BlockFrom the record
One of 47 National Register listings published here for Green County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Elmore-Carter House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. KY 793, Summersville, 42743
- When was it listed? August 1984
- Category. building
- Also known as. Green County MRA
- Census division. Greensburg
- Architectural style. Federal architecture
- National Register reference number. 84001508 - 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
29 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Elmore-Carter House between 2000 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 March 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MARSHALL RIDGE ROAD |
| 9 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CAMPBELLSVILLE HWY |
| 31 March 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summersville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | $1,200,000 | Eight houses were destroyed. Two houses had major damage. Eight other homes had minor damage. Thirteen barns were damaged or destroyed. Six businesses had damage. An unoccupied mobile home was flipped over a house and into a tree. Numerous trees and power lines were down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds near Summersville. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | A barn roof was damaged by strong winds on Marshall Ridge Road. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | Trees were reported down between Summersville and Greensburg. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | The public reported a measured gust of 70 mph. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | A law enforcement official reported that a tree fell on Highway 61 in Summersville. Other trees were down in Greensburg from the severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | Two trees were blown down in Summersville. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summersville | - | Trees were downed. |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | Summersville | - | Streams were out of their banks and some roadways were flooded. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Summersville | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Summersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John C. Allen House | 0.9 miles | 1985 | |
| Francis Cowherd House | 0.9 miles | 1985 | |
| Mears House | 1.5 miles | 1984 | |
| Daniel Motley Williams House | 2.3 miles | 1984 | |
| Mud Brick House in Greensburg | 3.7 miles | 2010 | |
| Barrett-Blakeman House | 4.0 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001508 in Record Group 79. |
| Green County | All 47 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.