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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
Samuel Ellis House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Ellis, Samuel, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. KY 53, 2 mi. W of KY 322, Chestnut Grove, 40068
- When was it listed? December 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Shelby County MRA
- Census division. Shelbyville
- National Register reference number. 88002872 - 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
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Samuel Ellis House between 2001 and 2014, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | QUAIL RUN |
| 18 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MOODY FIRE |
Storms near this property
18 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestnut Grove, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | $2,000 | A member of the public reported damage to a barn. Trees were twisted and part of a silo was missing at a farm along Highway 53 in north Shelby County. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | There was tree damage off of Hinkle Lane. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | A shed collapsed and was thrown about a quarter of a mile near the 8200 block of Dover Road. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Chestnut Grove | - | Water was flowing over Lucas Road near Drane Lane. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | Ping pong ball-sized hail was observed in the Chestnut Grove community in northern Shelby County. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Trees were down on Fox Run Road. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | There was suspected microburst damage along Dover Road. One outdoor pavilion was demolished. Multiple large branches were down, and a tree was uprooted. There was also a large building with a 14 foot Overhead Door that was damaged. |
| February 2021 | Flood | Chestnut Grove | - | The 1100 block of Anderson Lane was impassable due to high water, and there was a water rescue in the area. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Trees were reported down on La Grange Road just north of Fox Run Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Trees were reported down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | The Shelby County Department of Highways reported several trees down just north of Shelbyville. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Several trees were downed across a road. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | Numerous trees were downed. |
| February 2002 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | Hail was three inches deep on the roadway. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Chestnut Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestnut Grove | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Chestnut 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McMicken House | 0.9 miles | 1988 | |
| Neal-Hamblen House | 1.6 miles | 1988 | |
| Booker-Giltner House | 1.7 miles | 1988 | |
 | J. B. Allen House | 2.1 miles | 1988 |
| Samuel Booker House | 2.9 miles | 1988 | |
| Benjamin Washburn House | 3.0 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002872 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.