Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
“Lincoln Institute was an all-black private boarding high school in near Simpsonville in Shelby County, Kentucky, active from 1912 to 1966.”
Wikipedia article Lincoln Institute (Kentucky), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 142 National Register listings published here for Shelby County · listed in 1988 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lincoln Institute Complex in 2005, burning about 5 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Simpsonville, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 2005 | Lightning | Simpsonville | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Simpsonville | $30,000 | Local media reported golf-ball sized hail that fell from a supercell in Simpsonville. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | $15,000 | The local emergency manager reported that a large tree fell on a house in Simpsonville. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | $5,000 | A spotter reported numerous trees down in the Simpsonville and Todd's Point areas. Strong winds destroyed 3 of 4 bay doors at the Simpsonville Fire Station. |
| June 2009 | Lightning | Simpsonville | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house and started a structural fire. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | Trees were in the power lines on Buck Creek Road. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | There were trees in the power lines on Todds Point Road. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Simpsonville | - | A photo of quarter size hail near Simpsonville was posted to social media. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Simpsonville | - | A trained spotter reported hail 1 inch in diameter. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Simpsonville | - | A trained spotter reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Simpsonville | - | A trained spotter reported to the NWS hail 1 inch in diameter. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | The Shelby county emergency manager reported wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | Power lines were reported down in the Simpsonville area. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | A tree and a power line were downed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Simpsonville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Simpsonville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Simpsonville | - | no account filed |
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.
Other 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Whitney M. Young Jr. Birthplace | 0.5 miles | 1972 |
| Bryan House | 0.9 miles | 1988 | |
 | Simpsonville Christian Church | 0.9 miles | 1988 |
 | Bank of Simpsonville | 1.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Simpsonville Methodist Church | 1.2 miles | 1988 |
 | Wickland | 1.4 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88002926 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Shelby County | All 142 listed properties in this county. |
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