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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Hunt County · listed in 2001 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
President's House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. SW of Circle Dr., N of Stonewall St., bet. Campbell and Bois D'Arc Sts., Commerce, 75428
- When was it listed? November 2001
- Category. building
- Census division. Commerce
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 01001264 - 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
234 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of President's House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,242 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 103 |
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMMERCE LAND FILL FIRE |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CREWS HELP FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROOSTER FIRE/CR 4510 |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CULVER |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4TH |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSE PEN |
| 28 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4319 CR 4509 |
Storms near this property
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Commerce, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 23 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $500,000 | Numerous and substantial damage was reported in and around Commerce. An estimated 10-15 homes and 8-10 cars were heavily damaged by straight line winds. Trees were snapped in half and some trees fell down on homes, on power lines, and also on streets. Some of the trees that were snapped or uprooted were several feet in diameter. Also, the pavilion at the city park was leveled, and just west of town, the roof was torn off a small house that was being used for storage. |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Commerce | $150,000 | no account filed |
| October 2010 | Hail | Commerce | $100,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Commerce. The local newspaper reported some minor roof damage and lots of car damage from the hail. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Commerce | $90,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported in Commerce, including on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce. The large hail lasted for approximately fifteen minutes. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $60,000 | Multiple downed trees were reported in Commerce. The roof was also blown off of a house. Multiple vehicle accidents were also reported in Commerce, including an overturned 18 wheeler. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Commerce | $50,000 | Emergency manager reported an estimated 3.5 inch hailstone just north of Commerce, via picture. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged several school buildings and four mobile homes. An eighteen wheeler was blown over and power lines were blown down. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $50,000 | At Humbolt (6 SW Commerce), roof damage occurred to the Community Center, and trees were blown down at a cemetery. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $40,000 | Strong winds blew a tree onto a house. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $15,000 | Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down on Park Street in Commerce. Trees were also blown down on Highway 24 northeast of town. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by strong winds. A convenience store was also damaged. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Commerce | $10,000 | Several streets and roads were closed in Commerce due to flooding. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $10,000 | Emergency management reported that the roof was blown off of the Outback Apartment Complex in Commerce, TX. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $10,000 | A car wash that was being renovated was blown down onto a van, fences, telephone poles, and two storage shed were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $7,000 | A number of trees were blown down in Commerce. Some of the trees were 2-3 feet in diameter. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $5,000 | Emergency management reported several large trees blown down and several buildings without power. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $5,000 | There were numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $2,000 | Trees and tree limbs down in Commerce. Some stop signs and power lines were also knocked down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $1,000 | Report received via mPing of small tree branches broken and shingles blown off homes. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $500 | A tree was blown down across Highway 24 on the Hunt/Delta county line. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Commerce | - | Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail north northwest of Commerce. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | - | Delayed Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken; Power poles broken. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Commerce | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail about a mile west-southwest of Commerce, TX. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Commerce | - | A report from broadcast media indicated quarter-sized hail in southeast Commerce. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Commerce | - | One inch hail was reported on the southern side of Commerce. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Commerce | - | Hail to the size of pennies was reported in Commerce. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Commerce | - | Several street in Commerce were closed due to several hours of moderate to heavy rainfall but conditions were improving at the time the report was received. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Commerce | - | The ground was covered with penny-size hail. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Commerce | - | Flooding was reported on roads in town. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Commerce | - | Numerous streets were flooded. |
| October 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Commerce | - | A narrow tornado briefly touched down on the west side of Commerce. No damage reports were received. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | - | A large tree was blown down in front of the high school, and some trees were blown down around town. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Commerce | - | no account filed |
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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01001264 in Record Group 79. |
| Hunt County | All 9 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.