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Photograph of James Baker House
Photograph by Nyttend, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

James Baker House

Built in 1820 (Federal architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“The James Baker House near Burkesville, Kentucky is a Federal-style building built in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.”

Wikipedia article James Baker House (Burkesville, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Cumberland County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1820, Federal architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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. Baker, James, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Columbia Rd., Burkesville, 42717
  • When was it listed? April 2006
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Burkesville
  • When was it built? 1820
  • Architectural style. Federal architecture
  • National Register reference number. 06000212 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of James Baker House between 1998 and 2016, burning about 694 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Recreation and ceremony24 acresKentucky Division of ForestryWILSON
21 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2001Smoking3.5 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2012Debris and open burning28 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGOOSE CREE
6 March 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2009Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
30 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Cumberland County

Storms near this property

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkesville, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 31 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
November 2000Tornado (F1)Burkesville$150,000Roofs were ripped from several homes and storage buildings. Several barns were demolished. Part of a roof was ripped off an elementary school.
May 2010Flash FloodBurkesville$100,000Numerous roads across the county were closed due to flash flooding. A total of five to eight inches of rain fell across Cumberland county from May 1-2.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$75,000The Cumberland County emergency manager reported numerous trees and power lines were down across the county. A NWS survey team the following day estimated that the number of trees down across the county from several hundred to well over one thousand, and caused more damage than a brief tornado that occurred in the southwest corner of the county near the Tennessee state line.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$30,000Multiple trees and power lines were reported down through out the county, but most were in Burkesville.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$20,000The Burkesville police reported several trees down across roadways. A couple of limbs fell on vehicles and some power lines were downed.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$10,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$10,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$5,000The Cumberland County Emergency Manager reported some shingles were blown off several houses near the intersection of Free Ferry and Smith Grove Roads. Some ceder trees were downed and some tin was removed from a barn near the same location.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBurkesville$2,000Trees were downed in Burkesville.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Three power poles were blown down by strong winds along Kentucky Route 90 east of Burkesville.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Several trees were blown down by strong winds in downtown Burkesville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees blew down across Cumberland County, resulting in several road closures.
July 2023HailBurkesville-Hail ranging from quarter to half dollar size was reported near Burkesville.
July 2022Flash FloodBurkesville-Flood waters have entered businesses in Burkesville.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were down within the city limits of Burkesville.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Dispatch reported trees down in the Burkesville city limits.
May 2021Flash FloodBurkesville-There were reports of water over roadways.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-There were trees reported down in the area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Local law enforcement reported trees down in the area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down throughout the county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Power lines and trees were downed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees reported down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were reported down across the county.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were downed.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-The NWS cooperative observer estimated a 70 to 80 mph wind gust.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-A few trees were downed at a camp ground.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were downed.
July 2004Flash FloodBurkesville-Water covered some roads in Burkesville. Several creeks were out of their banks.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were downed.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Several trees were downed along Highway 1351.
July 2000Flash FloodBurkesville-Main Street in Burkesville was flooded.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees down
January 1999Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees and power lines down across southeast part of county
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees down as well as flooding.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-Trees were reported down from Burkesville Northwest to Marrowbone. Report from County Dispatch.
March 2025HailBurkesville-no account filed
March 2011HailBurkesville-no account filed
June 2007HailBurkesville-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-no account filed
April 2007Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-no account filed
May 2000HailBurkesville-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkesville-no account filed
May 1996HailBurkesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cumberland 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
Coe House4.5 miles2009
Marrowbone Historic District7.3 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06000212 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cumberland CountyAll 3 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.