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One of 102 National Register listings published here for Warren County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Andrew James Wardlaw House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Wardlaw, Andrew James, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off SR 31W, Oakland, 42101
- When was it listed? December 1979
- Category. building
- Also known as. Warren County MRA
- Census division. Smiths Grove
- National Register reference number. 79003508 - 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
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Andrew James Wardlaw House between 1999 and 2014, burning about 167 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOVING RD. FIRE |
| 6 April 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LITTLE KNOB FIRE |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOUISVILLE ROAD FIRE |
| 9 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 November 2001 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 Andrew James Wardlaw House: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bowling Green Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oakland, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Oakland | $400,000 | An EF-2 tornado touched down just to the east of Interstate 65 around 3 miles southwest of Smith's Grove. After damaging several outbuildings, it encountered a set of 4 grain silos just to the south of Glasgow Road. It destroyed all 4 silos and threw their remains several hundred yards to the east. The tornado stayed on the ground for 3 miles, eventually crossing Interstate 65 just south of Smith's Grove. This tornado overturned a semi-trailer on the interstate. Before lifting up just to the east of Smith's Grove, it destroyed an older wooden barn and a large well constructed dairy barn, ripping steel I-beams out of their concrete base, scattering its roof, and collapsing its southern and eastern cinder block walls. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $50,000 | Multiple structures were damaged due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | $5,000 | Two trees were blown down damaging a garage on Goshen Church North Road. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Oakland | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in Oakland in eastern Warren County. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | A barn was damaged due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | The public reported multiple structures sustained damage due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2013 | Flood | Oakland | - | The local media reported water covering Freeport Road in Bowling Green. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | A tree was reported down near Oakland. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oakland | - | Power lines were blown down at the intersection of US Highway 31W and Kentucky Highway 101. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Oakland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnett Bryant House | 0.4 miles | 1979 | |
| Horse Shoe Camp | 0.9 miles | 1997 | |
 | Samuel Murrell House | 1.0 miles | 1976 |
 | Fairview Methodist Church | 2.3 miles | 1979 |
| Peyton Cooke House | 2.3 miles | 1979 | |
 | Jesse Middleton House | 2.5 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003508 in Record Group 79. |
| Warren County | All 102 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.