Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1995. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“G less than years of age or achieved significance information important in prehistory or history. A owned by a religious institution or used for”
Narrative Statement of Significance, National Register nomination for McKee--Pumphrey House. Machine-read text.
one of 35 National Register listings in Knox County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.95000938- 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.
Martinsburg has ever possessed a very patriotic population. At the celebration of July 1, 1861, addresses were made by Henry Hervey and A. J. Lyon, and a good dinner eaten. An accident occurred to mar the pleasures. John Clark had t^'o of his fingers shot off by discharge of a small cannon. Martinsburg contains 300 inhabitants. It was part styled Hanover, and the other part Williamsburg, and the present name is a compromise. The following are the artisans and business men : Philo Higgins, blacksmith; E. Hardiman, tailor; wagon maker, Wm. Henderson ; saddlers, M. L. Dayton, J. M. Bowland ; shoemakers, S. Ejdwell, S. Hollabaugh, S. D. Rouse, M. Chandler, A. Lyon ; Wm. Penick carries on a tanyard ; A. & R. Barnes and Thomas Rodgers are the merchants ; M. L. Dayton sells groceries ; D. Booze keeps the tavern. The physicians are D. H. RalstonTPeter Pickard, and S. B. Dodd. There are five churches : Presbyterian, Rev. H. Hervey ; Methodist, Rev. A. J. Lyon ; Eree Presbyterian, Rev. J. Whitam ; Baptist, Rev. Gr. Tunison ; Associate Reformed, Rev. G. Torrance. Its schools are good, and the Rev. Henry Hervey deserves special commendation for his long and faithful service in the cause of christi- anity and education. Eor over 35 years lie lias devoted himself zealously to tlie work in tliis place. J. M. Coulter is Principal of the Academy ; A. S. Kerr and Miss Susan Jennings are also teachers. The only men now living in the village who were here in 1822 are W. McOreary, 0. Barkalow, and W. Mc Williams. The post-office was established by the name of Hanover in 1820, and changed afterwards to Martinsburg. The postmasters have been I. T>. Johnson (S. P. Warden, deputy), Jacob Pearson, Wesley Spratt, J. H. Pierson, W. Mc- Oreary, Johnson, W. McWilliams, and W. Mc- Oreary.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 6 fires within 5 miles of McKee--Pumphrey House between
2014 and 2020, burning about 11 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
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 374 specimens
collected within 10 miles of McKee--Pumphrey House between 1879 and
1975: 345 Animalia, 21 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by Cobonus, Collector unknown, Collector unspecified and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Martinsburg, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.
Thunderstorm winds downed at least two trees and damaged a few buildings in Martinsburg. A home sustained severe roof and window damage and an adjacent garage was leveled. A barn nearby was also damaged as was a vehicle parked near the leveled garage.
Knox County Sheriff reported several trees down in and near the town of Martinsburg. Some trees were laying on power lines and power is out in Martinsburg.
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.
From the nomination file
2,551 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Statement of significance
Areas of Significance a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Property is associated with the lives of persons X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield. (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. D F a commemorative property. Arebitect/Builder within the past 50 years.
(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): N/A - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 G State Historic Preservation Office D Other State agency - previously listed in the National Register D Federal agency - Local government L University - Other -recordedby Historic American Engineering Record # 1884-1937 Bibilography Register Architecture religious purposes. individual distinction.
distinguishable entity whose components lack Significant Dates James/Daniel McKee Criteria Considerations (Enter categories from instructions) A Property is associated with events that have made County and State Narrative Statement of Significance G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance information important in prehistory or history. A owned by a religious institution or used for 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 95000938, 46 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
2 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.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
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