Minatree Catron House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“Minatree Catron House, also known as Minatree Acres, is a historic home located near Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. It was built about 1843, and is a two-story, central passage plan, Greek Revival style brick I-house.”
Wikipedia article Minatree Catron House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 32 National Register listings published here for Lafayette County · listed in 1997 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Catron, Minatree, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 0.1 mi W of jct. of US 24 and MO 110, Lexington, 64067
When was it listed? November 1997
Category. building
Also known as. Antebellum Resources of Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, and Saline Counties MPS
Township. Lexington township
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 97001432 - 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

37,082 words

The chapter on Lexington Township in History of Lafayette County, Mo. , Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri; a Military Record of Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War .., published 1881 names Lexington. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The first time that the name " Lexington " occurs in the early court records of Lillard county is under date of August 6, 1822. The record says: " It is ordered that David Ward, Absalom Coleman, Robert W. Rankin, and Joseph. Hobson, or any three of them, being first sworn, be appointed to view the nearest and best route for a road to run from Lexington by way of the upper ford of the Big Sniabar to Stokely's Ferry, on -the Missouri river." Then again, August 19th, it is ordered that John Nelson, Markham Fristoe, Ira Bidwell and Jacob Catron, shall lay out a road from Lexington to intersect the road leading from the salt works to Jack's Ferry. This ferry had been established by Wm. Jack, in 1819, its landing place being a little below the mouth of Graham's Branch, or near the foot of Commerce street, which was graded down the bluff and well paved, as the grand thoroughfare from the city on the bluff down to her steamboat landing. But from the very spot where Jack's Ferry, and afterward steamboats used to land, it is now, 18S1, a half mile or more over solid land to the water's edge in the Missouri river; and the Lexington and Kansas City Railroad (narrow gauge), runs here for half a mile over ground where the river used to flow from ten to twenty-five feet deep.

Passage source: History of Lafayette County, Mo. , Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns, and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri; a Military Record of Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War .., published 1881.

Tne first plat in the book of town plats of the county is that of Lexington - the original village, or old town, which was about a mile and a half from the river at Jack's ferry. (The Missouri Pacific railroad depot is now, 1881, in Old Lexington. The following certificate accompanies the plat: State of Missouri,

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 Lexington Township - 37,082 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Minatree Catron House between 2011 and 2018, burning about 17 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	3
Debris and open burning	2
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
11 May 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missouri Department of Conservation	178153-05438-05112018-1935
21 April 2018	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	178146-05438-04212018-1415
2 April 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
5 March 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	137763-02459-03052016-1655
16 March 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	124950-05438-03162015-1747
15 October 2011	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Minatree Catron House: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Unknown S&G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this property

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lexington, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash 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
May 2000	Tornado (F1)	Lexington	$75,000	A tornado, witnessed by two citizens, destroyed several outbuildings and damaged the roof of an earth-contact home 7 miles southeast of Lexington, MO.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	$25,000	Trees and power lines were downed along Highway 224 just west of Lexington. An empty boxcar was knocked off a nearby railroad track.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	$12,000	Severe thunderstorm winds blew a tree into a house in Lexington.
June 2000	Tornado (F0)	Lexington	$10,000	A law enforcement officer reported that the tornado touched down just southeast of Lexington and moved east for 1 mile. Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2011	Tornado (EF0)	Lexington	$500	At 1338CST a brief EF0 tornado touched down 1 mile east of Lexington, and moved east about a third of a mile, before lifting at 1340CST. Law enforcement reported that one outbuilding was destroyed.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Downed tree limbs in the Lexington area.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Multiple reports of downed wires and power outages in the Lexington area.
June 2023	Hail	Lexington	-	Quarter sized hail was reported on the north side of Lexington.
June 2023	Hail	Lexington	-	Social media photo of a hail stone larger than 4 inches in diameter on the southeast side of Lexington.
June 2023	Hail	Lexington	-	Tennis ball sized hail was reported at Lexington Middle School.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Large tree limbs of unknown size or condition, along with some power lines were down.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Approximately two foot branch snapped off and pushed up against the exterior wall of the Lafayette Regional health Center. No damage was reported to the hospital.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	A car port was blown into the roadway near Lexington.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Several trees of unknown size or condition were down across Lexington.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Numerous tree limbs were down with a large tree uprooted on the north side of Lexington. Power was also reported out across town.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 65 mph.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Trees reported down.
May 2002	Flash Flood	Lexington	-	Highway 224 closed due to high water.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Large tree blown down.
April 2000	Hail	Lexington	-	Nickel to quarter size hail and 60 mph thunderstorm winds were reported by law enforcement officials in Lexington.
June 1998	Hail	Lexington	-	Lexington Police Deptment reported dime-size hail during a severe thunderstorm over Lexington County.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts downed 3 inch tree limbs in Lexington.
June 1998	Hail	Lexington	-	The Lexington Police reported dime-size hail in Lexington.
July 1995	Hail	Lexington	-	A severe thunderstorm produced hail up to an inch in diameter one mile east of Lexington.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Lexington	-	Large trees were knocked down along Highway 13.
May 2017	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
April 2005	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
October 1998	Hail	Lexington	-	no account filed
October 1998	Flash Flood	Lexington	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Thomas Shelby House	0.7 miles	1997
Hicklin School	1.4 miles	2004
Hicklin Hearthstone	1.7 miles	1982
Robinson, William, P., House	2.6 miles	1997
Linwood Lawn	2.9 miles	1973
George Johnson House	3.0 miles	1993

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97001432 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lafayette County	All 32 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.