 |
 | Gray County Courthouse (Old) | 5.9 miles | 2009 |
| Cimarron City Jail | 6.0 miles | 2019 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09001204 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Gray County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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