Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“Stone House on Kentucky River is located in Prestonville, Kentucky. It was built in 1835 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1987.”
Wikipedia article Stone House on Kentucky River, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Carroll County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Stone House on Kentucky River between 1999 and 2000, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prestonville, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $20,000 | A large tree fell onto a car and a house. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Prestonville | $20,000 | The tornado first developed in Jefferson County, Indiana, at 1258EST, on the north side of Hanover. The tornado moved east across the Ohio River into Trimble County, Kentucky, and then into Carroll County, Kentucky, at 1308EST. The tornado moved across the Ohio River again and back into Jefferson County, Indiana, and then Switzerland County, Indiana, before crossing the Ohio River one more time and moving back into Carroll County, Kentucky, at 1322EST, just east of Carrollton on US 42. The tornado was very narrow at this point and produced some sporadic tree damage before ending at 1324EST. Wind speeds were estimated to be around 75 mph, EF-0. The Kentucky Mesonet site 2E of Carrollton measured 68 mph as the weakening tornado lifted. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $20,000 | A few power poles were downed in the 1200 block of Highland Avenue. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Prestonville | $20,000 | High water was flowing across 10th Street. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Prestonville | $10,000 | Water was reported rushing over roads and entering a gas station building. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $3,000 | Several large limbs and power lines were downed. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $2,000 | A few trees were downed in the Carrollton area. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $2,000 | Trees were reported down on State Route 36. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $2,000 | Several trees were downed and a church steeple was blown over. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $1,000 | A large tree was downed, blocking a road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $1,000 | A tree was downed near the intersection of Sycamore Street and 7th Street. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Prestonville | $1,000 | In addition to an earlier mudslide that destroyed a home along highway 36, another mudslide due to heavy rain closed parts of highway 36. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | $250 | Several large tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Prestonville | - | Water was reported flowing over roads and surrounding some homes in the Carrollton area. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prestonville | - | A large branch was downed across Mound Hill Round near State Route 55. Several large limbs were also downed throughout the Carrollton area. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Prestonville | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paschal Todd Baker House | 0.8 miles | 1980 | |
 | Carrollton Historic District | 0.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Gen. William O. Butler House | 1.2 miles | 1976 |
| Turpin House | 1.5 miles | 1977 | |
 | Richlawn Farm | 2.3 miles | 2000 |
 | Richard Masterson House | 2.5 miles | 1975 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000151 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carroll County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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