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US Post Office-Horton

Built in 1938 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“The United States Post Office, located at 825 1st Avenue E., is the main post office serving Horton, Kansas. The Neoclassical building was built circa 1937-38 and designed by Supervising Architect Louis Simon.”

Wikipedia article United States Post Office (Horton, Kansas), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Brown County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1938, Neoclassical architecture, by Louis A. Simon.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. US Post Office--Horton - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 825 1st Ave. E., Horton, 66439
  • When was it listed? October 1989
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Kansas Post Offices with Artwork, 1936-1942 MPS
  • City. Horton city
  • When was it built? 1938
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • Architect. Louis A. Simon
  • National Register reference number. 89001643 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

31 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of US Post Office-Horton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 658 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined15
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBrown County1738
5 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service18016
5 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresKansas Forest Service1500053
1 April 2015Debris and open burning44 acresKansas Forest Service1500049
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresKansas Forest Service1500047
8 March 2015Smoking27 acresKansas Forest Service1500028
7 March 2015Smoking35 acresKansas Forest Service1500027
23 March 2015Smoking36 acresKansas Forest Service1500043

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Storms near this property

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horton, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 14 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
April 2006Tornado (F0)Horton$100,000This brief tornado touched down at 5:40pm cst 2 miles NW of Horton in Brown County and was on the ground for 1 mile before lifting 2.5 miles NNW of Horton at 5:43pm cst. It had a path width of 50 yards. The tornado destroyed 2 outbuildings, and caused minor damage to trees and a home along its 1 mile long path, with the damage estimated at $100,000. It was spawned from a supercell thunderstorm.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHorton$50,000High winds knocked down trees in Horton and much of southern and western Brown County.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHorton$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a barn near Horton.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHorton$5,000Old deteriorated barn collapsed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHorton$5,000Strong winds blew down a tree onto a house and damaged some siding.
August 2004LightningHorton$3,000Lightning struck a home and did significant damage.
November 2021Thunderstorm WindHorton-Time estimated from radar.
June 2019Flash FloodHorton-Multiple streets were flooded.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHorton-Three RV's were blown onto their sides. Several tree branches down. Time and wind speed estimated from radar.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHorton-Police removed a four inch diameter limb from street.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHorton-A 10 inch diameter tree limb was broken. Time is estimated.
September 2007HailHorton-Measured quarter size hail report from Kickapoo Reservation Fire Department relayed to County Law Enforcement.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Horton-This F0 tornado moved 10 miles through Jackson County before crossing the border into Brown County 3 miles west of Horton. At times, it was 100 yards wide, and was spawned from a supercell thunderstorm. No damage was noted in Brown County.
June 2006Funnel CloudHorton-A large well documented funnel was visible to many and captured on film.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHorton-Wind instrument measured the gust.
September 2015HailHorton-no account filed
September 2015HailHorton-no account filed
August 2011HailHorton-no account filed
September 2010HailHorton-no account filed
May 2009HailHorton-no account filed
May 2009HailHorton-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindHorton-no account filed
June 2006HailHorton-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHorton-no account filed
June 2001HailHorton-no account filed
May 2000HailHorton-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHorton-no account filed
June 1998HailHorton-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHorton-no account filed
July 1997HailHorton-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHorton-no account filed
May 1997HailHorton-no account filed
March 1995HailHorton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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

2 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
Horton Civic Center0.1 miles2020
Fete Apartments0.2 miles2019

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 89001643 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Brown CountyAll 17 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.