Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
“The Chalybeate Springs Hotel Springhouse, near Smiths Grove, Kentucky, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.”
Wikipedia article Chalybeate Springs Hotel Springhouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 21 National Register listings published here for Edmonson County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Chalybeate Springs Hotel Springhouse between 1999 and 2014, burning about 71 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OAK GROVE CHURCH FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NOAH BLEDS |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PIG ROAD |
| 18 April 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mammoth Cave National Park | TAURUS |
| 6 March 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chalybeate Springs Hotel Springhouse: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Prospect Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | William Ford House | 2.7 miles | 1980 |
 | Mitchell-Estes Farmstead | 4.3 miles | 1996 |
 | Reed-Dorsey House | 5.0 miles | 1986 |
 | Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery | 6.2 miles | 1991 |
| Mill Hole Farm | 6.9 miles | 1978 | |
 | Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery | 7.5 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002154 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Edmonson County | All 21 listed properties in this county. |
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