Hunter House

Built in 1886 (Queen Anne style). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“Walnut St. in Leitchfield, Kentucky, was built in c.1886. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.”
Wikipedia article Hunter House (Leitchfield, Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Grayson County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1886, Queen Anne style.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 118 W. Walnut St., Leitchfield, 42754
When was it listed? May 1985
Category. building
Census division. Leitchfield
When was it built? 1886
Architectural style. Queen Anne style
National Register reference number. 85001055 - 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

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hunter House between 2000 and 2014, burning about 19 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	4
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	TAYLOR FORK
14 April 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
5 March 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 March 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
15 March 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	SALT RIVER
14 March 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
20 February 2008	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named
12 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Kentucky Division of Forestry	not named

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hunter House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Ragland Mine & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leitchfield, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 40 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 16 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2000	Tornado (F3)	Leitchfield	16 hurt, $50,000,000	A storm survey was done by NWS personnel on Wednesday May 24. The survey found severe damage to residential and industrial structures. Three vortices combined into a single tornado north of Leitchfield, then moved east to southeast at 40 to 45 mph. The path moved through the northeast and east sections of Leitchfield and beyond. (Path length and width are estimated). The structural damaged evidenced the presence of an F3 tornado, with maximum winds around 175 mph. Houses that were virtually destroyed, but still had parts of their structure remaining above the main floor, were the basis of the F3 evaluation. Severe damage to nearby factories also supported the F3 evaluation.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$100,000	Two trailers on Caney Creek Church Road were rolled over by thunderstorm winds.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$50,000	A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of structural damage to a building because of severe thunderstorm winds. This resulted in several vehicles damaged.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$50,000	Several large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1995	Hail	Leitchfield	$30,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$20,000	Trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. One was blown on to an occupied trailer. No injuries occurred.
February 2012	Lightning	Leitchfield	$15,000	Local media reported that lightning struck a home and started a fire near Leitchfield. The fire department was on the scene at the time of the report.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$10,000	Local law enforcement reported several trees down near Leitchfield. In addition, they reported several windows shattered. Other unofficial reports from the public mentioned damage to yard furniture, gutters, and playground equipment.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$8,000	Mobile homes damaged
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$5,000	A large metal building was blown half a mile.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$5,000	Trees were downed. One was blown on to an occupied mobile home, however there were no injuries.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	$2,000	A store sign was blown on to a car. Trees were downed and blocking roadways.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Multiple trees were blown down in Leitchfield, and about 1400 customers were without power as a result of thunderstorms.
May 2025	Hail	Leitchfield	-	Nickel to quarter sized hail was observed on the west side of Leitchfield.
May 2025	Hail	Leitchfield	-	Ample amounts of quarter sized hail fell in Leitchfield.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees were downed and multiple power outages were reported across Leitchfield.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees were knocked down on State Route 259 near McClure Cemetery Road.
January 2023	Hail	Leitchfield	-	Penny-sized hail observed in Leitchfield.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	A large tree blew down on a shed on Dixie Avenue.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	A large tree fell on a house near Highway 737, west of Leitchfield.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	A tree blew down on Sunbeam Road.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees were reported down.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	The public reported numerous trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	A tree was reported down due to severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	A Grayson County law enforcement official reported a couple of trees down in the area from severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2015	Hail	Leitchfield	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
December 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Grayson County law enforcement officials reported that trees were down in Leitchfield because of severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2014	Hail	Leitchfield	-	A swath of large hail stretching all the way back west towards Caneyville brought 1.75 inch hail to Leitchfield.
December 2013	Flash Flood	Leitchfield	-	Flashing Flooding was reported on the 500 block of Mill Street in Leitchfield. Around 8 inches of water was running across the road.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Local law enforcement reported two trees downed just south of Leitchfield.
March 2012	Hail	Leitchfield	-	A hail estimate from a convenience store west of Leitchfield indicated over 2 inch hail.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	The Grayson county mesonet measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Law enforcement reported a gust to 60 mph.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees were blown down.
August 2010	Flash Flood	Leitchfield	-	Flooding was reported in a parking lot near the Leitchfield Sheriff's office. This forced a rapid removal of patrol cars.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees reported down in Leitchfield.
July 2008	Hail	Leitchfield	-	Winds estimated at 50 mph were also reported.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees and power lines were downed.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Leitchfield	-	Water was over Bloomington Road in several places.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Trees were downed.
May 2003	Hail	Leitchfield	-	Highway 54 was turned white due to a covering of hail.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	A tree was downed on Sunbeam Road. Other trees were downed in the Walnut Hill Cemetery and on Broadway.
August 2003	Heavy Rain	Leitchfield	-	Main Street in downtown Leitchfield was flooded.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Leitchfield	-	Water was flowing over Highway 259 at the Bear Creek Bridge.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Several trees were blown down.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	Power lines were downed in Leitchfield.
April 1998	Hail	Leitchfield	-	1 1/2 inch hail reported by spotter.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
October 2014	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
February 2012	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
March 2009	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
January 2006	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
January 2006	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
December 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Leitchfield	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Leitchfield	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Court Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)	under 500 feet	1988
Court Square Historic District	under 500 feet	1984
Jack Thomas House	0.2 miles	1976
Cedars, The	2.1 miles	1976
St. Augustine Catholic Church	4.0 miles	1989
Grayson Springs	4.1 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85001055 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Grayson County	All 8 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.