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One of 34 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 2022 · category: Building · built in 1870.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Louis & Rachel Hammer Barn
Built in 1870. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Hammer, Louis & Rachel, Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 33600 West 143rd St., Gardner, 66030
- When was it listed? May 2022
- Category. building
- Also known as. Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS
- Township. Lexington township
- When was it built? 1870
- National Register reference number. 100007705 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
84 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Louis & Rachel Hammer Barn between 2007 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | 2530128 |
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2210055 |
| 29 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2410135 |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2370133 |
| 22 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2340149 |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2220156 |
| 8 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Johnson County | 1890064 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1880081 |
Storms near this property
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardner, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | 1 hurt | Severe thunderstorms moved across Johnson County. A 70 mph wind gust was observed at the intersection of U.S. Route 169 and 199th Street, and a 65 mph wind gust occurred near Stanley. Gusts up to 60 mph were recorded at the New Century Airport in Olathe, at the intersection of Interstate 435 and Johnson Drive. Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and limbs in Gardner and Shawnee. In Overland Park, a tree fell on a house and car, and a 60-foot tree was knocked down at 92nd and Switzer. Several streets were completely blocked by downed trees and limbs. A two-foot diameter tree also fell onto a house in Merriam, and trees, limbs, and power lines were downed in Spring Hill. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged barns, flipped a pickup truck and tore a roof off of a house. Lightning strikes also knocked out power to 18,000 homes in southern Johnson County. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gardner | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | $25,000 | A two to three foot in diameter tree was blown into a house. Windows were also blown out and cars were moved. Winds were estimated to 70 mph. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | $12,000 | A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.) |
| April 1995 | Hail | Gardner | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | A few large tree limbs were down. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | Water was covering the road at Waverly and 175th St. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated 65 mph wind gust near Gardner, Kansas. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured up to 73 mph. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | A ten inch diameter tree limb was reported blown down in the Gardner Cemetary. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | Heavy rains caused 175th Street, to be closed from Highway 56 to Agnus Street. Also, rains closed 215th Street, from Edgerton Road to Moonlight Road. In addition, heavy rains closed 199th Street, from Four Corners to Highway 56. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | High water closed 183rd Street between Sumac and Cedar. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | High water closed County Road 500. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | High water closed County Road 167. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | Water over the road from Santa Fe to Cedar Nile. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | Heavy rains caused water over the road at 183rd and Edgerton Rd. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Gardner | - | A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.) |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | A Johnson County Sheriff reported wind gusts up to 60 mph near Gardner. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| March 2016 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Gardner | - | no account filed |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying Grounds | 2.7 miles | 2021 | |
 | WPA Beach House at Gardner Lake | 3.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Herman B. Foster House | 4.7 miles | 2007 |
| Downtown Gardner Historic District | 5.1 miles | 2023 | |
| Sunflower Village Historic District | 5.4 miles | 2014 | |
 | Lanesfield School | 5.6 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100007705 in Record Group 79. |
| Johnson County | All 34 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.