Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
“The Dinsmore Homestead is a historic house museum. The property contains a house completed in 1842 and several outbuildings.”
Wikipedia article Dinsmore Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 101 National Register listings published here for Boone County · listed in 2005 · 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 mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of James Dinsmore House (Boundary Increase): 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Laughery Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O'Day Excavating & Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Petersburg Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlington, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 29 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Burlington | $250,000 | Tornadic damage was first observed west of KY-237 at an industrial site, where a roof was partially removed. The tornado progressed northeast and uprooted multiple trees. The tornado then tracked across Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport where extensive wall and roof damage was observed to an industrial building. Around a dozen parked cars in a nearby garage were damaged from debris. Finally, additional damage was observed to several trees and HVAC systems on the northeast side of the airport before the tornado dissipated. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Burlington | $30,000 | Nickel diameter hail to 1.75 inch hail was reported. Trees were blown down. A vehicle and gazebo were damaged. Signs were twisted and a warehouse roof collapsed about one mile north of Hebron. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $20,000 | Several tree limbs were snapped and a barn sustained some structural and siding damage as well as some roof damage. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $10,000 | A few structures sustained minor damage. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Burlington | $8,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Burlington | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $6,000 | Several trees were knocked down, including one on a house along Gunpowder Road. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | Several trees were downed and a privacy fence was ripped away. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | Several trees were downed across parts of Boone County. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down across central portions of Boone County. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | Trees were downed in Burlington, Union, and Florence due to thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | A large tree was reported down on a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $3,000 | Several trees were downed while others sustained limb damage. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $3,000 | Multiple trees and large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Burlington | $3,000 | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $3,000 | Large trees were downed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $2,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $2,000 | Power poles were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $2,000 | Several trees and large limbs were downed along Rogers Lane. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were downed at the Meadowood Golf Course. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down powerlines near the intersection of State Routes 20 and 212. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | A large pine tree was downed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | A tree was downed over Camp Ernst Drive. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down near the 5000 block of Idlewilde Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | A 12 inch diameter tree was downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Burlington | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $500 | A tree was downed along Easton Lane. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $500 | A large tree was split in half by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Burlington | - | High water was reported on a few roads in northern Boone County. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Burlington | - | There were several reports in the Burlington area of nickel to golf ball sized hail. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Burlington | - | A couple of roads were affected by high water in low spots. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | A large tree limb was knocked down and was blocking Utz Lane. |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Burlington | - | Three to four feet of water covered a few roads. Several homes sustained basement flooding. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Burlington | - | Hail accumulated several inches in spots. Some of the hail was still on the ground the next morning. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dinsmore House | under 500 feet | 1979 |
 | Clore House | 0.8 miles | 1989 |
 | Flick House | 1.2 miles | 1989 |
| John J. Walton House | 1.2 miles | 2012 | |
| Belleview Post Office | 1.3 miles | 1990 | |
| Jonas Clore House | 1.3 miles | 1989 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 05001307 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Boone County | All 101 listed properties in this county. |
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