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Photograph of Marcus DeWitt Carlock House
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Marcus DeWitt Carlock House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

From the record

“The Marcus DeWitt Carlock House is a house with Neoclassical and late-Victorian architectural characteristics that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark located at 407 South Main Street, approximately three blocks south of downtown, in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas. It was the first National Register of Historic Places listing in the city of Winnsboro.”

Wikipedia article Marcus DeWitt Carlock House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Wood County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Carlock, Marcus DeWitt, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 407 S. Main St., Winnsboro, 75494
  • When was it listed? May 2013
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Winnsboro
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 13000277 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

142 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Marcus DeWitt Carlock House between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 burning89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 1994Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2003Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 241
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 652
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Wood County

Storms near this property

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winnsboro, the town this property stands in, in 44 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 29 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$1,000,000A significant straight line wind event with winds of 90 to 100 mph occurred across portions of Wood and Franklin Counties in the vicinity of Winnsboro, Texas. Numerous homes were damaged throughout Winnsboro and surrounding areas from fallen trees. Some of these homes were severely damaged. As a result of hundreds of trees down...water lines into the area were broken and power outages were widespread. Numerous vehicles were also severely damaged in Winnsboro from fallen trees. Several cattle were killed west of Winnsboro near the Hopkins and Wood County line at some dairy farms due to fallen trees and some cattle were still missing a day after the event. A significant number of trees were also downed along County Roads 2408...2403 and 2407 just north of the Wood and Hopkins County line. East of Winnsboro...numerous trees were downed in Wood County along Hwy 11 and FM 852 including the town of Perryville, Texas where trees wee downed around the fire station and around several homes.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$500,000Downburst winds left a damage path approximately 100 yards wide and a half mile long. A mobile home and two sheds were destroyed. Six milk cows killed and 50 to 70 were injured. Total damage was estimated at $200,000.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$50,000Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$25,000Trees were downed across all of Wood County. One tree fell into a house in Winnsboro, Texas and chainsaws had to be used to free the occupants from the residence.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$20,000A large branch off of a tree broke and fell through a roof causing minor damage to a home in Winnsboro, Texas. There were no report of injuries.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$10,000Strong winds damaged roofs south of town.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$5,000Trees were blown down by high winds.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2026HailWinnsboro-Quarter size hail reported in Winnsboro.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Numerous trees downed in Winnsboro.
June 2023HailWinnsboro-Half dollar size hail reported via mPING in Winnsboro.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Numerous trees and power lines downed in the Winnsboro area, including some trees on homes.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Trees and power lines were downed in Winnsboro.
January 2020Flash FloodWinnsboro-A bridge was covered in high water on County Road 4200 west of Winnsboro.
March 2019HailWinnsboro-Golfball to hen egg size hail fell in Winnsboro.
March 2019HailWinnsboro-Ping pong ball size hail fell on the south side of Winnsboro. Report via mPING.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Numerous trees were downed on East Carnegie Street near City Park. This resulted in the road being closed.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Several large trees were blown down blocking the roadway in Winnsboro.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-A metal roof was completely blown off of a portion of a one-story apartment complex on Blackjack Street on the west side of Winnsboro. A metal roof off of a nearby barn was also partially removed.
April 2017HailWinnsboro-Penny size hail fell in Winnsboro. Report from the KLTV Facebook page.
April 2016HailWinnsboro-A photo was posted on the KLTV Facebook page of large hail estimated to be between 2 and 2 1/2 inches in diameter that fell in Winnsboro.
April 2016Flash FloodWinnsboro-Farm To Market Road 11 between Highway 37 and Farm To Market Road 515 in/just east of Winnsboro was closed due to flooding.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-A tree was downed on Hwy. 11 west of Winnsboro, Texas.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Several trees were downed in the Winnsboro community.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Two trees were downed in Winnsboro, Texas.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Law enforcement reported that powerlines were downed in Winnsboro, Texas.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the entire county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Numerous trees were downed throughout the northern part of Wood County, especially in the Yantis and Winnsboro communities.
August 2009Flash FloodWinnsboro-Sheriffs office reported County Road 4250 had to be closed due to flooding.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Trees were downed.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Trees downed over Hwy 515 in the northern part of the county.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Several trees and power lines down.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Few trees and powerlines down.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Numerous trees down in town.
May 1998HailWinnsboro-Golfball size hail stripped leaves off of trees.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Trees were blown down by high winds.
October 1995Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-High winds caused extensive tree damage.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-Several bridges were washed out and numerous farm-to-market roads were flooded.
May 2003HailWinnsboro-no account filed
May 2003HailWinnsboro-no account filed
March 2000HailWinnsboro-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindWinnsboro-no account filed
May 1998HailWinnsboro-no account filed
June 1997HailWinnsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wood 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 13000277 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wood CountyAll 4 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.