BlockFrom the record
One of 80 National Register listings published here for Woodford County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Richard Cole Homestead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Cole, Richard, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Leestown Rd., S side, NW of Midway, Midway, 40347
- When was it listed? January 1994
- Category. building
- Also known as. Northwest Woodford County MPS
- Census division. Midway
- National Register reference number. 93001525 - 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 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Richard Cole Homestead: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen City Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $50,000 | Trees down, many houses damaged with one or two roofs blown off reported by Woodford County police. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Large trees snapped and were uprooted in the Midway cemetery. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | A tree was blocking Georgetown Road and Mckinney Avenue. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were reported down in Midway. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Multiple trees were reported down in different areas of Midway. |
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | The county emergency manager reported that many trees were downed in Woodford County, with a concentration along Old Frankfort Pike and Midway Road. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | The Woodford County Emergency Manager reported several trees blocking State Highway 62 near Midway. Power was out to much of Midway. |
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Two trees were downed. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were down, one was blocking a road. Report from Woodford County Dispatch. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Midway | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone House at Fisher's Mill | 0.5 miles | 1983 | |
| Edward M. Blackburn House | 1.5 miles | 1985 | |
| Elkwood | 1.5 miles | 1994 | |
 | Martyrs Monument in Midway | 1.5 miles | 1997 |
 | Midway Historic District | 1.8 miles | 1978 |
| Pinkerton Hall | 2.1 miles | 1974 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 93001525 in Record Group 79. |
| Woodford County | All 80 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.