Thomas and Mary Williams Homestead

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The Thomas and Mary Williams Homestead, near Taylor, Nebraska, has significance dating to 1884. Its 80-acre (32 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 with seven contributing buildings and three other contributing structures.”
Wikipedia article Thomas and Mary Williams Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Loup County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

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

The listing

Listed as. Williams, Thomas and Mary, Homestead - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Approx. 0.5 mi. E of Taylor, off a gravel road., Taylor, 68823
When was it listed? December 1998
Category. building
Precinct. Kent precinct
National Register reference number. 98001565 - 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

18 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Thomas and Mary Williams Homestead between 2007 and 2020, burning about 2,058 acres in total. 3 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	5
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
15 September 2007	Natural	5.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
23 August 2014	Natural	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
16 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
2 July 2017	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
18 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
18 July 2007	Natural	1.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
13 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nebraska Forest Service	not named
17 May 2013	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Nebraska Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Loup County

Storms near this property

60 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor, the town this property stands in, in 110 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 83 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
October 2000	Tornado (F1)	Taylor	$500,000	The tornado was on the ground as it moved into Loup county 2 miles southeast of Taylor. The tornado moved north northeast reaching a ranch 1 mile southeast of Taylor where several buildings were damaged. Then 2 outbuildings were destroyed at a farmstead 3 miles north northeast of Taylor with several buildings damaged including the home. There was also extensive damage to machinery, fences and power poles. As the tornado remained on the ground a farm building was damaged and pickup truck overturned 4 miles north northeast of Taylor before the tornado lifted.
July 2000	Hail	Taylor	$100,000	no account filed
July 2001	Tornado (F0)	Taylor	$50,000	As the supercell continued to track northeast and intensify, a second tornado touched down on the north side of the reservoir about 17 miles north northeast of Taylor. The second tornado was larger and longer lived as it moved across open rangeland. Four windmills were destroyed and 36 cattle were instantly killed. An additional 14 cattle were destroyed due to injuries. The tornado lifted as it moved toward the Loup and Garfield county line on the north side of Calamus Reservoir.
May 1998	Hail	Taylor	$30,000	Crops and property sustained significant damage due to large hail.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	$20,000	Downburst thunderstorm winds caused damage to a couple of farmsteads. A trailer home sustained damage as well as livestock and irrigation equipment. Other losses included a few head of cattle killed.
May 2004	Hail	Taylor	$20,000	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Taylor	$20,000	no account filed
March 1998	Lightning	Taylor	$16,000	Lightning struck and killed 20 head of cattle.
July 2001	Hail	Taylor	$15,000	no account filed
July 2001	Hail	Taylor	$15,000	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Taylor	$10,000	Several corn fields were stripped around Taylor.
May 1998	Hail	Taylor	$10,000	Large hail damaged alfalfa, pastures and other crops. Considerable damage was sustained to windows, siding and roofs.
July 2001	Hail	Taylor	$10,000	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Taylor	$10,000	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Taylor	$8,000	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	$7,000	Strong thunderstorm winds up to 60 knots downed power lines and numerous trees.
October 2001	Tornado (F0)	Taylor	$6,000	An F0 tornado touched down briefly and destroyed two calving sheds. Doors were also blown off a pole barn, fences were destroyed and power lines were down. A 400 pound calf was killed by flying debris.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	$5,000	A full tree broke off and fell across power lines.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	$5,000	Trees uprooted due to high winds.
June 2007	Hail	Taylor	$5,000	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Taylor	$5,000	no account filed
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	$4,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
August 2002	Hail	Taylor	$4,000	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Taylor	$4,000	no account filed
May 2003	Hail	Taylor	$3,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Taylor	$2,000	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Taylor	$2,000	no account filed
August 1997	Hail	Taylor	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds and hail broke house windows.
May 2004	Hail	Taylor	$1,000	no account filed
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Public estimated winds of at least 60 mph.
July 2023	Hail	Taylor	-	Public reported quarter size hail near Taylor.
May 2022	Hail	Taylor	-	Hail up to 5 inches in diameter reported by a storm chaser at this location.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 MPH were reported by the Burwell Fire Department along with heavy rain and zero visibility.
August 2019	Flash Flood	Taylor	-	There was reports of water over Highway 91 from Taylor to Burwell.
August 2019	Hail	Taylor	-	Time of report is estimated between midnight and 1230 AM.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	No information available.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Several large tree limbs were blocking Nebraska state highway 91 between Taylor and Burwell, closing the road.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Several large tree branches were downed in the park in Taylor.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Law enforcement estimated 70 mph wind gusts.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph in Taylor.
April 2015	Hail	Taylor	-	Penny sized hail covered the ground.
September 2015	Hail	Taylor	-	Tree limbs reported down in addition to golf ball sized hail.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Strong winds reported.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH produced tree damage with numerous large branches down.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	General public estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
May 2012	Hail	Taylor	-	Hail lasted for ten minutes.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Taylor	-	Winds blew lawn furniture around yard.
April 2004	Hail	Taylor	-	Hail covered the ground.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Taylor	-	The tornado touched down briefly over open rangeland.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Taylor	-	The tornado made a brief touchdown over open rangeland.
June 2003	Tornado (F0)	Taylor	-	The tornado touched down briefly in open rangeland.
July 2001	Tornado (F0)	Taylor	-	A brief tornado touchdown occurred northeast of Taylor on the south side of Calamus Reservoir over open rangeland. No damage was reported.
May 2025	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
May 2025	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
June 2024	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
July 2018	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
July 2018	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
June 2018	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed
April 2017	Hail	Taylor	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Loup 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

1 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
	Pavillion Hotel	0.5 miles	1989

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 98001565 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Loup County	All 2 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.