BlockFrom the record
One of 89 National Register listings published here for Hardin County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chenault House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. KY 1375, 1.5 mi. N of KY 84, Star Mills, 42776
- When was it listed? October 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Hardin County MRA
- Census division. Sonora
- National Register reference number. 88001781 - 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
17 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Chenault House between 1999 and 2013, burning about 439 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HWY 84 |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | 201 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | AMISH ROAD |
| 20 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 117 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 June 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | EASTVIEW BARRENS FIRE |
| 11 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chenault House: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 3 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Big Clifty Sandstone Exposure | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Eastview Abandoned Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Railroad Overpass Sandstone Outcrop | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this property
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star Mills, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flood | Star Mills | - | Two feet of water covered Hwy. 1375 near Star Mills. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Skees House | 0.5 miles | 1988 | |
| William Sprigg House | 0.7 miles | 1989 | |
| Melton House | 2.1 miles | 1988 | |
| Bland-Overall House | 2.4 miles | 1988 | |
| Dr. Abel House | 2.6 miles | 1988 | |
| William Bland House | 2.8 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001781 in Record Group 79. |
| Hardin County | All 89 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.