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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
John C. Gary 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. Gary, John C., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Gary Lane, S of SR 695, Hopkinsville, 42240
- When was it listed? April 1979
- Category. building
- Also known as. Christian County MRA
- Census division. Hopkinsville
- National Register reference number. 79003629 - 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 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of John C. Gary House between 2007 and 2009, burning about 40 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 April 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
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 John C. Gary House: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Brick-Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Pembroke Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Graphite/Hopkinsville, Ky. | Graphite | Unknown | ||
| Christian Quarries, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| U.S. 41a Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
60 of 183 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopkinsville, the town this property stands in, in 183 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 86 thunderstorm wind, 45 hail, 18 flood, 15 flash flood. The reports record 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Tornado (EF2) | Hopkinsville | 9 hurt, $6,000,000 | This EF-2 tornado touched down on the south side of Hopkinsville, just west of the junction of the Pennyrile Parkway and U.S. Highway 41. Three apartment buildings near the intersection of the Pennyrile Parkway and U.S. 41 were destroyed. The roof and most walls were blown down on the second story. Another apartment building was heavily damaged. All nine injuries occurred in the apartment complex, which consisted of two-and-a-half story buildings. One car was flipped and blown some distance. Two others were blown from their original positions, and several others were damaged. At least four retail buildings sustained major roof and siding damage, with windows and doors blown in or broken. Four barns were heavily damaged or flattened, and four houses sustained mainly minor roof damage. Two large commercial buildings were damaged, with one sustaining major roof and wall damage. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. The damage east of the city near Highways 68 and 80 was relatively minor, consisting of uprooted trees, destroyed barns, and shingle damage. Peak winds were estimated near 135 mph at the destroyed apartment complex on the south side of Hopkinsville. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Hopkinsville | 7 hurt, $2,000,000 | The tornado path began along U.S. Highway 41 at a large auto parts manufacturing plant. The industrial warehouse type building was heavily damaged on the north and west sides. Large sections of roof up to 100 by 400 feet were removed. Small sections of exterior walls were peeled back or blown in. A rooftop hvac unit was blown off the building. There were seven injuries to workers inside the plant, mostly due to flying objects. One worker required overnight hospitalization. Some of the injuries included a broken jaw and broken foot. In front of the industrial building on U.S. 41, steel utility poles were bent almost to the ground. The remainder of the path was mostly through open farm country. Several barns were destroyed, and metal roofs were off two homes. Dozens of trees were uprooted. Observers at Fort Campbell reported seeing a rotating wall cloud about the time of the tornado. Peak winds were estimated near 130 mph. The average path width was 150 yards. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | 2 hurt, $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds possibly as high as 100 MPH levelled three barns and demolished a mobile home. A metal farm building was blown from its foundation. Several homes were damaged. This phenomenon, known as a downburst, was between one half and three quarters of a mile wide. Two occupants of the mobile home were injured when they were tossed around. The injuries were cuts to the head and hands. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | 1 hurt, $500,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey revealed straight-line winds caused extensive damage in parts of Hopkinsville. Scattered large tree branches were down, and several shallow-rooted trees were uprooted. Two 2-story buildings downtown had windows blown out, and the outer walls collapsed. Several trees fell on homes, causing major damage. Minor damage to homes included siding, shingle, and gutter damage. Winds were estimated from 80 to 85 mph in most places, with isolated spots reaching 90 mph. |
| June 2013 | Lightning | Hopkinsville | 1 hurt | A man received non life-threatening injuries when he was struck by lightning on a golf course. One of his socks was burned. He was transported to a local hospital. |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Hopkinsville | $40,000,000 | no account filed |
| January 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Hopkinsville | $600,000 | The tornado formed on the south side of downtown Hopkinsville and moved east, lifting on the northeast side of the interchange of U.S. 41 and U.S. 68. A number of structures were damaged in this highly populated urban area. Major roof damage occurred at a brick church, with part of the roof and decking removed. Many trees were uprooted and several were snapped. The roof and a small part of a wall were removed on a brick home. Several businesses sustained minor to moderate roof damage, and a few sustained major damage. A gas station canopy was destroyed, along with gas pumps. A few businesses sustained damage to doors and windows. Peak winds were estimated near 115 mph at the church (DI 17, DOD 5). |
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Hopkinsville | $250,000 | The tornado touched down along U.S. Highway 41A and travelled northeast to U.S. Highway 41. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. One grain bin was blown 150 feet. Several barns or sheds were levelled. At least two dozen power poles were broken along Highway 1027 and U.S. Highway 41. Several homes received mainly minor roof damage. The tornado had estimated peak winds of 105 mph. The average path width was 175 yards. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $125,000 | A wind gust to 67 mph was measured at the mesonet site six miles north of Hopkinsville. Four miles west-northwest of town, shingles and siding were blown off houses and trees were down. |
| July 2016 | Flood | Hopkinsville | $100,000 | Major flooding occurred on the south fork of the Little River. The river crested right around 21 feet at both river gages in the Hopkinsville area. Major flooding begins at 19 to 20 feet. A couple dozen homes and several businesses were flooded. Floodwaters went over the runway at the Hopkinsville airport. The river came very close to overflowing onto U.S. Highway 41, which would have been the first time since the Flood of 1997 this occurred. There was widespread flooding of fields and farmland near the river. Floodwaters encroached on subdivisions, and access to some homes was difficult because of flooded streets. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Hopkinsville | $100,000 | The primary damage was to a tobacco barn, which was destroyed. At least three other barns received some roof damage. The damage path was narrow and well-defined. A nearby wheat field showed the appearance of several smaller vortices with a convergent path of damage associated with each one. An eyewitness gave a very detailed description of the tornado, very similar to the one in the Oak Grove area. He said there was more than one vortex and that each one formed and dissipated rather quickly. He estimated that the individual vortices were as little as 6 feet across. This tornado event and the Oak Grove event were both associated with non-severe thunderstorms. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Hopkinsville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $80,000 | The damage area extended from three miles west of downtown Hopkinsville to the edge of downtown. The damaging winds were in a mix of residential and commercial parts of the city. Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down. At least a couple of the trees landed on cars and structures. Roofs of two businesses were partially blown off. Several houses lost a few shingles. The damage area was about 1.7 miles wide at its widest point. Peak winds were estimated near 80 mph. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $50,000 | There was wind damage to several roofs in the area. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Hopkinsville | $50,000 | A near-record flood occurred on the Little River at Hopkinsville. With 4 to 7 inches of rain in the Hopkinsville area, the South Fork Little River experienced major flooding. In fact, the Hopkinsville Bypass gage recorded a crest of 21.15 feet, which was only 2 tenths below the record of 21.35 feet set on July 7, 2016. Floodwaters briefly lapped over the runway at the Hopkinsville airport. Floodwater also encroached over a couple of industrial park properties. The river crested on the afternoon of the 28th but remained above flood stage into March 1. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $50,000 | A couple of barns and other farm structures were levelled or heavily damaged. A silo and three greenhouses were blown down. Windows were blown out of a building. Dozens of trees were uprooted. The damage swath averaged 300 yards wide. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $30,000 | Numerous trees were blown down north and northeast of Hopkinsville. State Highway 189 and U.S. Highway 41 were both blocked. A barn was levelled. Widespread power outages were reported across the northern half of the county. Around 2500 customers were without power in the county. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Hopkinsville | $25,000 | Two people were rescued from their partially submerged vehicles on flooded Hopkinsville streets. One of the rescues occurred at a bridge over the Little River, which experienced major flooding. The bridge was completely submerged. The vehicle stalled in several feet of water. The woman climbed onto the roof of the car. Firefighters using a ladder truck extended the 100-foot ladder to her vehicle. Three firefighters guided her to safety along the ladder. In a second water rescue attempt, a car was swept downstream into a clump of trees. The driver of the car was found on the roof of the vehicle, which was in several feet of flowing water. Firefighters entered the water with life jackets and safety lines to retrieve the man. No injuries were reported in either rescue attempt. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Hopkinsville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Hopkinsville | $20,000 | Vehicles were stalled out in downtown Hopkinsville, as shown in a photo posted on social media. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $20,000 | A microburst began near Interstate 24 southwest of Hopkinsville and tracked 2.5 miles to the northeast. The microburst moved along State Highway 695. At least a dozen trees were uprooted or snapped. Dozens of tree limbs were blown down. Areas of wheat and corn crops were blown over. At least one shed was damaged by a falling tree. The path width of the microburst was about a third of a mile. |
| May 2010 | Flood | Hopkinsville | $20,000 | Kentucky Highway 189 was closed in the Apex area due to a landslide. Other roads in the Apex area were threatened by high water. Elsewhere in the county, a good number of roads were closed or barricaded. Water was over U.S. Highway 41, as well as Kentucky Highways 109, 115, and 345. Many secondary roads were under water. Many creeks were out of their banks, and lowlands were under water. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Hopkinsville | $20,000 | In Hopkinsville, several flooded streets were impassable. Police diverted traffic from these roads. Many other city streets were under five to six inches of water and were becoming impassable. At least three homes were evacuated by the fire department when they became surrounded by floodwater. One of the evacuations became more complicated when a motorist lost control of his vehicle and ran over a safety line being used by rescuers to pull a resident from his home. Outside the city, water was over several roads. At least one road outside the city was impassable. Radar estimated two and one-half inches fell in two hours, with storm totals as much as 3 to 5 inches. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $15,000 | Debris was reported in the road at Lafayette Rd/Country Club Ln. Power lines and poles were downed, blocking the road at Fort Campbell Blvd/Country Club Ln. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $15,000 | A concrete block outbuilding was damaged. Several trees were uprooted, and a trampoline was blown 500 feet. Antenna damage occurred. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | A building was damaged. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | At least a few trees were down, including one on a house. Power outages were reported. |
| June 2019 | Lightning | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on a house. There was moderate damage to the roof and attic area. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Damaging thunderstorm winds occurred in Hopkinsville. Southeast of downtown Hopkinsville, a large tree limb fell on a mobile home and a small shed near the Highway 68 by-pass at Highway 109. The shed was destroyed. The mobile home was moderately damaged. On the west side of Hopkinsville, a warehouse roof sustained minor damage. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Tree damage was reported from Hopkinsville northeastward. Near Honey Grove, trees were down across an intersection on Highway 507. Highway 107 was blocked by downed trees several miles north-northeast of the city of Hopkinsville. A tree fell across power lines in the city. |
| June 2014 | Lightning | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | A fire at an apartment complex was started by lightning. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | A large barn was demolished. Tin debris was blown onto an adjacent roof. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were down in the city. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Large trees were blown down on Kentucky 117. One tree landed on the highway. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Trees and utility poles were toppled in several locations around Hopkinsville, blocking traffic. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | In Hopkinsville, a roof was blown off a warehouse. Trees were blown down at Oak Grove and Hopkinsville. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down in Hopkinsville. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $8,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were down. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $7,000 | Several trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $7,000 | Several trees were down in the Hopkinsville area, including one on a vacant house in Hopkinsville. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $7,000 | Wind gusts to 80 mph were estimated on Highway 91 northwest of Hopkinsville. Trees were blown down, and power outages were reported. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $7,000 | Several trees were blown down and a barn roof sustained damage five miles west of Hopkinsville. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $6,000 | On Highway 91 about four miles northwest of Hopkinsville, a tree was down and corn was laying flat. Trees were blown down three miles north of Hopkinsville. |
| November 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $6,000 | Three six-by-eight foot metal structures were blown over a fence and onto a road. The wind damage occurred at a home improvement store on the south side of the city. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | A few trees were downed in the city of Hopkinsville from a storm that tracked northeastward through the city. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | Trees were down near the intersection of Highways 272 and 164 west of Hopkinsville. In the city of Hopkinsville, trees were down on a city street. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | About four miles northeast of Hopkinsville, several large trees were uprooted, and a number of other trees lost large limbs. A National Weather Service damage survey team estimated wind gusts were near 80 mph. Just prior to the tree damage, a trained spotter on the northeast side of Hopkinsville estimated winds gusted to 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down. One tree landed on a house, and another landed on a road. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | A mobile storm chase vehicle measured a wind gust of 60 mph on U.S. Highway 68 just west of Hopkinsville. Power lines were blown down on the north side of Hopkinsville, about a mile north of the Pennyrile Parkway interchange with the bypass. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | A few trees were down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Crofton and eight miles north of Hopkinsville. Some unspecified hail damage occurred in Crofton. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $5,000 | Tree limbs and power lines were down on the west side of Hopkinsville. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $4,000 | Trees were down northwest of Hopkinsville on Highway 91 at the 5-mile marker, as well as Highway 272 west of Hopkinsville. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $4,000 | A few downed trees were reported in the city of Hopkinsville and along Highway 109 northwest of the city. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $3,000 | Power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds on Ft. Campbell Blvd from a storm tracking to the ENE through Hopkinsville. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $3,000 | Trees were down on Route 695 on the southwest side of the city of Hopkinsville. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinsville | $3,000 | Trees were blown down in the area of Kentucky Highways 91 and 109. |
Newspapers printed here
31,069 digitised pages7 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 4,627 issues, 31,069 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The South Kentuckian | 1879 to 1883 |
| Daily South Kentuckian | 1881 to 18?? |
| Semi-Weekly South Kentuckian | 1883 to 1889 |
| Hopkinsville Kentuckian | 1889 to 1918 |
| The Daily Kentuckian | 1898 |
| Daily Kentuckian | 1918 to 191? |
| The Kentuckian | 191? to 19?? |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill Grange Hall | 2.7 miles | 1975 | |
| Ritter House | 2.8 miles | 1979 | |
| C.A. Baldwin Farmstead | 3.2 miles | 2015 | |
| Alumni-Latham-Mooreland Historic District | 3.4 miles | 1993 | |
| Dalton Brick Company | 3.5 miles | 1979 | |
| Bradshaw House | 3.5 miles | 1979 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003629 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.
- 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.