BlockFrom the record
One of 70 National Register listings published here for Mercer County · listed in 1989 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cunningham House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. W of RR tracks in Bondville, Salvisa, 40372
- When was it listed? February 1989
- Category. building
- Also known as. Mercer County MRA
- Census division. Salvisa-McAfee
- Architectural style. Gothic Revival
- National Register reference number. 88003361 - 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
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham House between 2008 and 2012, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OLD SAWMIL |
| 4 November 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Storms near this property
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salvisa, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 8 injuries. 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 | Tornado (F2) | Salvisa | 8 hurt, $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Flood | Salvisa | $100,000 | Six to seven inches of rain fell over Mercer county from May 1-2. This caused major flooding on the Kentucky River that lasted many days before receding. |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Salvisa | $50,000 | A barn was struck by lightning and burned. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Salvisa | $50,000 | Lightning struck an auto body shop causing major damage. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | $10,000 | A broadcast meteorologist relayed a report of a barn down in Salvisa due to severe thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | $5,000 | The public reported that a 175 foot steel tower used for amateur radio antennas was toppled by high winds on Bondville Road. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Salvisa | $5,000 | DES reported a weak F0 tornado cut a narrow path of 2 miles along Gilbert's Creek damaging 2 storage buildings but 125 trees were uprooted. Resulting debris blocked off most of Oregon Road from US 127 to the Kentucky River where the tornado lifted. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Salvisa | $3,000 | Lightning destroyed a small outbuilding. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | The National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed straight-line winds in Salvisa. There was a bunch of cedar and maple tree damage off of Old Louisville Road on the north side of Salvisa. Three homes experienced shingle, gutter and roof damage. ||A barndominium had the most significant damage with a large section of the roof thrown several hundred yards to the east southeast. Wind speeds were estimated between 75 and 80 mph, with a width of the damage of up to a half mile sporadically. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | A tree fell over a road near Salvisa. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | A tree fell down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | A law enforcement official reported trees down on Old Louisville and Kirkwood Rd. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | Damage to several structures including a tobacco barn and a fence row near Salvisa. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Salvisa | - | Dime size hail reported. |
| May 1995 | Tornado | Salvisa | - | Citizen reports tornado touchdown. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salvisa | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F2) | Salvisa | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCoun, Joseph-Sharp, D.S., House | 0.1 miles | 2005 | |
| Burris House | 1.0 miles | 1989 | |
| Forsythe-Shewmaker House | 1.6 miles | 2012 | |
| Floyd Gritton House | 1.9 miles | 1989 | |
| Nathaniel Burrus House | 2.0 miles | 1984 | |
| Millwood | 2.6 miles | 1976 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 88003361 in Record Group 79. |
| Mercer County | All 70 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.