John R. Barber House

Built in 1905 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

From the record

“Barber House, near Springfield, Kentucky, was built in about 1904 or 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.”
Wikipedia article John R. Barber House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 69 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1989 · category: Building · built in 1905, Colonial Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Barber, John R., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. W of Springfield on US 150, Springfield, 40069
When was it listed? February 1989
Category. building
Also known as. Washington County MRA
Census division. Springfield
When was it built? 1905
Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 88003423 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of John R. Barber House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Nally & Gibson Springfield	Limestone, General	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springfield, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flood, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 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 2002	Hail	Springfield	3 hurt, $150,000	Hail damaged many homes and vehicles.
May 2010	Flood	Springfield	$75,000	Six to eight inches of rain across Spencer county May 1-2 led to areal flooding in spots across the county on the 2nd.
May 2017	Hail	Springfield	$50,000	Local broadcast media received multiple reports of golf ball sized hail.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$50,000	A garage was damaged along Highway 152 east of Springfield. Numerous trees were downed in Springfield and elsewhere in Washington County. Power was out to much of the city of Springfield for two hours after the storm passed.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	$20,000	The roof was blown off a barn in Springfield.
March 1997	Tornado (F0)	Springfield	$15,000	no account filed
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Trees were damaged and power lines were blown down in Springfield.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Structural damage occurred to the baseball field at Idle Hour Park. Scattered tree damage was observed throughout the park.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Three small trees fell down.
June 2020	Flash Flood	Springfield	-	There were multiple reports of flooded roadways across the county including Lincoln Park Road and Highway 150 near Springfield.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A tree was reported down on Maplewood Avenue in Springfield.
April 2015	Hail	Springfield	-	Social media pictures submitted showed tennis ball size hail fell in Springfield.
April 2011	Flash Flood	Springfield	-	The emergency manager reported about 7-8 total road closures throughout the entire county that were closed for approximately 3-4 hours due to flowing water.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Several trees were downed along Depot Street and 150 Valley Hill Road in the town of Springfield.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A tree was reported down and blocking a road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Power lines were downed off Lincoln Park Road just outside of Springfield.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	A tree and some large limbs were downed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Trees and power lines were downed. Funnel clouds were spotted, but there was no indication of a tornado touchdown.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Trees were downed and electric power was knocked out.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	Sixty mph winds downed power lines.
March 2006	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Springfield	-	no account filed
June 1997	Flood	Springfield	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

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 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Thomas H. Hamilton House	0.3 miles	1989
St. Catherine of Sienna Convent	0.4 miles	1989
Walton Manor Cottage	0.9 miles	1977
Clements House	0.9 miles	1989
Levi J. Smith House	1.2 miles	1989
St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex	1.4 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 88003423 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 69 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.