Renfrow Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Noble County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

Sources: 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.
Address. 127 W. Main St., Billings, 74630
When was it listed? September 1984
Category. building
Also known as. Renfrow, T.F., Historic Properties TR
Census division. Billings
National Register reference number. 84003365 - 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.

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Renfrow Building: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Noble County

Storms near this property

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Billings, the town this property stands in, in 64 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 32 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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)	Billings	1 hurt, $30,000	no account filed
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	$10,000	A tractor trailer was blown over.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	$10,000	Wind damage was reported on the south side of town. Several four to five inch diameter tree limbs and two power poles were downed. Several homes also received shingle damage.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	$3,000	Numerous trees were downed, and damage was sustained to a house roof.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	$10	Large tree limbs were downed.
September 2025	Hail	Billings	-	The report was relayed through mPING.
May 2024	Hail	Billings	-	MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (2015-2025 LST) to report time.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	Estimated by spotter.
October 2017	Flash Flood	Billings	-	Highway 15 experienced water over the roadway.
October 2016	Flash Flood	Billings	-	State highway 15 was closed 1 mile west of I-35 due to flooding.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	Time estimated from radar. No damage reported.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Billings	-	Highway 15 west of I-35 closed due to high water.
May 2010	Hail	Billings	-	The hail dented the siding and broke the windows of several cars. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
May 2009	Tornado (EF1)	Billings	-	Radar data and damage reports indicate the tornado traveled from one and one-half miles southwest of Billings to four miles east-southeast of Billings. Trees and power lines were damaged along its path as it moved east-southeast. Monetary damage estimates were not available.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	No damage was reported with the wind gust.
April 2002	Tornado (F0)	Billings	-	After exiting Garfield County, this tornado moved approximately one mile before dissipating. No damage was observed or reported in Noble County.
April 1999	Hail	Billings	-	Hail was reported on Interstate 35 on the Kay/Noble County line.
October 1997	Tornado (F0)	Billings	-	A tornado was observed by spotters. No damage was reported.
May 2024	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
October 2011	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2010	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
June 2005	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
March 2004	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
April 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
October 2001	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
June 1999	Flash Flood	Billings	-	no account filed
February 1999	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
September 1999	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
April 1999	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
April 1995	Hail	Billings	-	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Billings	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Noble 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
	Renfrow House	under 500 feet	1984

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84003365 in Record Group 79.
Noble County	All 13 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.
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.