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Edward Yeakel House

Built in 1889 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“The Edward Yeakel House, at 116 Decatur St. in Brandenburg, Kentucky, was built around 1885 to 1890. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”

Wikipedia article Edward Yeakel House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Meade County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1889, Queen Anne style.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Yeakel, Edward, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 116 Decatur St., Brandenburg, 40108
  • When was it listed? August 1984
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Brandenburg MRA
  • Census division. Brandenburg
  • When was it built? 1889
  • Architectural style. Queen Anne style
  • National Register reference number. 84001839 - 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

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Edward Yeakel House between 2001 and 2011, burning about 43 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 April 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMEADE-OLIN PARK FIRE
2 April 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony20 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
31 March 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
23 March 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
13 March 2007Recreation and ceremony9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 March 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Edward Yeakel House: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 4 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lucas Corp. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neely Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meade County

Storms near this property

54 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brandenburg, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
February 1999Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg3 hurt, $30,000Two trailers were destroyed, and 4 were damaged. Trees and power lines downed.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg$50,000Trees and power lines down. Mobile home off its foundation. Relayed by Department of Emergency Service.
March 2002HailBrandenburg$10,000Vehicles were damaged by large hail.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg$7,000A semi trailer was blown over. Also many trees were downed.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg$5,000A Meade County official reported trees and power lines down in the area.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A business sign was blown down by strong winds.
March 2025HailBrandenburg-Half dollar sized hail was observed in Brandenburg.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Wind gust was measured by the mesonet.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A tree was downed along Kentucky Route 79 south of Brandenburg.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Multiple instances of strong winds bringing down trees and power lines were observed across Meade County, including in Brandenburg.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-There were trees and power lines down on Old State Road in Brandenburg.
January 2023HailBrandenburg-Nickel-sized hail observed in Brandenburg.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A tree was reported down at Quail Run Road and Garrett Road.
April 2015HailBrandenburg-Quarter size hail was reported near Brandenburg.
April 2015HailBrandenburg-The public reported quarter size hail in Brandenburg.
April 2015HailBrandenburg-Public reported penny size hail near Brandenburg.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Local law enforcement noted numerous trees and power lines downed across the county.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A spotter in Brandenburg reported several large limbs downed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A spotter reported trees down in Brandenburg.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-The Brandenburg fire department reported that a metal shed was destroyed.
March 2012HailBrandenburg-Baseball-sized hail was observed near Brandenburg.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A tree was toppled by thunderstorm winds in Brandenburg. Widespread power outages developed city wide.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Local law enforcement reported numerous trees down between Battletown and Brandenburg.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-A spotter reported dime sized hail and several trees that had fallen across some power lines in Brandenburg.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Trees were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-An off duty employee estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Trees were blown down along Bud Wilson Rd.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Trees and power lines were reported down at the intersection of Highways 448 and 1638.
December 2007FloodBrandenburg-An intersection was closed due to high water.
July 2006Flash FloodBrandenburg-Water was over roadways.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Trees were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Power lines were blown down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Several large trees were downed.
December 2002Flash FloodBrandenburg-Highway 448 was covered by water.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Numerous trees were downed, and there was unspecified structural damage along Highway 60. Telephone poles were also downed.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Trees down
January 2000Flash FloodBrandenburg-Several roads flooded
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Telephone poles were snapped by thunderstorm winds.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-Several trees down in Brandenburg and Paynesburg.
May 2012HailBrandenburg-no account filed
March 2012Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-no account filed
March 2012HailBrandenburg-no account filed
April 2009HailBrandenburg-no account filed
April 2007HailBrandenburg-no account filed
April 2007HailBrandenburg-no account filed
January 2006HailBrandenburg-no account filed
January 2006HailBrandenburg-no account filed
May 2005HailBrandenburg-no account filed
July 2004HailBrandenburg-no account filed
May 2003HailBrandenburg-no account filed
May 2002HailBrandenburg-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBrandenburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade County

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
Jones-Willis Houseunder 500 feet1984
Brandenburg Commercial Districtunder 500 feet1986
Meade County Clerk Office-Rankin House0.1 miles1984
Meade County Jail0.2 miles1984
Brandenburg Methodist Episcopal Church0.2 miles1984
Richardson House0.5 miles1984

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84001839 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Meade CountyAll 12 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.