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One of 70 National Register listings published here for Mercer County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Nathaniel Burrus House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Burrus, Nathaniel, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 955 Vanarsdall Rd., Harrodsburg, 40330
- When was it listed? August 1984
- Category. building
- Census division. Salvisa-McAfee
- National Register reference number. 84001840 - 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 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Nathaniel Burrus House in 2012, burning about 30 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD SAWMIL |
Storms near this property
35 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harrodsburg, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | 1 killed | A National Weather Service damage survey determined that a swath of straight-line winds peaking at 80 to 85 mph occurred along a 12 mile path stretching from|just west of Harrodsburg in Mercer County, to just east of Herrington Lake in|Garrard County. 70 mph winds began in Riverview Estates where|numerous large limbs and trees were downed, along with a few back|porch awnings that were lifted and thrown on top of their|respective roofs. Minor shingle damage was also noted. Farther|east on Scenic Circle, more large tree limbs were downed. Winds|were estimated around 70 mph here. More sporadic damage was noted|eastward through Harrodsburg. ||Sporadic damage to large tree limbs and a few uprooted trees were |noted along Kentucky Route 152 east toward Burgin. More large limbs and |trees were downed in Burgin, with everything laying in a general |ENE direction, along with storm motion. The swath of straight- |line winds continued eastward toward Herrington Lake where wheat |was flattened in random areas across fields. ||The intensity of winds was stronger around Herrington Lake as |larger hardwood trees were uprooted, all laying ENE. The hardest |hit areas were along Chimney Rock Road and a ridge top between |High Bridge Road and Rogers Road where numerous healthy hardwood |trees were uprooted, all laying to the ENE. Winds toward the end |of the swath were more in line with 80 to 85 mph. Structural damage to a storage facility on Kennedy Bridge Road where wind was able to lift and remove large sections of the roof was also noted. ||Unfortunately, a lone tree was downed near the intersection |of Hardin Heights Road and Hardin Heights N Road. The tree fell |onto the corner of a house, killing a female occupant inside. At this point, the swath of wind damage crossed Herrington Lake into northern Garrard County. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | $15,000 | The roof was blown off a barn. Power lines were downed. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | A tree was blown down along Mackville Road on the west side of Harrodsburg. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Harrodsburg | - | The Salt River was flowing over US 68. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | Straight-line wind damage to buildings and trees occurred in downtown Harrodsburg. This was outside of the tornado path which moved through western and northern portions of Harrodsburg. |
| November 2022 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | Quarter size hail was observed in Harrodsburg. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | Power lines were down across portions of the county. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | A tree was down on the 2100 block of Danville Road. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Harrodsburg | - | A state official reported water was over the Highway 127 Bypass, south of Harrodsburg. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | A county official reported trees, power lines and telephone lines down just outside of Harrodsburg. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Harrodsburg | - | A public report was received of flash flooding at the intersection of Highway 68 and Highway 152. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Harrodsburg | - | Heavy rains estimated at 2 to 3 inches fell over a two hour period across eastern Mercer County. Several roads in Harrodsburg were briefly flooded, including Mackville Road. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Harrodsburg | - | The Lexington media reported water covering portions of U.S. Highway 68 just southwest of Harrodsburg. |
| September 2011 | Heavy Rain | Harrodsburg | - | Several inches of rain just before and around midnight brought minor street flooding to Harrodsburg. Local law enforcement reported that 4 to 6 inches of water covered a portion of Morris Drive. A portion of Commercial Drive was also restricted to one lane. Between 11 and 12 pm on September 11th, a Kentucky Mesonet rain gauge located 3 miles north of Harrodsburg recorded 1.47 inches of rain. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | A tree was blown down just south of the city. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | A tree was downed across a county highway. Large limbs were also downed. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | Power lines were downed and a telephone pole was snapped. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harrodsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forsythe-Shewmaker House | 0.8 miles | 2012 | |
| Burris House | 1.0 miles | 1989 | |
| Millwood | 1.4 miles | 1976 | |
| Adams House | 1.9 miles | 1989 | |
| Cunningham House | 2.0 miles | 1989 | |
| McCoun, Joseph-Sharp, D.S., House | 2.0 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 84001840 in Record Group 79. |
| Mercer County | All 70 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.