Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
“The Barlow Baxter House is a prow house-style house in Hestand, Kentucky which was built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.”
Wikipedia article Barlow Baxter House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 6 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Barlow Baxter House between 1999 and 2016, burning about 999 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FACTORY |
| 6 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE SULFUR |
| 5 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 71 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 April 2010 | Smoking | 26 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Barlow Baxter House: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Oil Shale, Uranium, Oil Shale. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence | ||
| Outcrop Sample For Uranium | Uranium, Oil Shale | Occurrence |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hestand, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hestand | - | Several large trees, as well as power lines, were downed along Kentucky Route 163 in southern Monroe County. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hestand | - | Local law enforcement reported that several trees were downed near State Highway 163. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hestand | - | Trees were downed in several areas with damage to several outbuildings reported. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Old Mulkey Meetinghouse | 4.7 miles | 1973 |
 | Thomas P. Evans House | 4.9 miles | 1992 |
| Clark C. Fowler House | 7.9 miles | 2001 | |
 | George W. Proffitt Jr. House | 7.9 miles | 2001 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01000795 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Monroe County | All 6 listed properties in this county. |
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