BlockFrom the record
One of 3 National Register listings published here for Chambers County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Chambersea
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Washington and Cummings Sts, Anahuac, 77514
- When was it listed? November 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Anahuac
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 79002925 - 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
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Chambersea between 1996 and 2012, burning about 227 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF OFFICE CHIP PILE |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.3 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF TCP OFFICE |
| 3 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 67 |
| 18 March 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 March 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 245 |
| 20 January 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 95 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 97 |
| 14 January 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 86 acres | Livingston Area | WOODVILLE - 9015 |
Storms near this property
24 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anahuac, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $150,000 | Windows blown out of house with large tree down on Bayshore Road. Most of a two story home under construction destroyed. Trailer destroyed just north of Oak Island. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Anahuac | $100,000 | Tornado near FM 1985 with rice dryers demolished and major tree damage at several homes. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $75,000 | 90 mph wind recorded at Chambers Co Airport. One aircraft destroyed. Damage to a high school roof, mobile home roof lifted, garage destroyed, powerlines down, and damage to a Putt-Putt golf course. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $50,000 | 90 mph wind recorded at Chambers County Airport. One aircraft destroyed. Damage to high school roof, mobile home roof lifted, garage destroyed, powerlines down, and minor damage to a miniature golf course. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $35,000 | Tree on carport with damage to two vehicles. Storage building had roof damage. Four power poles on Poskey Road were snapped. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $25,000 | Trees and power lines down on FM 563. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $15,000 | Power poles down on FM 563. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Anahuac | $15,000 | Hail from Anahuac to I-10. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $15,000 | Numerous trees blown down from Anahuac to I-10. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Anahuac | $10,000 | Penny-size hail reported in Anahauc. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $5,000 | Mobile home sustained wind damage. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Anahuac | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Anahuac | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $4,000 | There were trees and power lines downed in Anahuac. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $3,000 | Powerlines blown down. |
| August 1998 | Hail | Anahuac | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $1,000 | Emergency management officials reported trees downed near Anahuac. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | $1,000 | Emergency management officials reported trees downed near Anahuac. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Anahuac | - | Parts of FM 562 south of Anahuac were closed due to flooding. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Anahuac | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Anahuac | - | Three funnel clouds reported. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Anahuac | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Anahuac | - | 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Chambers County Courthouse | 0.1 miles | 2008 |
| Fort Anahuac | 1.0 miles | 1981 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79002925 in Record Group 79. |
| Chambers County | All 3 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.