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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Mason County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Richard Durrett House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- Listed as. Durrett, Richard, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 804 Clarks Run Rd., Maysville, 41056
- When was it listed? March 2018
- Category. building
- Census division. Maysville
- National Register reference number. 100002158 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Richard Durrett House in 2010, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FIELDS LANE |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Richard Durrett House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Maysville Dredging, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
47 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maysville, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 29 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $750,000 | Five to seven inches of rain produced widespread flash flooding across Mason County. Several homes were damaged by rushing water, including one home that was washed off its foundation along State Route 11 east of Maysville. About 60 vehicles were washed away from an auto sales lot in Maysville. Numerous roads across the area also sustained damaged due to the rushing water. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | Maysville | $500,000 | The tornado touched down to the southeast of Maysville, continuing east-southeast into Lewis County. The greatest damage occurred in the Heron Hill area in western Lewis County. Seventeen people were injured in Lewis County. 21 homes were destroyed, 10 homes sustained major damage and 17 homes received minor damage. Numerous barns, buildings and garages were also damaged or destroyed. The tornado appeared to skip across parts of Mason and Lewis Counties. Tornado damage ended four miles to the southeast of Vanceburg. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $50,000 | The damage surveyed consisted of a large limb on a car and a large limb on a house. There was also major damage to one building where the high winds produced a large hold in the side of the building. In another area of town, a tree was blown down onto a car and a power pole snapped in half and fell onto a car. Several large limbs were blown down on the railroad tracks. In addition, the weight room at the Mason County School football field was damaged. All the damage surveyed in these locations indicated straight line wind damage. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $20,000 | One car was washed away and four cars were washed out of a parking lot nearby due to heavy rainfall. People were also trapped on the 2nd floor of an apartment building. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $20,000 | A microburst tore a metal roof off a barn and uprooted several trees. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $15,000 | A large tree was knocked down through a house. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $15,000 | A roof was ripped off of an apartment building due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $15,000 | Numerous roads were closed due to high water. Some families were evacuated from their homes in eastern portions of the county. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $10,000 | An 84 Lumber building along US Routes 62 and 68 had aluminum siding blown out in two spots. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $8,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down and siding was off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A roof was also taken off a barn due to the winds. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $8,000 | A barn had its roof peeled off. Trees were also downed in the area. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $6,000 | Trees and power lines were downed across the county. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $5,000 | Several trees down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $5,000 | Trees downed. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Maysville | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm formed over Pendleton County during the early morning hours of March 23rd, then moved east. Dime size hail was reported in Milford (Bracken County) and Sardis (Robertson County). Nickel size hail was reported in Falmouth (Pendleton County), and golfball size hail fell in Maysville (Mason County). |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down in the city of Maysville. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Numerous branches up to six inches in diameter were knocked down in Maysville, including a large tree that fell on Jersey Ridge Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down in Maysville. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | Many large limbs downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Two trees were downed, both blocking roads. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Two trees were downed along State Route 8. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | Large limbs were downed. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | A large tree was knocked down in the Maysville/Mason County Cemetery. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | A tree was downed. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | $1,000 | A few large limbs were downed in Maysville due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Maysville | $1,000 | High water was over roads in Maysville due to heavy rainfall. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Maysville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Flood | Maysville | - | High water was reported on several roads in the Maysville and Orangeburg areas. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Maysville | - | High water was reported over Orangeburg Road. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Maysville | - | Several roads across Mason County remained closed due to high water. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | - | Pea size hail was also reported. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | - | The spotter estimated the wind gust. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maysville | - | A few trees and power lines were downed. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Maysville | - | Two roads were flooded in town. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Maysville | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Maysville | - | no account filed |
Newspapers printed here
62,602 digitised pages8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 15,519 issues, 62,602 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Daily Public Ledger | 1892 to 191? |
| The Dollar Weekly Bulletin | 1862 to 1864 |
| Daily Evening Bulletin | 1881 to 1882 |
| Evening Bulletin | 1882 to 1883 |
| The Public Ledger | 1913 to 1968 |
| Maysville Weekly Bulletin | 1864 to 1866 |
| Daily Evening Bulletin | 1883 to 1887 |
| The Evening Bulletin | 1887 to 1905 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 1.1 miles | 1976 | |
| Tom Forman House | 1.1 miles | 1987 | |
 | Washington Historic District | 1.2 miles | 1970 |
 | Newdigate-Reed House | 3.1 miles | 1975 |
 | Point Au View | 3.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Ben Moran House | 3.5 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002158 in Record Group 79. |
| Mason County | All 43 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.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- 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.