Court Street Historic Residential District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“Court Street Historic Residential District is a national historic district located at Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. It encompasses 84 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Fulton.”
Wikipedia article Court Street Historic Residential District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Callaway County · listed in 2007 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly along Court bet. St. Louis and 10th Sts/, Fulton, 65251
When was it listed? August 2007
Category. district
Township. West Fulton township
National Register reference number. 07000817 - 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Court Street Historic Residential District between 1992 and 2018, burning about 23 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
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
12 April 2018	Debris and open burning	4.3 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177544-01420-04122018-1434
5 March 1992	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
30 March 1993	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
26 March 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 February 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.9 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177396-01420-02272018-1549
27 February 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.6 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	177797-01414-02272018-1547

Every fire recorded in Callaway County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Court Street Historic Residential District: 50 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Harbison-Walker Plant	Clay	Producer
Miller Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unknown - Ls.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
A.P.Green Refractories,Fulton Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Breid Pits	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Brown Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Brown Pits	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Callaway County

Storms near this property

60 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton, the town this property stands in, in 81 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 39 thunderstorm wind, 33 hail, 6 lightning, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 2 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
April 2001	Tornado (F1)	Fulton	1 killed, 2 hurt, $75,000	no account filed
August 2014	Lightning	Fulton	1 killed	An 18-year old male was killed by a lighting strike while retrieving a book from a pick-up truck.
May 2004	Hail	Fulton	$100,000	no account filed
August 2016	Lightning	Fulton	$50,000	Lightning struck a wing of Reeves Library on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, MO. Fortunately the school was renovating that part of the library, so damage was contained. Damage was estimated around $50,000.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$50,000	A roof was torn off a church at Fulton and two metal stakes were driven into the side of a trailer. Power lines and large trees were blown down. Several large trees were also blown down in Mokane, New Bloomfield, and areas in-between.
May 2004	Hail	Fulton	$50,000	no account filed
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$20,000	A garage was destroyed and a large tree branch fell onto a pickup truck. A power pole was also snapped.
May 2007	Lightning	Fulton	$15,000	Lightning strikes caused a power outage across most of downtown and in the North Business 54 area. At least 2 area homes also suffered minor damage from lightning strikes.
February 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines and a tree on the east side of town.
August 2010	Lightning	Fulton	$5,000	A church was struck by lightning damaging the steeple and causing electrical damage.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$5,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts tore the roof off a mobile home on Route NN. Damage was estimated at $5000.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$5,000	Large trees and power lines were knocked down. Local power outages caused the WXL-45 NOAA weather radio transmission tower in Fulton to fail between 1900 and 2200 CST.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$2,400	Large trees were blown down across northwest parts of the county with 60 mph wind gusts reported near Auxvasse and along Interstate 70 around Kingdom City. As the line of storms moved through the Fulton area, several trees were blown down with one crushing a mobile home. Winds estimated at 70 mph also ripped sections of a roof off a lumber building.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$2,200	A house roof in Fulton was sligtly damaged from high winds. Wind gusts in the Holts Summit area reached 60 mph.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$200	The county sheriff's department reported large trees down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	$200	Large trees were blown down.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees around town as well as tree limbs and power lines. One large tree fell onto a house causing moderate damage. One barn had minor roof damage.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew over a semi on the Kingdom City overpass at the I-70, U.S. 54 exit. No injuries were reported. Also, several large trees were blown down, one of which blocked a road in Fulton.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. One tree was blown onto State Route C just south of Fulton and another one was blown down onto State Highway D near Yucatan.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Fulton	-	After 3 days of heavy rain over the county, with up to 8 inches of rainfall, and a lot of rain in the month leading up to this, the dam on Glover Spring Lake, a 35 acre lake, failed. It washed out the bridge on County Road 101 just below it. No structures were affected near the dam or downstream on Dunlap Creek, Crows Fork Creek and Auxvasse Creek. The gage near Reform on Auxvasse Creek did show about a 23 foot rise in an 8 hour time period.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree limb. The limb took down a few power lines when it fell.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down at least a dozen large trees. One tree fell onto a garage causing moderate damage.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees throughout town.
January 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs, as well as, several power lines on the west side of town.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees in Fulton. Also, the winds blew down a large tree onto Interstate 70 blocking the far right lane of the westbound side of the highway. This occurred near mile marker 156.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Some trees were blown down and a few were blocking roads.
March 2007	Hail	Fulton	-	Quarter to golfball sized hail fell in a swath from just southwest of Fulton to 4 miles south of Williamsburg. Some roofs and vehicles sustained hail damage.
April 2006	Hail	Fulton	-	Amateur radio spotters reported nickel size hail covering the ground.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines on Route F between Route KK and Route WW.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Storm spotters reported large tree limbs just north of Fulton.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Several large tree branches were blown down and one tree was uprooted near the intersection of county roads 102W and 113N.
April 2005	Hail	Fulton	-	A storm spotter reported hail up to 1 inch fell in Fulton for at least 10 minutes.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	The Sheriff Department reported power lines down in Fulton.
May 2005	Hail	Fulton	-	The County Sheriff reported hail up to golfball size.
June 2005	Hail	Fulton	-	Security at the AmerenUE Callaway Nuclear Power Plant reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2005	Hail	Fulton	-	A storm spotter reported 1 inch hail.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Local law enforcement reported several large trees down in Fulton.
September 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	The County Sheriff reported several large tree limbs blown down.
November 2005	Hail	Fulton	-	Local law enforcement reported 3/4 inch hail northwest of Fulton.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	The Sheriff Department reported trees and power lines down.
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Local law enforcement reported trees down on Route Z near Fulton.
September 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Scattered trees and power lines were reported down in various parts of Fulton.
April 2003	Lightning	Fulton	-	Lightning struck a 69 kilovolt transmission line knocking out power to about 60 percent of town. Power was quickly restored to most of the town within about 5 minutes while some areas were out of power up to an hour.
August 2003	Hail	Fulton	-	Storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail west of Fulton.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines near Route HH.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	The sheriff department reported trees and power lines down in several areas of Fulton.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in Fulton. Reported by county sheriff.
July 1995	Tornado (F0)	Fulton	-	A brief touchdown was reported just east of Fulton.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Fulton	-	Wind gusts reached 60 mph in Fulton and a mobile home was heavily damaged in the northeast part of the county.
March 2017	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
May 2013	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
March 2010	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed
March 2010	Hail	Fulton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Callaway 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
Brandon-Bell-Collier House	0.1 miles	1998
Downtown Fulton Historic District	0.4 miles	2004
Robnett-Payne House	0.4 miles	1998
M. Fred Bell Speculative Cottage	0.4 miles	1995
M. Fred Bell Rental Cottage	0.4 miles	1997
George Washington Carver School	0.4 miles	1996

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07000817 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Callaway County	All 17 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.