BlockFrom the record
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Van Zandt County · listed in 2004 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William H. and Molly P. Humphries House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Humphries, William H. and Molly P., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 201 S. Main St., Edgewood, 75117
- When was it listed? August 2004
- Category. building
- Census division. Edgewood
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
- National Register reference number. 04000890 - 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
126 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of William H. and Molly P. Humphries House between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3301 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3705 |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIKE GOODE |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-152 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 REKINDLE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 VZCR 3103 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4809 VZCR 3502 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of William H. and Molly P. Humphries House: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
Storms near this property
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgewood, the town this property stands in, in 27 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | $90,000 | The Van Zandt County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail approximately one mile north of Edgewood. The hail broke windows and damaged several roofs. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $30,000 | Very strong thunderstorm winds damaged 3 homes, 2 barns, a gas station, and a tire store in Edgewood. At the tire store, part of the roof facade was torn of and hanging in front of the building. In addition, many tree limbs and trees were knocked down. Several carports were also damaged. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn in the Edgewood area and impaled wood from the barn into the side of a nearby manufactured home. Large tree limbs were also knocked down on the property. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Edgewood | $20,000 | Baseball sized hail fell in the Edgewood Community in Van Zandt County. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $10,000 | An oak tree fell onto a house in Edgewood. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $10,000 | A house was unroofed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $5,000 | Roof and structural damage was reported at Edgewood from high winds. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed and power lines were downed by thunderstorms. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Edgewood | $4,000 | Damage occurred near the city of Edgewood, in Van Zandt County, during the afternoon of Thursday, May 11, 2017. The tornado occurred for approximately 2 miles, yet had a noncontinuous path. Damage began to the south of Edgewood, along Van Zandt County Road 3212. The damage then moved to the northeast before ending near FM 859. Two homes suffered damage, with the bulk of the damage coming from airborne debris hitting the houses. Several residents in the area reported seeing the tornado as it moved in a noncontinuous path southwest and south of Edgewood. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Edgewood | $3,000 | High water was reported on several roads and vehicles were stalled in Edgewood and Fruitvale. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $2,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | $1,000 | An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported 3 miles north of Edgewood on SH 19. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Edgewood | - | Amateur radio reported 1 inch hail just west of Fruitvale. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | Report of tree limbs down and power outages via mPing. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | A trained spotter measured 66 mph winds with a handheld anemometer. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 MPH in the city of Edgewood, TX. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 67 MPH approximately one mile north of the city of Edgewood, TX. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | Trained weather spotter reports an approximate wind gust of 65 mph. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | Trees were blown down. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Edgewood | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Edgewood | - | 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 04000890 in Record Group 79. |
| Van Zandt County | All 2 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.