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Stipp House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

One of 62 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Van Meter Rd., Winchester, 40391
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Clark County MRA
  • Census division. Winchester
  • National Register reference number. 80001501 - 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.

Storms near this property

60 of 83 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winchester, the town this property stands in, in 83 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 57 thunderstorm wind, 13 flash flood, 10 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindWinchester3 hurt, $50,000,000The damage path was from Combs Ferry Road Northeast through the county. The roof off the Red Carpet Inn on West Lexington Avenue was blown off. Debris from the roof was thrown on Shoney's Restaurant and Hatfield Chrysler-Plymouth. Three workers at OHI America were injured when the roof collapsed. Three tractor-semitrailers were blown into a building. Also, there was extensive damage to homes and barns. Winds greater than 100 mph estimated.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWinchester$1,000,000Law enforcement reported several trees down in the county. The Clark County KY Mesonet observation recorded a 53 mph wind gust.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWinchester$50,000The Clark County emergency manager reported power lines down in the area along with a tree on a house.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWinchester$30,000Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWinchester$25,000no account filed
November 2005Thunderstorm WindWinchester$20,000The roof was blown off a house that was under construction.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindWinchester$10,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodWinchester$5,000A vehicle got stuck in flood waters covering North Maple Street. Cost of damage is unknown.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindWinchester$5,000Roof damage to a barn on Crow Ridge Road was reported.
May 1998LightningWinchester$5,000An old opera house in the downtown area caught fire as lightning struck it. The roof and ceiling of the top floor were heavily damaged.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindWinchester$5,000no account filed
October 2013Thunderstorm WindWinchester$2,000A spotter reported that winds associated with a strong line of showers brought damage to his storm doors and his garage. In his neighborhood many large tree limbs were downed, causing power outages. Thirteen minutes earlier, just 3 miles northwest of Winchester, a Kentucky mesonet site recorded a wind gust of 57 mph.
May 1998LightningWinchester$2,000Lightning struck a tree which then fell on a house damaging the roof.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWinchester-There were multiple trees reported down around Winchester.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindWinchester-There were large tree limbs down near a home.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees were blown down by strong winds onto cars at Winchester Country Club.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Social media reported that power lines were snapped near Taco Bell in Winchester.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWinchester-There were multiple reports of tree damage and limbs down across portions of Clark County, including within the city of Winchester along Meadowbrook Drive.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWinchester-There were trees down over multiple roads.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWinchester-There were reports of trees down in Winchester.
July 2021Flash FloodWinchester-There was water over multiple roadways. The 200 block of Shoppers Drive and Old Boonesboro Road were all closed. Two cars stalled in the flood waters.
October 2021Flash FloodWinchester-The intersection of Broadway and Washington was closed due to flooding.
October 2021Flash FloodWinchester-The emergency manager reported that roads were closed and water rescues were taking place.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWinchester-A tree fell down.
May 2020Flash FloodWinchester-Boonesboro Road was closed due to high water.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Several trees were down across Clark County.
September 2018Flash FloodWinchester-State Road 89, Irvine Road, was underwater 1 to 2 miles southeast of Winchester, Kentucky.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Local law enforcement reported several power lines down across the county due to severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Local law enforcement reported several downed trees across the county, some of which were blocking roadways.
July 2016Flash FloodWinchester-A trained spotter reported flash flooding and impassable roads on Old Ruckerville Road.
July 2015HailWinchester-The Clark County emergency manager reported hail 3/4 inch in diameter.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWinchester-The Clark County emergency manager reported trees down in the Winchester area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWinchester-A county official reported that trees were down across the county due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWinchester-A Clark County law enforcement official reported power lines down in the city of Winchester. Numerous trees were reported down across the county as well.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Thunderstorms winds toppled half of a tree in Winchester.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindWinchester-The Clark County emergency manager reported a few trees downed in Winchester.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWinchester-A gust front associated with a line of storms across southern Ohio downed trees and power lines across Clark County.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindWinchester-A tree was downed across College Street.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindWinchester-A heavy awning was blown off of a home and was blocking Ashland Avenue in Winchester.
May 2009Flash FloodWinchester-Four inches of water was flowing across the road in Highview.
June 2009Flash FloodWinchester-Water was flowing over Route 89 between Winchester and the Estill County line.
September 2009Heavy RainWinchester-The Clark County Kentucky Mesonet site measured 2.31 inches of rainfall in a little less than two hours.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Numerous trees were reported down across the county.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Several trees were downed.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Several trees were blown down over the western part of the county, between Winchester and Pine Grove.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2004Flash FloodWinchester-Up to one foot of water was over Richmond Road in southwestern Clark County.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees and power lines were downed along Redhouse Road.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2004Flash FloodWinchester-Highway 89 and Ruckersville Road were flooded.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Four roads were blocked by downed trees.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees were downed.
July 2002Flash FloodWinchester-Water covered part of the Highway 1927 Bypass.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees were downed.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Trees were downed.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindWinchester-Numerous trees down.
February 2024HailWinchester-no account filed
April 2017HailWinchester-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark County

Newspapers printed here

1,717 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 270 issues, 1,717 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.

NewspaperPublished
The Winchester News1908 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 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Col. Edmund Pendleton House0.4 miles1979
Van Meter Distillery2.5 miles1979
Strauder Goff House3.0 miles1979
William Clinkenbeard House4.0 miles1980
Springhill4.2 miles1978
Stanley F. Tebbs House4.6 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80001501 in Record Group 79.
Clark CountyAll 62 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.
  • 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.