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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Finney County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
The J.H. Stevens-C.L. Thompson Block Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 401-409 North Main, Garden City, 67846
- When was it listed? June 2024
- Category. district
- City. Garden City city
- National Register reference number. 100009417 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
95 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of The J.H. Stevens-C.L. Thompson Block Historic District between 2015 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 63 |
| Fireworks | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Finney County | 601 |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 579 |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 610 |
| 9 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 492 |
| 7 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 484 |
| 7 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 400 |
| 6 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 480 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 463 |
Storms near this property
60 of 444 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City, the town this property stands in, in 444 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 216 hail, 196 thunderstorm wind, 10 heavy rain, 9 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | 1 killed | A downburst rolled two trailer homes, demolishing them both. An occupant in one of the trailers did not survive. Also, there were other trailers in the area that had broken windows or siding torn off. A fence was also blown down. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | 1 hurt, $5,000 | High wind blew a semi over. The driver had minor injuries. |
| June 1999 | Lightning | Garden City | 1 hurt | Lightning struck the chimney, travelled down the phone line and burnt the ear of the resident talking on the phone when the handset exploded. Also, the charge blew the hinged fireplace doors 20 feet into the living room. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Garden City | $53,000,000 | Widespread golfball to softball size hail produced a tremendous amount of damage but miraculously there were no injuries. Almost every house in Garden City sustained damage and all vehicles left in the elements received hail dents or broken windows. Several stories of hail bouncing through rooms were received. The severity of the storm was also unique in that it occurred well after midnight. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Garden City | $4,900,000 | Numerous houses and automobiles damaged or destroyed from baseball to softball size hail. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Garden City | $500,000 | Three center pivot sprinkler systems were damaged or destroyed. A semi-trailer was knocked over onto a pickup truck. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $300,000 | A microburst did major roof damage to several houses in the SouthWind country club area. Siding was also taken off several other homes in the neighborhood. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $100,000 | Several pivot irrigation sprinklers were blown over. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $50,000 | A pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned. |
| September 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Garden City | $50,000 | Tornado moved mainly over open farmland. A multiple vortex tornado was reported at 2034 CST, 8 miles north of the Garden City Airport. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $50,000 | A semi-trailer blown over by winds on Highway 83. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Garden City | $10,000 | Leaves stripped from trees during the hail storm clogged sewer drains and drainage ditches allowing water to back up into several houses. Low spots also had ponding of water from over 3 inches of rain that fell in less than 1 hour. Thirty-one windows were broken out at the hospital. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $10,000 | Two mobile home overturned. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $7,500 | Patio roof blown over a house...big scoreboard blown down and a 25 foot maple uprooted. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $6,000 | Semi blown over. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $5,500 | Seven power poles were blown down by the high wind. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $5,000 | Truck blown over on the north bypass. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $5,000 | Trees uprooted and windows blown out of cars. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $5,000 | Trees and power lines blown down in center of town. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Garden CIty | $5,000 | Tornado was a multiple vortex tornado at the beginning with three tornadoes being reported for a brief time. Tornado pushed a pickup truck into a ditch. |
| September 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Garden City | $5,000 | The tornado moved into Finney County from Kearny County and moved mainly over open farmland. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $5,000 | Roof blown off a mobile home by the winds. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $3,000 | Power lines and power poles blown down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $2,500 | A semi-trailer was blown over. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $2,000 | Windows were blown out of a car. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $2,000 | Four power poles were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garden City | - | Social media report of penny to quarter size hail 2 miles southwest of downtown Garden City. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garden City | - | Law enforcement reported 1 inch hail in Garden City. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Garden City | - | Pictures from social media show 2 inch hail in Garden City. Also at the same time there was video showing at least quarter-sized hail sent via social media. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Measured wind gusts of 62 mph immediately east of Garden City. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Em reported numerous power poles were blown over as well as extensive tree damage throughout town. Also 2 semis were blown over. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Roadways flooded with multiple stranded vehicles reported. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Wind gust of 59 mph reported. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Shingles blown off the roof. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Garden City | - | Damage to roofs, power lines and fences, in the Wilson Addition residential area. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Report made via social media estimated winds gusts 70-80 mph. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Measured by a mesonet station 3 ENE of Garden City. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Measured by local mesonet station. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Broadcast media relay of measured wind gust report at main street and Santa Fe Street in South Garden City. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Heavy Rain. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Flooded streets and yards across garden city were reported. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Law enforcement reported multiple roads flooded across Garden City. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Garden City | - | Total rainfall from the storms Thursday night. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Garden City | - | Coop observer station reported heavy rain from Thursday night. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Garden City | - | Rainfall of 2.5 inches was observed. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Station ks-010 on US-50. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Large branches were blown down by winds estimated to be greater than 60 MPH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Winds were estimated to be gusting to 60 MPH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Siding damage was done to an apartment building. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Garden City | - | Rainfall of 1.31 inches as observed. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A semi truck was blown over by the high winds. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Power lines were blown down and there was one instance of a small fire started from the downed lines that were sparking. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Garden City | - | Rainfall of 2.25 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Street flooding with numerous stalled vehicles reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Windsor Hotel | under 500 feet | 1972 |
 | Buffalo Hotel | under 500 feet | 2008 |
 | Little Finnup House | 0.2 miles | 2000 |
 | Cedar Cliff | 0.2 miles | 1997 |
 | Sabine Hall | 0.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Sen. William H. Thompson House | 0.4 miles | 1996 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009417 in Record Group 79. |
| Finney County | All 13 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.