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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Marion County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Bradfordsville Christian Church
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 101 E. Main St., Bradfordsville, 40009
- When was it listed? October 2010
- Category. building
- Census division. Bradfordsville
- Architectural style. Gothic Revival
- National Register reference number. 09001141 - 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
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bradfordsville Christian Church between 1998 and 2019, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ARBUCKLE ROAD |
| 30 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 18 March 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bradfordsville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flood | Bradfordsville | 1 killed | A 75-year old male died after his vehicle was swept into the flooded Rolling Fork River near Bradfordsville. |
| October 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Bradfordsville | $100,000 | The tornado touched down about three quarters of a mile southwest of Bradfordsville near the intersection of Bradfordsville and Thornton Roads. A mobile home was rolled over and two homes suffered shingle damage. An outbuilding also sustained minor damage, and several small trees were downed. From here, the tornado moved east-northeast into Bradfordsville, doing significant tree damage, snapping power poles, and destroying several outbuildings, one of which collapsed onto a speedboat. When the tornado lifted, the parent thunderstorm continued to cause extensive tree damage on the eastern side of Bradfordsville. Structural and tree damage from the tornado was consistent with an EF-0 tornado. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradfordsville | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported 2 power poles down in Bradfordsville. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradfordsville | $10,000 | A NWS Storm Survey concluded that a localized microburst caused damage to a small outbuilding and downed 4 hardwood trees. Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradfordsville | - | Trees were down along Highway 49 near Liberty Road. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Bradfordsville | - | There was water over the roadway and in a home on White Oak Creek Road. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Bradfordsville | - | There were several roads closed in the Bradfordsville area due to high water. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradfordsville | - | There were multiple trees down in the Bradfordsville area. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Bradfordsville | - | The Bradfordsville mayor reported to the NWS that heavy and excessive rainfall caused several roads to go under water. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bradfordsville | - | A tree fell, blocking a road in Bradfordsville. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bradfordsville | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clel Purdom House | 6.1 miles | 2016 | |
 | Capt. Andrew Offutt Monument | 7.4 miles | 1997 |
 | Leonard A. Spalding House | 7.6 miles | 1991 |
| Lebanon National Cemetery | 7.6 miles | 1975 | |
 | Lebanon Historic Commercial District | 7.6 miles | 1987 |
 | Lebanon Junior High School and Lebanon High School | 7.7 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09001141 in Record Group 79. |
| Marion County | All 13 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.