BlockFrom the record
One of 142 National Register listings published here for Shelby County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Redmon 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 395, 2 mi. N of Bagdad, Bagdad, 40003
- When was it listed? December 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Shelby County MRA
- Census division. Christianburg
- National Register reference number. 88002853 - 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
10 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Redmon House between 1999 and 2011, burning about 52 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 20 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bagdad, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagdad | - | A tree was reported down on Christiansburg Road on the east side of the county. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bagdad | - | A social media picture from Bagdad showed quarter sized hail. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagdad | - | Downed trees took down power lines on Bagdad Road. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagdad | - | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Bagdad | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bagdad | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bagdad | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bland Farm | 2.8 miles | 1988 | |
 | White House | 2.8 miles | 1988 |
| William Blades House | 2.9 miles | 1988 | |
| Blaydes House | 3.3 miles | 1988 | |
| Bird's Nest | 3.4 miles | 1988 | |
| Bird Octagonal Mule Barn | 3.6 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002853 in Record Group 79. |
| Shelby County | All 142 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.