Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“The Eminence Historic Commercial District is a 12 acres (4.9 ha) historic district in Eminence, Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”
Wikipedia article Eminence Historic Commercial District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 1979 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Eminence Historic Commercial District between 2001 and 2014, burning about 144 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 | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 97 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL RUN |
| 28 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 October 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eminence, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | $200,000 | Local broadcast media reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew off a roof from a modular home. Four to five barns were destroyed. A mobile home was destroyed near Watkins Lane. Numerous trees were downed, and several boards were peeled off a fence. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and damaged a car and a house. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Eminence | $1,000 | Local media reported that near Eminence, 1.75 inch hail cracked the windshield of a car. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | Trees and power lines fell down in Eminence. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Eminence | - | A trained spotter reported hail 1.5 inches in diameter. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of a large tree down in Eminence due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | A barn was blown down due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Eminence | - | The first of two supercells that crossed southern Henry County brought quarter sized hail to Eminence. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | Numerous trees were downed county wide. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eminence | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Eminence | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Eminence | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Eminence | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eminence | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence | 0.7 miles | 1997 | |
 | Crutcher House | 0.8 miles | 1980 |
| Thompson House | 1.0 miles | 1987 | |
| Thomas Smith House | 4.4 miles | 1978 | |
| Robert Ricketts House | 4.4 miles | 1978 | |
| New Castle Historic Commercial District | 4.4 miles | 2016 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000994 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Henry County | All 13 listed properties in this county. |
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