BlockFrom the record
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Bandera County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Langford, B.F., Jr. and Mary Hay, House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 415 Fourteenth St., Bandera, 78003
- When was it listed? March 2004
- Category. building
- Census division. Bandera
- National Register reference number. 04000229 - 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
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Langford, B.F., Jr. and Mary Hay, House between 2005 and 2017, burning about 140 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALMER FIRE |
| 29 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BANDERA FIRE |
| 17 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SISTRUNK |
| 30 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GEORGAN RANCH |
Storms near this property
58 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bandera, the town this property stands in, in 58 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 31 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $500,000 | Thunderstorms produced pea-sized hail and 60 mph wind gusts in Bandera. A building was reported to have been shoved by the winds, but no one was injured. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $25,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down at least ten trees and some power poles on Hwy 16 between Bandera and Medina. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $20,000 | Strong winds from a thunderstorm caused tree and structure damage near the Lost Valley Golf Course. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $15,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over trees and damaged roofs in Bandera. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $15,000 | Trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down trees and peeled back the metal roof of a motel in Bandera. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew down some large Oak trees and damaged a barn northwest of Bandera. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Bandera | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a tree which blocked a street in Bandera. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail along Hwy 173 approximately six miles south of Bandera. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Several rounds of thunderstorms dropped 2-5 inches of rain causing flash flooding. The Medina River overflowed the bridge on 1st St. in Bandera. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Several rounds of thunderstorms dropped 2-5 inches of rain causing flash flooding. The Medina River overflowed the bridge on Schmidtke Rd. in Bandera. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Bandera. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail west of Bandera. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several roads in eastern Bandera County including Whartons Dock Rd., Schmidtke Rd., and Lake Forest Rd. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced egg size hail in Bandera. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in downtown Bandera. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bandera. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 65 mph at the Rock Cliff Reservoir weather station between Bandera and Medina. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 60 mph by a personal weather station near FM 3240 and Panther Hollow Dr. between Bandera and Medina. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail in Bandera from 3:10 PM until 3:13 PM. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to quarter size in Bandera. Most of the hail was nickel to dime size with a few stones the size of quarters. |
| January 2020 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail southwest of Bandera. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Bandera. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Bandera. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Parts of Hwy 16 and Hwy 173 were closed near Bandera due to water over the road. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Hwy 16 near Mansfield Park along the Medina River west of Bandera. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing a low water crossing on Peaceful Valley Rd. near Hwy 16 along the Medina River. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding resulting in numerous high water rescues in and around Bandera. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Bandera | - | Penny size hail was reported near the city of Bandera by the public. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding and closed Highway 173 between Bandera and Devine. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bandera | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and damaged roofs in the area of Lakehills on the north side of Medina Lake. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Bandera | - | The Medina River at Bandera crested at 16.7 ft on 07/21 at 1115cst, where flood stage is 13 ft. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Bandera | - | Thunderstorms in the late afternoon produced between 2 and 3 inches of rain near Vanderpool. The flash flooding that developed very quickly closed SH187 south of Vanderpool. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | Sheriff's Department reports the roof of a mobile home was blown off. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| December 1997 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bandera | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Bandera | - | 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.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Bandera County Courthouse and Jail | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
| Bandera County Courthouse and Jail | 0.3 miles | 1979 |
 | Jureczki House | 0.6 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 04000229 in Record Group 79. |
| Bandera County | All 5 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.