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One of 53 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Andrew Hearn Log House and Farm
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 7 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Hearn, Andrew, Log House and Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 3 mi. SW of Jett on Hanley Lane, Jett, 40601
- When was it listed? August 1976
- Category. building
- Census division. Frankfort
- National Register reference number. 76000886 - 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 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Andrew Hearn Log House and Farm between 2010 and 2019, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Natural | 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 July 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JIM BEAM |
| 13 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVERS LEAP |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Andrew Hearn Log House and Farm: 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen City Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Branch Junction Clay | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Franklin County Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glenns Creek | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thorn Hill Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this property
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jett, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Jett | $10,000 | The Frankfort media reported two different water rescues of drivers from their respective vehicles. One car was stalled in about 12 to 18 inches of water across Country Lane. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jett | $10,000 | An NWS survey team identified straight line wind damage next to Leestown Road near the intersection of Highways 421 and 60 just east of Frankfort. A power pole was blown down. At a storage unit facility, the roof was removed from three individual storage units. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Jett | - | Penny size hail was reported at US 60 and State Road 676. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jett | - | A Kentucky official several trees down across the area. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jett | - | The Frankfort media reported several power lines down just east of Frankfort. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Jett | - | A section of Duncan Road paralleling a creek was closed due to flash flooding. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Jett | - | Heavy rains flooded and briefly closed the intersection of Country Lane and Saratoga Drive in Frankfort. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jett | - | A spotter reported that a shop was destroyed on Leestown Road near Frankfort. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jett | - | Local media reported that a roof was blown off a storage facility on Leestown Road. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Jett | - | Slickaway Road was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanton-Crutcher Farm | 0.8 miles | 1975 | |
| Andrew Trumbo Log House | 1.4 miles | 1977 | |
| Col. R. T. P. Allen House | 1.7 miles | 1979 | |
| Arrowhead | 1.7 miles | 1989 | |
| Scotland | 2.0 miles | 1976 | |
| Weehawken | 2.8 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 76000886 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 53 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.