Samuel J. Tipton House

Built in 1860 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

From the record

“Tipton House, near Harris, Kansas, dates from 1857. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.”
Wikipedia article Samuel J. Tipton House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Anderson County · listed in 1975 · category: Building · built in 1860, 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.
Listed as. Tipton, Samuel J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 4 mi. SW of Harris, Harris, 66093
When was it listed? January 1975
Category. building
Township. Reeder township
When was it built? 1860
Architectural style. vernacular architecture, Gothic Revival
National Register reference number. 75000703 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

15 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Samuel J. Tipton House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Arson/incendiarism	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
4 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Anderson County	1755026
11 April 2018	Debris and open burning	22 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1858016
11 April 2018	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1858015
23 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1555018
22 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Kansas Forest Service	1558008
19 March 2005	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge	EMMER RD
18 March 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Anderson County	1755011
10 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Anderson County	1755009

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this property

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	Wind gust of 60 mph reported.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Harris	-	Many roads closed, flood prone areas experiencing high water.
July 2020	Hail	Harris	-	Report of up to 3.25 inch hail.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	Estimated wind gust.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	Tree and building damage was reported across town. The size and extent of the damage was unknown.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	Winds estimated to be 80-90 mph. Multiple power lines down. Several tree branches as large as 8 inches in diameter were snapped and shingles were blown off of a home within the area of K-31 and 2300 Road. Two outbuildings were destroyed about one mile east of the same intersection. The buildings were described as old and not very sturdy.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	A large barn sustained damage to its overhead doors and some roof panels were removed.
September 2010	Flash Flood	Harris	-	Highway 31 near Harris was flooded with 8 to 9 inches of running water. Also several county roads flooded near Richmond.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	An emergency manager reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Harris	-	Running water was reported across Highway 31 near Harris.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	Small trees are blown down, with estimated 60 to 65 mph wind gust. Time is estimated.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	Thunderstorm winds sheared off the top quarter to third of trees measuring ten to twelve inches in diameter. Two grain bins were blown over, an outbuilding was toppled and a large tree was blown onto a house.
April 2019	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
March 2014	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
July 2008	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
August 2008	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Harris	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed
April 1996	Hail	Harris	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 75000703 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Anderson County	All 5 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.