BlockFrom the record
One of 51 National Register listings published here for Christian County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Simon French 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. French, Simon, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Carter Rd., S of Barkers Mill, Hensleytown, 42262
- When was it listed? April 1979
- Category. building
- Also known as. Christian County MRA
- Census division. Oak Grove-Pembroke
- National Register reference number. 79003622 - 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
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Simon French House between 1999 and 2010, burning about 96 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | DURRETT FIRE |
| 20 August 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 March 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MURRY |
| 17 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hensleytown, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensleytown | $30,000 | Tractor trailers and an RV were overturned on Interstate 24 near the interchange with Kentucky 115. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensleytown | $5,000 | A semi truck was overturned on Interstate 24 near mile marker 88. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hensleytown | - | A wind gust to 72 mph was measured at exit 89 on Interstate 24. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hensleytown | - | The hail was reported on Interstate 24 at mile marker 89, which is at the junction of Highway 115. |
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | 1.0 miles | 1977 | |
| Glen Burnie | 2.8 miles | 1979 | |
| St. Elmo School | 4.3 miles | 2023 | |
| Maplewood | 6.1 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003622 in Record Group 79. |
| Christian County | All 51 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.