BlockFrom the record
One of 13 National Register listings published here for Henry County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Highlands
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- Address. SW of Smithfield on KY 22, Smithfield, 40068
- When was it listed? July 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Eminence
- Architectural style. Federal architecture
- National Register reference number. 79000995 - 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
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Highlands between 2001 and 2014, burning about 41 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 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 |
Storms near this property
8 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithfield, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F2) | Smithfield | 2 hurt, $2,500,000 | The tornado first touched down IN an open area east of Smithfield in southwest Henry County. It then moved east and crossed highway 55 north of Eminence. The tornado reached its maximum intensity as it moved between U.S. 421 and the Eminence-Point Pleasant Road. The tornado finally crossed Sweeney Lane and weakened or lifted. South of the tornado path, straight line winds caused some structural damage along with widespread tree damage. Twenty-five homes were destroyed in the storm, and 326 others received some degree of damage. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithfield | $40,000 | A Henry County fire department official reported that numerous trees were down along with some structural damage to barns, roofs, homes and outbuildings. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithfield | $10,000 | A CO-OP observer reported that trees were down, and structural damage was near East Smithfield Road and Giltner Road. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithfield | - | There were trees down in Smithfield. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithfield | - | There were trees and power lines down in Smithfield. Pea sized hail was also found in the area. |
| November 2005 | Hail | Smithfield | - | Wind gust also reported 50 mph gusts. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithfield | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Smithfield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway-Goodridge-Robertson Farm | 1.4 miles | 2010 | |
| Samuel Hieatt House | 3.7 miles | 1982 | |
| Thompson House | 4.4 miles | 1987 | |
| Eminence Historic Commercial District | 5.4 miles | 1979 | |
| Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence | 5.4 miles | 1997 | |
 | Crutcher House | 5.9 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000995 in Record Group 79. |
| Henry County | All 13 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.
- 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.