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One of 663 National Register listings published here for St. Louis County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John P. and Dora Blake House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Blake, John P. and Dora, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 549 N. Taylor, Kirkwood, 63122
- When was it listed? October 2002
- Category. building
- Also known as. Kirkwood MPS
- Township. Bonhomme township
- National Register reference number. 02001087 - 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
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of John P. and Dora Blake House in 2007, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of John P. and Dora Blake House: 34 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamieson Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bend Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Creve Coeur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grant Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kempf Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mutual Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Osage Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
24 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkwood, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | 1 hurt | A local high school teacher and coach was severely injured by a downed tree while he was jogging with his dog near his home on North Woodlawn Avenue. The man suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs, a broken shoulder and other injuries. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Kirkwood | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Lightning | Kirkwood | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down large tree limbs in the Forever Oak Hill Cemetary. Some headstones were damaged by the downed limbs. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a 4 foot diameter tree as well as nearby power lines. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Kirkwood | - | The tornado touched down approximately 0.3 of a mile north of Dougherty Ferry Road near Lynkirk Rd. and moved north northwest through part of a subdivision. The tornado lifted briefly, then touched down again near the intersection of Ballas Rd. and Kirk Place Dr. before lifting and disspating just east of West County Mall. The path was approximately six tenths of a mile long and a maximum width around 300 yards across part of the subdivision and an average width of less than 200 yards elsewhere. Widespread tree damage and minor roof damage was observed across the subdivision but the overall lack of structural damage suggests winds did not exceed 70 to 80 mph. In the subdivision, several large healthy trees were uprooted and some roofs had missing or damaged shingles. At least one healthy tree was snapped several feet above its base. More extensive tree damage was observed with the second touchdown near Ballas Rd. and Kirk Place Dr. where several healthy pine trees were snapped at the midpoint and the debris pattern indicated a convergent circulation. Tree damage in this area also downed several powerlines along Ballas Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Storm spotters reported one inch hail just northwest of Kirkwood. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail at Manchester and Geyer roads. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Kirkwood | - | Storm spotters reported Ballas Road flooded in the Sugar Creek Valley near Daugherty Ferry Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | A severe thunderstorm moved across southern St. Louis county producing damaging downburst winds (including microbursts) over this region. Some of the hardest hit areas extended from just east of downtown Kirkwood through Oakland then into Shrewsbury. Some of the fallen trees and numerous large tree limbs damaged homes and vehicles over this area. One large tree fell onto an apartment building causing moderate damage. Surface winds were estimated between 65 and 75 mph. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A few of the trees landed on homes and car causing minor to moderate damage. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Storm spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | The public reported 0.75-inch-diameter hail in numerous other suburbs of St. Louis. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Egbert W. Halsey Cottage | 0.3 miles | 2002 |
| North Taylor Avenue Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2012 | |
 | Nipher, Prof. Frances e., House | 0.4 miles | 2002 |
 | James H. and Marietta Comfort House | 0.4 miles | 2002 |
 | James W. and Mary Way House | 0.5 miles | 2002 |
 | Kirkwood Missouri Pacific Depot | 0.5 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 02001087 in Record Group 79. |
| St. Louis County | All 663 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.
- 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.