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Grinter Place

Built in 1857 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“Grinter Place is a house on the National Register of Historic Places above the Kansas River in the Muncie neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas.”

Wikipedia article Grinter Place, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 47 National Register listings published here for Wyandotte County · listed in 1971 · category: Building · built in 1857, vernacular architecture.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1420 S. 78th St., Muncie, 66111
  • When was it listed? January 1971
  • Category. building
  • City. Kansas City city
  • When was it built? 1857
  • Architectural style. vernacular architecture, Victorian architecture
  • National Register reference number. 71000338 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

162 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Grinter Place between 2015 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined104
Smoking16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
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
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2470128
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJohnson County2660176
18 September 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service23365
12 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service22772
7 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyandotte County732
5 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyandotte County18556
4 August 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service19062
4 August 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service19080

Every fire recorded in Wyandotte County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grinter Place: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lone Star Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Muncie Creek Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muncie Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Superior Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wyandotte County

Storms near this property

28 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muncie, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026HailMuncie-Quarter sized hail reported east of the Legends.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near Elizabeth Avenue.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Trees downed near State Avenue in Kansas City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree limbs near 71st Terrace.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Trees down on 72nd and Riverview near the Turner Diagonal.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several social media and spotter reports and photos of trees and power poles down near State Avenue between 78th and 94th Streets.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Very large mature tree uprooted and fell onto house at the 1500 block of North 78th Street.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Social media report and photos of several downed tree limbs near 78th and I-70.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several reports of downed wires and power poles in the Muncie area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed trees and wires near Osage Avenue and 78th Street.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several reports of downed tree limbs and wires in the Muncie area from outflow winds.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near 64th Street.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near Lyons Avenue.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed power lines from thunderstorm wind gusts near 75th Place.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Multiple reports of downed tree limbs and wires in the Muncie area.
May 2020HailMuncie-This was a MPing report.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Significant damage to a few homes occurred when trees fell onto them following 80 mph winds through the area. Two of the homes were destroyed, and 11 others received lesser damage. Several other homes received minor damage. Damage estimates from this event are unknown.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMuncie-A trained spotter reported a measured 70 mph wind gust near Kansas City, Kansas.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 68 mph, at the intersection of I-435 and Kansas Avenue.
August 2009Flash FloodMuncie-High water was reported to have closed the intersection of 11th and Ohio Street, and also at the intersection of 11th and Minnesota.
March 2017HailMuncie-no account filed
February 2012HailMuncie-no account filed
April 2010HailMuncie-no account filed
July 2010HailMuncie-no account filed
March 2009HailMuncie-no account filed
May 2009HailMuncie-no account filed
April 2008HailMuncie-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMuncie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wyandotte 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
Roy Williamson House3.3 miles2007
Whitefeather Spring4.6 miles1975
Simmons Funeral Home4.7 miles2014
Argentine Carnegie Library5.3 miles1986
St. John the Divine Catholic Church5.4 miles2013
Welborn Community Congregational Church5.7 miles2013

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000338 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wyandotte CountyAll 47 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.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • 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.