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Downing Street Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Downing Street Historic District, also known as The English Village, is a national historic district located at Hollister, Taney County, Missouri. The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings built between 1909 and the 1920s as part of a planned village in the Tudor Revival style.”

Wikipedia article Downing Street Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Taney County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 12 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Downing St. between 3rd and 4th Sts., Hollister, 65672
  • When was it listed? December 1978
  • Category. building
  • Township. Oliver township
  • National Register reference number. 78001678 - 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

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Downing Street Historic District between 1993 and 2019, burning about 94 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
23 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
30 June 2018Fireworksunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177232-10601-06302018-2210
25 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation137851-10601-06252016-1730

Every fire recorded in Taney 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 Downing Street Historic District: 14 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Silver Moon MineZincPast Producer
Syler LandIronPast Producer
King Solomons MinesZinc, LeadPast Producer
Richardson MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Ozark Concrete Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Quarry # 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Table Rock Sand + Gravel Pit + PlanSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taney County

Storms near this property

40 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollister, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 4 heavy rain, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHollister1 hurt, $100,000Several trees were blown down near downtown Hollister and near the College of the Ozarks. Two homes sustained significant damage from falling trees. Survey crews estimated the winds around 75 mph.
August 2013Flash FloodHollister$1,000,000This storm report will contain the total estimated damages and cost for the flooding event. Taney County Fire and Rescue evacuated and rescued up to 100 residents in the middle of the night along Turkey Creek in Hollister. The Hidden Valley mobile home park and also near Old Mill Road were the hardest affected areas. Several businesses in downtown Hollister near Turkey Creek were flooded and suffered severe damage. Several homes were completely flooded including two mobile homes that were washed away or destroyed. Several cars were also washed away. The St. James Bridge was completely under water. Several other low water crossings across the county were damaged.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindHollister$90,000A wind gust of 61 knots was reported by spotters in Hollister at 1419 CST. Numerous trees were reported down in Hollister area along Highway 76 and K Highway. At approximately 1425 CST, thunderstorm downburst winds hit the K-Boat Dock, located along Bull Shoals Lake 5 miles south of Forsyth. Thunderstorm winds damaged several boats and broke part of the boat dock off from the main dock.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHollister$20,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged several mobile homes and knocked down large trees.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHollister$10,000Trees were reported down on a commercial building in Hollister near Highway BB and Business 65. A minor gas leak reported as part of the damage.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHollister$10,000Minor roof damage and multiple large tree limbs down were reported. The time was based on radar.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHollister$5,000Several power lines in Hollister and Bull Creek Village were blown down.
May 2019HailHollister$4,000Golf ball sized hail was reported with minor roof and vehicle damage to the home of the resident.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHollister$2,000Severe trees were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHollister$1,000A power pole was blown down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindHollister-Multiple trees and powerlines were reported down.
May 2025Heavy RainHollister-Storm total rainfall amount of 2.77 inches from May 23 through May 27.
July 2024Heavy RainHollister-Public report of 8.14 inches of storm total rainfall.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHollister-Multiple large tree limbs were reported down.
May 2022HailHollister-Quarter sized hail was reported via MPing.
May 2022HailHollister-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2022HailHollister-Quarter sized hail was reported.
May 2022HailHollister-Golf ball sized hail was reported in a mainly rural location.
May 2022HailHollister-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHollister-Multiple trees were reported down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHollister-A private weather station measured a 75 mph wind gust in Hollister. Social media pictures from the same area showed tree damage.
October 2019Heavy RainHollister-A private citizens weather station measure a 24 hour rainfall total of 6.28 inches.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHollister-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across the Hollister, Kirbyville and Powersite areas.
February 2018FloodHollister-The Coon Creek low water crossing in Hollister was underwater and impassable.
March 2018Heavy RainHollister-A 24 hour rainfall total of 2.60 inches was reported.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHollister-Several large tree limbs were blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHollister-Large tree limbs were blown down.
August 2013Flash FloodHollister-Route BB was flooded and closed to traffic.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHollister-Large limbs were down across the road in the vicinity of Evergreen and Rae Streets.
October 2009Flash FloodHollister-Fall Creek Road was closed due to flooding.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindHollister-A few trees were damaged from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2009HailHollister-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHollister-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHollister-no account filed
June 2008HailHollister-no account filed
June 2007HailHollister-no account filed
March 2006HailHollister-no account filed
March 2006HailHollister-no account filed
April 2006HailHollister-no account filed
February 2005HailHollister-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taney 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

3 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Samuel T. and Mary B. Parnell House1.5 miles2008
Branson City Park Historic District1.6 miles1993
John Ross House5.5 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001678 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Taney CountyAll 6 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.