BlockFrom the record
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Nelson County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
T. W. Samuels Distillery Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- Listed as. Samuels, T. W., Distillery Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Jct. of KY 523 and Corman RR tracks, Deatsville, 40013
- When was it listed? November 1988
- Category. district
- Census division. Coxs Creek
- National Register reference number. 88002047 - 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
24 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of T. W. Samuels Distillery Historic District between 1999 and 2019, burning about 170 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DEATSVILLE |
| 27 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | R J CORMAN FIRE |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WHEELER FIRE |
| 13 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deatsville, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deatsville | $5,000 | A wooden structure at the entrance to a cemetery was blown down. |
| February 2026 | Hail | Deatsville | - | Hail was a little larger than quarter size. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Deatsville | - | A photo showing estimated 1 inch hail was sent in from Deatsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Samuels House | 1.9 miles | 2024 | |
| Stone House on Buffalo Creek | 4.7 miles | 1983 | |
| Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Historic District | 5.9 miles | 1984 | |
 | Ben Johnson House | 7.4 miles | 1979 |
 | Confederate Monument of Bardstown | 7.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Bruntwood | 7.6 miles | 1975 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002047 in Record Group 79. |
| Nelson County | All 44 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.
- 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.