BlockFrom the record
One of 48 National Register listings published here for Oldham County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Yager House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- Address. SE of Goshen on Covered Bridge Rd., Goshen, 40059
- When was it listed? June 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Pewee Valley
- National Register reference number. 82002740 - 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
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Yager House in 2000, burning about 25 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yager House: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Landing | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crestwood Mine Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oldham County Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goshen, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $100,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $50,000 | A NWS Storm Survey concluded that straight line winds resulted in numerous trees were snapped over a fairly wide area, though the swath of damage was riddled with many trees that withstood the wind. The most concentrated damage was along Buckhorn Lane where a row of trees lining the road were blown down. Another concentrated area was at the end of Secretariat Drive, next to a wide-open field where several trees fell around a property. One tree fell into a garage door, causing both a branch to poke through the 2nd floor siding into the house and damaging the back side of a car. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $50,000 | Power poles were broken, reported by mPing. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $25,000 | A large tree was blown onto the roof of a home, exposing the attic. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $8,000 | A tree fell on a house on Narmony Landing Road. The occupants were trapped inside. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down. There was also minor unspecified property damage reported. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Goshen | - | Up to two inch diameter hail was observed in Goshen. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Multiple trees, powerlines, and a utility pole were downed around Goshen Lane, likely from a microburst. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | A few trees were uprooted by strong winds and a street light was brought down along Club Drive. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Strong winds led to broken large tree branches and an uprooted tree in Goshen near Kentucky Route 1793. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees and power lines came down in the storm. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Goshen | - | Broadcast media reported that 1 inch hail fell near Goshen. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | The public reported several large trees down at a residence. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Multiple trees were downed in the Goshen area. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | A trained spotter reported a large maple tree down in Goshen with estimated winds 60 to 70 mph. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Goshen | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported hail 3/4 inch in diameter. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Goshen | - | A report of 3/4 inch hail was reported to the NWS by the public. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Goshen | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported 1 inch diameter hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | A law enforcement official reported trees down along Highway 42. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Goshen | - | A spotter reported 1 inch hail in Goshen. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Several trees fell in the Prospect and Goshen areas. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Numerous trees were blown down. A funnel cloud was also reported. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Goshen | - | A trained spotter reported 2.55 inches of rain fell on 4/22 and 2.34 inches had fallen by report time on 4/23. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Fire/rescue estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Goshen | - | Numerous roads were flooded and not passable. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Trees were blown down across Highway 42. 1.00 inch hail also fell. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | Power lines blown down. Boaters had to be rescued on the Ohio River. Report from Oldham County Dispatch. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goshen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter-Smith House | 0.8 miles | 1982 | |
| Abraham Kellar House | 1.4 miles | 1979 | |
| Ross-Hollenbach Farm | 1.8 miles | 2008 | |
 | Harrods Creek Baptist Church and Rev. William Kellar House | 1.9 miles | 1976 |
| Hermitage, The | 2.5 miles | 1982 | |
| Yewell-Snyder House | 2.6 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002740 in Record Group 79. |
| Oldham County | All 48 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.