BlockFrom the record
One of 89 National Register listings published here for Hardin County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Vine Grove Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Address. 104--221 W. Main St., Vine Grove, 40175
- When was it listed? October 1988
- Category. district
- Also known as. Hardin County MRA
- Census division. Radcliff
- National Register reference number. 88001815 - 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
13 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Vine Grove Historic District between 2004 and 2012, burning about 18 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SMALLWOOD RD. |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUNSHINE LANE |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CUSTER FIR |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vine Grove Historic District: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flaherty-Otter Creek Sandstone Pit | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vine Grove, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $50,000,000 | Numerous trees and power lines reported down by Vine Grove police. Hundreds of homes and businesses damaged. Damage estimate at $6 million. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Vine Grove | $250,000 | Numerous county roads and streets in Vine Grove and Radcliff were closed due to high water. Water got into homes on Frontier Court in Radcliff. A motorist drove into high water on Highway 144 near the Creekvale Subdivision, and a water rescue was performed. Water backed up into businesses and apartments in both Radcliff and Vine Grove. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $50,000 | An off duty NWS employee reported 3 telephone poles snapped along Crume Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $10,000 | An off-duty NWS employee reported shingle damage to homes around the area. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $10,000 | The local fire department reported a tree down across a home in the Henderson Woods subdivision near Vine Grove. A person was temporarily trapped. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | $10,000 | A garage had considerable damage when a tree was blown on to it. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | Off-duty NWS employee measured 1.25 inch hail. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | This report came from mPing. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | A roof was peeled off of an outbuilding by strong winds. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Vine Grove | - | A NWS employee reported that creeks and ditches were overflowing and a few low water spots had water over them. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | NWS employee reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported a large diameter tree downed on McIntyre Road. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported a tree down on Duggin Switch Road, which was partially blocked the roadway. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Trained spotters reported trees and tree limbs down in the area. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Local law enforcement reported that several trees were downed in Vine Grove and other areas in northern Hardin County. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | A HAM Radio operator reported trees down in Vine Grove. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | Nickel sized hail was reported between Elizabethtown and Radcliff. |
| April 2011 | Heavy Rain | Vine Grove | - | In addition to 4.5 inches of rain the trained spotter reported Otter Creek was out of its banks. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Vine Grove | - | Otter Creek and Brushy Fork Creeks were out of their banks. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | Power lines were downed. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Vine Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Grove | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Vine Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stader Hotel | under 500 feet | 1988 | |
| Haycraft Inn | 3.2 miles | 1988 | |
| Zachariah Riney House | 4.3 miles | 1988 | |
 | Fort Knox US Bullion Depository Kentucky | 5.2 miles | 1988 |
| Blue Ball Church | 6.5 miles | 1988 | |
| Bethlehem Academy Historic District | 7.6 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88001815 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.