BlockFrom the record
One of 101 National Register listings published here for Boone County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Watts House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- Address. Williams Rd., Bullittsville, 41048
- When was it listed? January 1987
- Category. building
- Also known as. Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
- Census division. Hebron
- National Register reference number. 87000208 - 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Watts House: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 1 plant. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcraft Main Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bunnell Gravel Pit Number 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| D & M Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eaton Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eaton Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hooven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| James Bunnell Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Queen City Gravel Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Three Rivers Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Three Rivers Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this property
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bullittsville, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Bullittsville | $60,000 | Six homes were flooded along Petersburg Road with water also rushing over Petersburg Road. Three structures collapsed in this area. A church was also surrounded by water due to the flash flooding. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bullittsville | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bullittsville | $1,000 | Several power poles were knocked down. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Bullittsville | $1,000 | Penny size hail fell near the Interstate 275-State Route 237 interchange. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Bullittsville | - | High water was flowing across Worldwide Boulevard. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bullittsville | - | A drainage ditch was overflowing across an Interstate 275 entrance ramp due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bullittsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allie Corn House | 1.6 miles | 1989 | |
| John Moore House | 1.9 miles | 1978 | |
| Abe Souther House | 2.3 miles | 1987 | |
| Rev. Robert E. Kirtley House | 2.4 miles | 1989 | |
| Sam Delph House | 2.5 miles | 1989 | |
| Cave Johnson House | 3.0 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000208 in Record Group 79. |
| Boone County | All 101 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.