BlockFrom the record
One of 71 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 1975 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
John M. Brown House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Brown, John M., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. S of Washington on FM 912, Washington, 77880
- When was it listed? April 1975
- Category. building
- Census division. Washington-Chappell Hill
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 75002010 - 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
93 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of John M. Brown House between 2005 and 2020, burning about 337 acres in total. 5 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 | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIRACLE FARM |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID WOLF |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELLMANN RD GRASS FIRE |
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 6 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARROLL |
| 31 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WASHINGTON |
| 27 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WVFD |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of John M. Brown House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford-Hill Navasota Plant No 23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington | $50,000 | Numerous large trees down, uprooted. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington | $50,000 | Numerous trees down. Barn and shed destroyed. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Washington | $15,000 | Large hail up to grapefruit sized was reported on Highway 6 south of Navasota. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington | $15,000 | Trees down on Schwertz Road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington | $5,000 | Trees were downed by high winds along Highway 105. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Washington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Washington | - | Hail up to quarter sized was observed in Washington. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington | - | Numerous trees down just SW of Washington and in many other parts of the county. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Washington | - | Numerous trees down. |
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
1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield Plantation | 0.6 miles | 1971 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75002010 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 71 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.