Built in 1909 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
“Boone Tavern is a restaurant, hotel, and guesthouse affiliated with Berea College in Berea, Madison County, Kentucky.”
Wikipedia article Boone Tavern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 75 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1996 · category: Building · built in 1909, Colonial Revival architecture.
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 82 fires within 5 miles of Boone Tavern Hotel between 1997 and 2020, burning about 612 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 June 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Berea, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2006: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Lightning | Berea | 1 killed | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Berea | 10 hurt, $12,800,000 | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | $50,000 | A mobile home was demolished. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Berea | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Berea | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Berea | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berea | - | no account filed |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 1,228 issues, 9,113 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Citizen | 1899 to 1958 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berea College Square Commercial Historic District | under 500 feet | 2020 | |
 | Lincoln Hall | 0.1 miles | 1974 |
| Berea Downtown Commercial and Residential Historic District | 0.5 miles | 2020 | |
| Churchill Weavers | 0.6 miles | 2014 | |
 | Louisville and Nashville Railroad Passenger Depot | 0.6 miles | 1975 |
 | Tate Building | 0.6 miles | 2006 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95001527 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Madison County | All 75 listed properties in this county. |
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