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Photograph of Kentucky School for the Deaf
Photograph by William Gus Johnson, Photographer, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1823. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

From the record

“The Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), located in Danville, Kentucky, United States, is a school that provides education to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school levels. Founded in 1823, it was the first school for the deaf west of the Allegheny Mountains.”

Wikipedia article Kentucky School for the Deaf, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 99 National Register listings published here for Boyle County · listed in 1966 · category: Building · built in 1823 · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. S. 3rd St., Danville, 40422
  • When was it listed? October 1966
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Danville
  • When was it built? 1823
  • National Register reference number. 66000354 - 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

2 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf between 1998 and 2004, burning about 31 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
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 February 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
29 November 1998Misuse of fire by a minor30 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Boyle County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Danville MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hayden VeinBarium-Barite, ZincPast ProducerBarite, Sphalerite
Sandidge VeinsBarium-Barite, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerBarite, Fluorite

Every working recorded in Boyle County

Storms near this property

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danville, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 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
March 1997Thunderstorm WindDanville$50,000no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDanville$15,000Local law enforcement noted that a tree fell on two homes in Danville. Nearby, a couple of minutes later, a spotter observed marble sized hail and numerous small limbs down along Silvercreek Drive.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindDanville$10,000The Boyle County emergency manager reported several trees and power lines downed across Danville.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDanville$2,000The local emergency manager reported trees and power lines down across Danville.
December 2021Tornado (EF1)Danville-The tornado began near Morning Pointe of Danville along Perryville Road just south of Millennium Park, where significant roof damage occurred to a church and a gas station. Several trees were also uprooted and snapped at this location. The tornado continued through neighborhoods along West Lexington Avenue where tree and roof damage occurred. The tornado continued to produce tree and roof damage to homes between Caldwell Manor and Bellvue Cemetery before crossing Highway 2168. The tornado continued near Waterworks Road with destruction of a barn and roof damage to a residence nearby,. No damage was observed beyond Waterworks Road.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindDanville-A tree was reported down near the intersection of High Street and Fifth Street.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDanville-Broadcast media relayed a video of a tree down near Danville.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDanville-The media reported that trees were down in Danville.
April 2015HailDanville-Trained spotters reported quarter size hail in Danville.
April 2015HailDanville-Hail stones as large as 3 were reported by the public and confirmed by social media pictures in Danville.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDanville-The Boyle County emergency manager reported numerous trees down across the county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDanville-A Boyle County law enforcement official reported that several trees were down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
December 2015FloodDanville-A Boyle County official reported to the NWS that heavy rain flooded several roads across the county.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindDanville-Local media reported that a few trees were downed in Danville.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindDanville-Local law enforcement reported minor rood damage and a downed power line.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindDanville-Local law enforcement reported minor roof damage and a power line down.
March 2011HailDanville-Quarter sized hail was reported via dispatch.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDanville-Several trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDanville-Trees were blown down throughout the town.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDanville-Trees were blown down.
May 1995HailDanville-Dispatch reported three-quarters inch hail.
July 2014HailDanville-no account filed
March 2011HailDanville-no account filed
April 2007HailDanville-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boyle 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

6 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
Second Street Christian Church0.2 miles2013
McClure-Barbee House0.2 miles1973
St. James AME Church0.2 miles2013
Dr. Ephraim McDowell House0.2 miles1966
Constitution Square Historic District0.3 miles1976
Danville Commercial District0.3 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 66000354 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Boyle CountyAll 99 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.