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
Napoleon Wallace 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.
- Listed as. Wallace, Napoleon, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Off KY 218, Pierce, 42743
- When was it listed? August 1984
- Category. building
- Also known as. Green County MRA
- Census division. Donansburg
- National Register reference number. 84001527 - 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
19 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Napoleon Wallace House between 1999 and 2017, burning about 320 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SAM GENTRY |
| 30 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CENTER-THREE SPRINGS FIRE |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pierce, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Pierce | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | There was roof damage to a home on James Wallace Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | A tree was blown down across Kentucky Route 218 near R Bishop Lane. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | Downed trees blocked Highway 218 and Liletown Road. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | Trees were downed. One was blown on to Highway 218 southwest of Pierce near the Metcalfe County line. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Pierce | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pierce | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Pierce | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philpot House | 2.8 miles | 1985 | |
| Sandidge House | 3.6 miles | 1984 | |
| Chewning House | 3.7 miles | 1984 | |
| Woodward House | 4.2 miles | 1984 | |
| Whitlock Log Cabin | 5.1 miles | 1984 | |
| Simpson Log House | 5.2 miles | 1984 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001527 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.