Wardell House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“The Wardell House was a historic home located at 1 Wardell Rd. in Macon, Macon County, Missouri. It was built in 1890, and it was a three-story, Queen Anne-style frame dwelling over a full basement.”
Wikipedia article Wardell House (Macon, Missouri), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Macon County · listed in 1986 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1 Wardell Rd., Macon, 63552
When was it listed? March 1986
Category. building
Township. Hudson township
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
National Register reference number. 86000333 - 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Wardell House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 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	10
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	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
7 April 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 April 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
29 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	176845-06134-04292018-1314
28 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	176716-06134-04282018-1527
4 March 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.1 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	166013-06134-03042018-1105
30 March 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
3 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	60 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
27 March 2002	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Storms near this property

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macon, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 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 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	$150,000	Thunderstorm winds gusted to 63 mph (55 knots) at the Macon Airport. Significant damage occurred to two hangars with roofs blown off and walls blown down. Large hail also occurred.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	$40,000	Two silos destroyed and trees uprooted.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	$5,000	Tractor trailer and 1 ton truck blown over.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	$5,000	Strong winds tore apart the roof of a barn at the northeast side of Macon.
May 2024	Hail	Macon	-	Half dollar size hail was reported 1 mile north of Macon, MO.
June 2010	Flood	Macon	-	Six inches of water reported over a bridge on Highway C, one mile north of Highway T.
June 2006	Flash Flood	Macon	-	Street flooding reported in Macon. 10 inches of flowing water reported over roads.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	Large trees down.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Macon	-	Water over Jaguar Street.
May 2004	Flash Flood	Macon	-	Several roads closed due to heavy rain.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Macon	-	Route PP and DD closed due to water over the roadway.
October 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	Law enforcement officials reported 60-65 mph wind gusts.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	Storm spotters estimated wind gusts at 70 mph.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	The sheriff's department reported 60 mph wind gusts.
May 1998	Hail	Macon	-	Severe thunderstorms over Macon County dropped nickel-size hail 5 miles west of Macon and dime-size hail 7 miles northeast of Macon.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Macon	-	Heavy rainfall continued through daybreak resulting in continued flooding of numerous roadways across Macon County, including Highway 63. The Macon County Sheriff's office reported a total of 5 road closures as a result of the flooding, including Highway 165 west of La Platta. All roads were reopened after 8 AM.
June 1998	Hail	Macon	-	The Macon County Sheriff's Office reported dime-size hail a mile north of Macon.
June 1998	Hail	Macon	-	Golfball-size hail was reported during a severe thunderstorm in Macon by the Macon Police.
July 1998	Flash Flood	Macon	-	Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches over sections of Macon County resulted in significant road flooding especially along Highway 63 which was closed between 1:23 AM and 2:29 AM CST. Highway 63 was closed from Macon northward to the Adair County line.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	An amateur radio operator measured a 55 MPH wind gust during a thunderstorm 10 miles northeast of Macon.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	Severe thunderstorms moved through the county, causing significant wind damage. Several trees were downed in the Ethel area, with more widespread damage around Macon. Wind gusts to 60 mph were recorded at the Macon airport, with several reports of downed trees in and around the city. Trees partially blocked PP highway southeast of town. A barn was damaged at the fairgrounds, and a grain bin was blown over onto the street. Damage was done to the screen at the drive-in theater, as well as to the marquis and surrounding fences. Five power poles were downed, and a roof was blown off of a building at the Heartland Building Supply.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	Severe thunderstorms moved through the county, causing significant wind damage. Several trees were downed in the Ethel area, with more widespread damage around Macon. Wind gusts to 60 mph were recorded at the Macon airport, with several reports of downed trees in and around the city. Trees partially blocked PP highway southeast of town. A barn was damaged at the fairgrounds, and a grain bin was blown over onto the street. Damage was done to the screen at the drive-in theater, as well as to the marquis and surrounding fences. Five power poles were downed, and a roof was blown off of a building at the Heartland Building Supply.
March 2008	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Macon	-	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed
May 1994	Hail	Macon	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Macon 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

2 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Macon County Courthouse and Annex	0.2 miles	1978
	Blees Military Academy	1.6 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000333 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Macon County	All 9 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.
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.