Thomas Nelson House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“Thomas Nelson House, also known as Forest Hill, is a historic home located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri. It was built in 1843, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style brick dwelling with a rear ell.”
Wikipedia article Thomas Nelson House (Boonville, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 39 National Register listings published here for Cooper County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Nelson, Thomas, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 700 Tenth St., Boonville, 65233
When was it listed? March 1990
Category. building
Also known as. Boonville Missouri MRA
Township. Boonville township
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 82005302 - 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.

The ground it stands on

4,051 words

The chapter on Boonville Township in A History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876 names Boonville. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway crosses the river here, on the great iron, bridge, putting the city in direct communication with the lakes at Chicago, and the Gulf of Mexico at Galveston, Texas. And the Osage Valley & Southern Kansas railroad connects Boonville with the Missouri Pacific railroad at Tipton.

Passage source: A History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876.

Mrs. Hannah Cole, mother of Capt. Samuel Cole, made the first settlement on a part of the land on which Boonville is located, in the year 1810, and took a pre-emption, which she sold to Bird Lockhart and Henry Carroll, January 25th, 1819, for a trifle. The first settler in the old limits of Boonville was Gilliard Roupe, who built his residence on the lot now owned and occupied by Capt. James Thompson, on the south side of Spring street, near the cement factory. (This information was obtained from Samuel Cole, William Gibson and Judge McFarland.) The stream in the western portion of the ''old town" was called from his name, "Roupe's Branch." The next was a ferry house, built by Roupe, at the mouth of the above branch, where he had a ferry landing. The first ferry was kept by the widow Cole's boys. There were several houses built on the flat below the branch, extending south as far as the corner of Morgan and Second streets, before the town was located.

Passage source: A History of Cooper County, Missouri, from the First Visit by White Men in February, 1804, to the Fifth Day of July, 1876, published 1876.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Boonville Township - 4,051 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

31 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Nelson House between 1999 and 2020, burning about 264 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/undetermined	14
Debris and open burning	10
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	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
29 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
26 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	251267-02732-09262020-2010
2 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	190053-02732-09162019-1015
2 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	190049-02732-08022019-1115
17 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	251265-02732-08172020-1610
16 August 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
28 July 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Cooper County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Nelson House: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Booneville Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Klusmeyer Mine	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 Cooper County

Storms near this property

60 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boonville, the town this property stands in, in 107 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 57 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 10 flash flood, 5 flood. 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
April 1999	Tornado (F1)	Boonville	$750,000	A tornado developed 4 miles south of Boonville and moved quickly northeast, damaging a church and downing several trees and power poles 4 miles south of Boonville. Three eighteen-wheelers were overturned.
August 2005	Tornado (F0)	Boonville	$50,000	F0 gustnado along the leading edge of a line of thunderstorms produced damage to several homes in southwest Boonville. Also roofs torn off trailers, and numerous trees downed.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$50,000	Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a church.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$50,000	Strong wind tore one-fourth of the roof off a school building.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$50,000	Strong winds broke large tree limbs and blew down power lines.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$30,000	Thunderstorm winds gusted to near hurricane strength in Boonville, downing power lines and trees. A vehicle was damaged when a large tree fell on it, and several residents reported damage to their roofs.
June 2009	Hail	Boonville	$10,000	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$5,000	A barn roof was blown off. Large tree branches were down, and power outages were reported. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
May 2000	Lightning	Boonville	$5,000	A house in Boonville was damaged by a lightning strike.
March 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$5,000	Three billboards were blown down and destroyed at the junction of Interstate 70 and Highway 87.
March 1993	Hail	Boonville	$5,000	Golfball-size hail was reported by a weather spotter.
October 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$2,000	A shed was blown onto a truck, and windows were blown out of a house, on Prairie Lick Road.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$2,000	Minor roof damage reported.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	Window blown out of a downtown Boonville building.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	$1,000	Power lines reported down.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Downed wires and power outages on the southeast side of Boonville.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Downed tree and wires near Sycamore Street in Boonville.
June 2024	Hail	Boonville	-	Quarter size hail was reported south of Boonville.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Powerlines were reported down in front of KWRT radio station in Boonville. There were also several trees down across the area.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Multiple trees down in and around Boonville.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Several roads were flooding with running water in Boonville.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	A maple tree was downed in Boonville. Numerous other tress were damaged or broken.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Power lines and a tree came down in Booneville.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Emergency Manager reported power lines down near Boonville.
March 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Several large trees were blown down in the city of Booneville, Missouri and power outages were reported.
September 2014	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Highway U and Doyle Road were closed due to high water. Highway 87, 500 feet from Interstate 70 overpass was closed due to high water and several reports of accidents due to hydroplaning.
May 2013	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	One foot of water was reported over U Highway and Doyle Road.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Numerous trees were reported blown down.
April 2008	Flood	Boonville	-	The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 21.68 feet, or 5.68 feet above flood stage.
June 2007	Flood	Boonville	-	The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 16.85 feet, or 0.85 feet above flood stage.
February 2007	Flood	Boonville	-	The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 18.25 feet, or 2.25 feet above flood stage.
February 2007	Flood	Boonville	-	Snow and ice melt caused the Petite Saline Creek near Boonville to crest at 17.30 feet, or 1.30 feet above flood stage.
April 2006	Flood	Boonville	-	The Petite Saline Creek near Boonville crested at 16.00 feet, or right at flood stage.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Large tree limbs down.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Large trees blown down in Boonville.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	County roads under water.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Trees reported down on Highway 40.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Heavy rains caused flooding on several roads.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Heavy rains caused flooding on several roads.
May 2002	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	Doyle road and U highway closed due to high water.
May 2002	Flash Flood	Boonville	-	U highway near Boonville closed due to high water over the road.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Tree blocking highway 90.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Boonville police reported 60 mph wind gusts.
August 2000	Hail	Boonville	-	Dime size hail was reported at mile marker 106 on Interstate 70.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	A spotter reported trees down in Boonville as a result of a 59 MPH gust during a thunderstorm. The damaging thunderstorm winds also blew a 10 inch diameter tree on top of a house in Boonville.
June 1998	Hail	Boonville	-	The Cooper County Sheriff's Office reported dime-size hail during a severe thunderstorm at Boonville.
June 1998	Hail	Boonville	-	Nickel-size hail was reported during a severe thunderstorm in Boonville by the Cooper County Sheriff's Office.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	The Cooper County Sheriff's office reported a wind gust to 64 MPH in Boonville. On the west side of Boonville, a tree 14 inches in diameter was blown down resulting in a blocked roadway.
February 1998	Heavy Rain	Boonville	-	One to three inches of rain fell over Cooper County on the evening of the 20th and early morning hours of the 21st. This resulted in flooding of roadways. Route U, about 2 miles south of I-70 was completely closed due to high water.
July 1997	Hail	Boonville	-	A severe weather spotter reported half dollar-size hail in Boonville at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Route 87.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Boonville	-	Severe thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 MPH and knocked down 4 large trees in Boonville near the intersection of 87 Highway and Interstate 70.
February 2017	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
April 2014	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
September 2012	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Boonville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cooper 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
Historic District H	0.3 miles	1983
Historic District F	0.3 miles	1983
Wilbur T. and Rhoda Stephens Johnson House	0.3 miles	1990
John S. Dauwalter House	0.4 miles	1990
Morton-Myer House	0.4 miles	1990
Historic District E	0.4 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82005302 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cooper County	All 39 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.