Penick House

Built in 1912. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Texas County · listed in 1984 · category: Building · built in 1912.

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. 218 N. East St., Texhoma, 73939
When was it listed? September 1984
Category. building
Census division. West Texas
When was it built? 1912
National Register reference number. 84003436 - 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

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Penick House between 2011 and 2016, burning about 8,500 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	1
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
24 May 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	7,500 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	OSLO FIRE
22 October 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,000 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GUN FIRE

Every fire recorded in Texas 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 Penick House: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
	Unknown Caliche Pit	Limestone, General	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Texas County

Storms near this property

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texhoma, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 33 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2008	Hail	Texhoma	$10,000	The golfball size hail was reported on Oklahoma State Highway 95...and caused damage to a vehicle.
June 2025	Hail	Texhoma	$5,000	no account filed
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Texhoma	$1,000	The Emergency Management Office in Texas County in the central Oklahoma Panhandle reported that the thunderstorm wind gusts removed a hog barn roof which then was thrown into power lines. There were no reports of injuries or fatalities.
June 2024	Flood	Texhoma	-	Flood waters still present around 1500CDT on the 19th.
June 2024	Flash Flood	Texhoma	-	Many roadways were completely covered by water in and out of both Goodwell and Guymon. The emergency manager in Guymon reported that a total of 30 high water rescues were conducted across the county.
May 2019	Hail	Texhoma	-	Accumulating hail on US Highway 54 up to half dollar size.
May 2018	Hail	Texhoma	-	Quarters sized hail reported.
May 2018	Hail	Texhoma	-	Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported.
August 2017	Hail	Texhoma	-	Mostly dime size hail with a few nickels. Max wind gusts were 50 MPH.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Texhoma	-	A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southwestern Kansas and southeastern Colorado and into the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 24th. As this cluster of storms moved near the town of Texhoma (Texas County), a member of the public 3 miles west of Texhoma (Texas County) reported an estimated 60 mph thunderstorm downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move the south-southeast and entered the northern Texas Panhandle.
June 2013	Hail	Texhoma	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east across the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As this thunderstorm neared Texhoma (Texas County), a trained storm spotter one mile northeast of Texhoma (Texas County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
August 2013	Heavy Rain	Texhoma	-	Near stationary thunderstorms developed along a northward moving thunderstorm outflow boundary during the afternoon hours of the 12th. Thunderstorms over Texas County produced heavy rain while remaining over generally the same area. A trained storm spotter 12 miles north of Texhoma (Texas County) reported a storm total accumulation of 2.94 inches. No swift water rescues or stranded motorist were reported in association to this heavy rain.
June 2013	Hail	Texhoma	-	A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east across the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As this thunderstorm neared Texhoma (Texas County), a member of the public in Texhoma (Texas County) reported ping pong ball size hail (1.50 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county.
May 2003	Tornado (F0)	Texhoma	-	The tornado remained over open country. No damage or injuries were reported.
May 2002	Tornado (F0)	Texhoma	-	The tornado remained over open country and no damage was reported. The path length and width were estimated.
May 1995	Hail	Texhoma	-	The storm north of Texhoma damaged two barns, some hay, and destroyed some livestock. The hail fell to a depth of over six inches. Reports came in from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Texas County EMC.
June 1994	Hail	Texhoma	-	Dime size hail was reported by the Texhoma Fire Department.
June 1994	Hail	Texhoma	-	Dime-size hail was reported by the Texhoma Fire Department.
July 1994	Hail	Texhoma	-	Dime-size hail was reported by a Guymon radio station.
May 2024	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2024	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
September 2003	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 2002	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
March 2001	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
September 2001	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
April 2000	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Texhoma	-	no account filed
May 1995	Hail	Texhoma	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Texas 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
	Franklin Hall	6.5 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84003436 in Record Group 79.
Texas County	All 17 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.