Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
“Thomas House is a historic home located at Salisbury, Chariton County, Missouri. It was built in 1873, and is a two-story, Italianate style frame dwelling.”
Wikipedia article Frabrishous and Sarah A. Thomas House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Chariton County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Salisbury Township. Historical, Pictorial and Biographical Record, of Chariton County, Missouri, published 1896 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
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 Salisbury Township - 138 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Fabrishous and Sarah A. Thomas House between 2014 and 2018, burning about 97 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122170-02155-03062015-1523 |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122171-02155-03162015-1202 |
| 13 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 122172-02155-03132015-1609 |
| 11 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 26 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 21 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177065-02155-02162018-1054 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fabrishous and Sarah A. Thomas House: 1 past producer. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Sandstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salisbury, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 23 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $20,000 | An NWS co-op observer reported downed trees up to 2 feet in diameter, as well as a metal roof torn off a building. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $10,000 | A barn and shed were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off a residence and toppled several trees nearby. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $5,000 | Law enforcement officials reported downed power lines at the junction of US 24 and SR 5. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 60 mph. Two wooden power poles were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | $1,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds east of Salisbury, knocking down several trees. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Salisbury | - | A supercell produced 1 hail in Salisbury in Chariton County. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Damage of a structure in Salisbury. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Roof damage was reported to a structure in Salisbury due to strong winds as the leading edge of a squall line moved through. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Wind gusts up to 65 mph with tree limbs downed across Salisbury. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Salisbury | - | State Highway NN was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Dispatch reported a tree down in Salisbury. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | A 12 inch diameter tree limb was down in Salisbury. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | Numerous trees were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Salisbury | - | Street flooding reported thoughout town. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Salisbury | - | Water over Highway 24 and Highway 129. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | The sheriff's department transmission tower was blown down. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Salisbury | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Salisbury Square Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2009 |
 | Redding-Hill House | 7.5 miles | 1969 |
 | First Presbyterian Church | 7.5 miles | 1977 |
 | Chariton County Jail and Sheriff's Residence | 7.7 miles | 1997 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 99000744 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Chariton County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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