McCormick Distillery

Built in 1856. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Platte County · listed in 1974 · category: District · built in 1856.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 sitess, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. MO JJ, Weston, 64098
When was it listed? April 1974
Category. district
Township. Weston township
When was it built? 1856
National Register reference number. 74001090 - 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

16 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of McCormick Distillery between 2015 and 2018, burning about 45 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	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5

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
19 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Leavenworth County	119
15 June 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Leavenworth County	93
15 May 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Leavenworth County	81
12 April 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Leavenworth County	70
7 March 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Kansas Forest Service	32
4 March 2017	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Leavenworth County	40
3 March 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Leavenworth County	37
22 March 2017	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Leavenworth County	61

Every fire recorded in Platte County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of McCormick Distillery: 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Baker Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Benner Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Harris Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Spratt Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Spratt Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Stephens 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

Every working recorded in Platte County

Storms near this property

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weston, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
November 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	$200,000	Several businesses and residences suffered roof damage and partial collapses. There were also many tree branches reported down.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	$2,000	Trees and power lines down.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	$2,000	no account filed
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	A tree fell onto a home near Weston, requiring response from local fire department.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	Several trees were knocked onto homes and three intersections were blocked by downed trees.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Weston	-	A small bridge over a creek near Humes Rd and Goodlet Circle was flooded.
July 2015	Flash Flood	Weston	-	Flooding was reported near the intersection of P Highway and Highway 273/45 through Weston.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	The public estimated winds at around 60 mph.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	Roof damage to a metal shed near Weston.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 75 mph. Several trees and large branches were reported down.
April 2003	Tornado (F0)	Weston	-	Tornado touchdown in open country, noted by trained spotters near Snow Creek ski resort. Also visible by KCI tower personnel.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	Emergency manager reported 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts with 3/4 inch hail.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	A 3-ft diameter, 60-foot tall tree was downed in Weston. Numerous smaller tree limbs and power lines were also downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 1997	Hail	Weston	-	A Kansas City television station reported dime-size hail in Weston.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	Severe thunderstorms produced dime to quarter-size hail over Weston.
March 2016	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
September 2015	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
March 2002	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Weston	-	no account filed
June 1994	Hail	Weston	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Platte 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

5 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
Missouri District Warehouse	1.6 miles	2010
Weston Historic District	1.6 miles	1972
Pleasant Ridge United Baptist Church	2.6 miles	2002
Frederick Krause Mansion	5.6 miles	1978
Platte County Courthouse	5.6 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74001090 in Record Group 79.
Platte County	All 12 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.