Phillip's Court District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Daviess County · listed in 1986 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by Technical High School, Cruze Dr., W. Eighteenth St., and Frederica Ave., Owensboro, 42303
When was it listed? March 1986
Category. district
Also known as. Owensboro MRA
Census division. Owensboro
National Register reference number. 86000658 - 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.

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 Phillip's Court District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	W. L. Delker Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Daviess County

Storms near this property

60 of 203 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owensboro, the town this property stands in, in 203 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 57 thunderstorm wind, 49 hail, 29 flood, 26 flash flood. The reports record 9 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
October 2007	Tornado (EF3)	Owensboro	8 hurt, $11,500,000	About a dozen homes were destroyed, and close to 150 others were damaged. An additional 20 public or commercial buildings were destroyed or condemned. Damage to commercial and public buildings, including churches and schools, was estimated near 10.5 million dollars. Residential structures sustained about 1 million dollars in damage. Two historic churches suffered severe damage. The steeple of one church collapsed into the sanctuary. About 125 people were in the church at the time of the collapse, including 25 where the steeple fell into the sanctuary. They all moved to the basement 5 or 10 minutes before the storm hit, sparing anyone from death or serious injury. On the west side of Owensboro, a man was trapped in his overturned mobile home. He received only minor injuries. A motel was heavily damaged, with nearly the entire roof blown off. Several guests at the motel were treated for injuries, mostly abrasions from falling debris. Almost every building at Brescia University was damaged, mostly to the roofs. Windows were blown out of the science building. Elsewhere, a delivery truck was overturned. Piles of debris from collapsed garages, warehouses, and roofs lined downtown streets during the cleanup. Tobacco warehouses downtown were destroyed or heavily damaged. The most serious damage was in a 12 to 15 square block area in and near downtown. Nearly all city streets were reopened and nearly all power was restored within a few days after the tornado. Peak winds were estimated at 155 mph where the EF-3 damage occurred in downtown Owensboro. The damage path began just northeast of the Owensboro-Daviess County Airport, then curved northeast through the riverfront area of downtown Owensboro. The average path width was 300 yards.
June 1998	Flash Flood	Owensboro	1 hurt, $5,000	Very heavy rains from a severe thunderstorm filled drainage ditches. An 8-year-old boy was swept into a drainage ditch and rescued by firefighters. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
May 2011	Flood	Owensboro	$5,000,000	Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Owensboro river gage, the river continued to fall after cresting at 46.30 feet in late April. A riverside park and parts of Water Street in Owensboro were flooded. At the peak of the flooding, Panther Creek flooded extensively due to backwater from the Ohio River, which forced some evacuations of residents in the Pettit area. Panther Creek covered parts of U.S. Highway 431 and surrounded a few major businesses such a home improvement store. Ohio River backwater worsened flooding of the Green River, flooding a house in Curdsville with a foot of water. The Red Cross opened a shelter. Countywide, 63 county roads and 18 state roads were closed at the peak of the flooding. About a dozen county roads were damaged. The damage consisted mostly of washed out shoulders and bridge approaches.
May 2016	Hail	Owensboro	$1,000,000	A major hailstorm continued east-northeast across the Owensboro area from western Daviess County. The largest hail fell on the south and southwest sides of the city. Hailstones up to the size of hen eggs fell a couple miles southwest of downtown Owensboro. In Owensboro, there was a report of golf-ball size hail. On the east side of the city, quarter-size hail fell. Many homes and vehicles sustained minor damage.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$200,000	Winds from 80 to 90 MPH raked the Owensboro area. Numerous trees were blown down, including one that landed on a trailer. A mobile home was flipped over about a mile north of Thruston on U.S. Highway 60E. Along U.S. Highway 60W, the roof was blown off a cable company and onto a roadway, blocking traffic. In Owensboro, lights were blown off utility poles, and numerous power lines were down. From several miles west of Owensboro to a couple miles east of the city, numerous power lines were downed, including one that landed on an occupied car on the U.S. 60 bypass. All four lanes of the U.S. 60 bypass were blocked by fallen transmission lines. Gas pumps were blown over at a station on Route 54 on the east side of the city.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$150,000	Trees were down in Owensboro. Three miles west of Owensboro, a mobile home was lifted and moved about 4 to 5 feet. A nearby carport was moved into a neighbor's yard. Several barns were destroyed in the area.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$150,000	A severe thunderstorm moved east northeast from Mclean County, passing directly over Owensboro. Extensive thunderstorm wind damage was reported in the city of Owensboro. A barn was blown down on the west side of Owensboro near the intersection of Highways 56 and 81. Within the city of Owensboro, the roof of an equipment repair shop was blown off, and a church steeple was damaged. Trees and power lines were blown down, knocking out power to about 700 city residences. At least 12 city residences were damaged, with the majority of damage caused by trees falling on houses and vehicles. Damage was reported at Brescia University when roofing from the science building was blown into other buildings on campus. Hundreds of trees were down across the county, including 71 reports of trees blocking roads or falling on power lines or structures. A carport was flipped onto a car at Maceo.
June 2020	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$100,000	Numerous water rescues were conducted due to vehicles in floodwaters across the county, including the city of Owensboro. A trained spotter at Utica measured 5.34 inches by mid-morning, with rain still falling.
March 2018	Flood	Owensboro	$100,000	Moderate flooding continued along the Ohio River from late February. At the Owensboro river gage, the river crested at 47.3 feet on February 28th. Flood stage there is 40 feet. Panther Creek flooded extensively due to backwater flooding from the Ohio River, which forced isolated evacuations of residents in the area of Pettit. Panther Creek covered parts of U.S. Highway 431 and surrounded a few major businesses such as a home improvement store. Highway 81 was closed at the Panther Creek bridge. A downtown riverside park and parts of Water Street in Owensboro were flooded. Countywide, dozens of county roads and close to 12 state roads were closed. U.S. Highway 60 was closed near the Henderson County line.
May 2016	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$100,000	Numerous roads in the city of Owensboro were impassable. Numerous cars were stranded in floodwaters. Storm drains became clogged with hail, which aggravated the flash flooding. At an Owensboro shopping mall, a car was submerged up to the driver's side window. City police advised people to stay off the roads. Some roads were flooded that do not normally flood. At the Owensboro airport, about one inch of rain fell in 25 minutes, and about 1.5 inches fell in an hour. The rainfall total at the Owensboro airport for May 10th was 2.46 inches.
September 2020	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$50,000	Multiple streets were flooded in the city of Owensboro and outside the city. Manhole covers were lifted off. Vehicles were stranded. One automated rain gage in the Owensboro city limits and a second gage east of the city measured about four inches during the night. Of that rainfall total, about two inches fell in an hour when the flash flooding started.
February 2018	Flood	Owensboro	$50,000	Moderate flooding occurred along the Ohio River. At the Owensboro river gage, the river crested at 47.3 feet on the 28th. Flood stage there is 40 feet. Panther Creek flooded extensively due to backwater flooding from the Ohio River, which forced isolated evacuations of residents in the area of Pettit. Panther Creek covered parts of U.S. Highway 431 and surrounded a few major businesses such as a home improvement store. A downtown riverside park and parts of Water Street in Owensboro were flooded. Countywide, dozens of county roads and close to 20 state roads were closed.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$50,000	Trees and power lines were damaged in Owensboro. A barn collapsed near Utica. The peak wind gust at the Owensboro airport was 58 mph. A trained spotter in Utica measured a wind gust to 58 mph.
April 2011	Flood	Owensboro	$50,000	Moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio River. At the Owensboro river gage, the river crested at 46.30 feet on April 28th. Panther Creek flooded extensively due to backwater from the Ohio River, which forced some evacuations of residents in the Pettit area. Firefighters assisted three people out of their homes. Panther Creek covered parts of U.S. Highway 431 and surrounded a few major businesses such a home improvement store. The Red Cross opened a shelter. A riverside park and parts of Water Street in Owensboro were flooded. Countywide, 63 county roads and 18 state roads were closed.
October 2009	Lightning	Owensboro	$50,000	A lightning strike started a house fire. The lightning struck through a television antenna. The antenna connected to the back of the house had scorch marks, and there were burns in wet grass around its base. The home sustained heavy smoke and fire damage. A pet cat died. There were no injuries.
October 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Owensboro	$50,000	Numerous trees and a few structures were damaged. The average path width was 75 yards. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 95 mph.
May 2006	Lightning	Owensboro	$50,000	Lightning caused heavy damage to a six-unit apartment complex. The lightning punched a hole in the roof and started a fire. Two apartments were heavily damaged, and at least two others had water damage.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$50,000	no account filed
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$40,000	A swath of damaging winds extended from the west side of Owensboro to a few miles south of the city. A metal roof was blown off a cable company building on the northwest side of the city. About a mile west of Owensboro, a trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. A few miles south of Owensboro, a wind gust to 60 mph was measured by a trained spotter.
March 1997	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$40,000	no account filed
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$30,000	Trees were blown down throughout the city of Owensboro. Peak wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph by a trained spotter on the northwest side of Owensboro. Several miles east of Owensboro, a tree was blown down, blocking a county road. At Knottsville, a tree limb fell across a power pole, which caught fire.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$30,000	A large tree fell on a house, tearing a large hole in the wall. Large tree limbs were blown down. One of the limbs was blocking a road. Power lines were down. A utility pole was down across a road.
September 2011	Lightning	Owensboro	$30,000	A lightning strike caused two house fires that broke out across the street from one another. One of the houses was heavily damaged.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$25,000	This estimated wind gust was reported by a spotter on the east side of the city. There was minor damage to trees, a home, and a gas station canopy in the city.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$20,000	Part of a warehouse roof was blown off.
September 2009	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$20,000	Numerous roads were flooded in the city, including the main arteries through the city. Numerous city streets were closed. Several vehicles were disabled, including an ambulance. Manhole covers were lifted off from flood waters. The daily rainfall total at the Owensboro airport was 5.05 inches, most of which fell in the afternoon and evening.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$20,000	Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines. A large window was blown out of a store in Owensboro. A tree fell through the roof of a garage, damaging a vehicle inside. A major thoroughfare was blocked by a fallen tree.
March 2025	Hail	Owensboro	$10,000	A storm produced hail up to the size of quarters and wind gusts over 50 mph, resulting in around 6000 power outages across Owensboro.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Straight-line winds from a storm moving through Owensboro brought down a large portion of an awning over a shopping center, which fell onto several parked vehicles.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Trees were down, blocking roads.
March 2021	Flood	Owensboro	$10,000	Minor flooding occurred on the Ohio River. However, the combination of elevated river levels on the Green River flowing into the swollen Ohio River produced extensive backwater flooding across Daviess County. Panther Creek was among some of the tributaries that experienced backwater flooding. Many low-lying fields and woodlands were flooded. Over a dozen roads were closed, mostly lesser travelled county roads.
August 2021	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$10,000	Major street flooding was reported in central Owensboro. At least one car was stalled in floodwater. A rainfall total of 2.29 inches from the afternoon storms was measured at a co-op observer site on the east side of the city.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	There were scattered reports of downed trees and power lines across the city.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Isolated tree damage was photographed. Large tree limbs were down, along with at least a few trees. At least one of the trees landed on a house, and another landed on power lines. At least one road was blocked. The peak wind gust at the Owensboro airport was 54 mph.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	On the east side of Owensboro, a garage sustained extensive roof damage. A hole was opened in the roof. A large tree was uprooted.
July 2010	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$10,000	Several vehicles were stranded in floodwaters. Several roads were under water and impassable. The rain gage at the Owensboro airport measured 1.94 inches in one hour, and 3.66 inches in about two-and-a-half hours.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Four trees were blown down, including one on a power line. U.S. 231 was blocked by a fallen tree at the Ohio County line.
April 2008	Flood	Owensboro	$10,000	A vehicle was swept off a secondary road in the southeastern part of the county. The fire and rescue team used a boat to rescue the driver. Ten state roads were closed by high water, including Kentucky Highway 56 at the 9 mile marker.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	A tractor-trailer rig was overturned on the Natcher Parkway southeast of Owensboro. In Owensboro, about 2,000 utility customers lost power due to trees falling on power lines. Power poles were knocked over. A street was closed due to downed tree limbs and power lines.
July 2000	Lightning	Owensboro	$10,000	Two structure fires in Daviess County were blamed on lightning. Several hundred customers lost power when lightning struck a tree limb, sending it onto a power line.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Trees, power lines, and a power pole were blown down.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Numerous large trees were blown down in Owensboro and elsewhere around the county. About 1500 Owensboro customers were left without power, and 200 customers were without power for about 24 hours.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$10,000	Scattered power outages were caused by tree limbs falling on power lines. About 2,000 people were without power in the area served by Owensboro Municipal Utilities.
September 1997	Flash Flood	Owensboro	$10,000	Radar estimated around 4 inches of rain fell within 90 minutes in an isolated spot near Owensboro. Numerous streets were flooded.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$8,000	Several tree limbs were blown down, causing a few power outages.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$6,000	A trained spotter one mile west of Owensboro reported lots of pea-sized hail along with estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. Trees were down on homes in at least two locations in the city.
October 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$6,000	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$5,000	Multiple trees were damaged in the city of Owensboro as a line of storms moved through the city.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$5,000	Tree damage was reported.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$5,000	Large tree limbs were damaged. Backyard furniture was damaged at a house in Owensboro.
July 2007	Lightning	Owensboro	$5,000	The fire department responded to reports of telephone poles struck by lightning.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$5,000	Winds estimated near 65 MPH downed several trees in the city of Owensboro. In and near Moseleyville, trees were down on Highway 81, and tree limbs were down on power lines.
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$5,000	An old tobacco barn was destroyed and blown over a road.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$5,000	Several trees were down.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$4,000	A couple of trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$3,000	Large tree branches were blown down. A wind gust to 53 mph was measured at the Owensboro airport.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$3,000	Numerous large tree limbs were blown down on the west side of the city, where a wind gust of 61 mph was measured. In downtown Owensboro, a wind gust to 60 mph was measured.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$3,000	A large billboard was blown down along Highway 81.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Owensboro	$2,000	Wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated by a spotter just east of the city of Owensboro. A couple of power lines were down. A wind gust to 57 mph was measured in Owensboro.
July 2007	Heavy Rain	Owensboro	$2,000	On the east side of the city, water was 12 to 14 inches deep at a street intersection. On another city street, water ranged from a few inches to over a foot deep. Some vehicles stalled out. A city resident reported standing water against her garage and back deck, along with a flooded basement due to a backed up sewer. Water shot up to three feet high out of manholes. A spotter reported 2.25 inches downtown while rain was still falling.

Every storm recorded in Daviess County

Newspapers printed here

8 digitised pages

1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 2 issues, 8 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
Kentucky Reporter	1??? to 19??

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
Medley House	0.2 miles	1980
J. Z. Moore Historic District	0.3 miles	1986
Union Station	0.4 miles	1979
Maj. Hampden Smith House	0.4 miles	1976
Carnegie Free Public Library (DAOB 41)	0.6 miles	1986
Kentucky Buggy Company Building	0.6 miles	2015

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000658 in Record Group 79.
Daviess County	All 38 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.
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.