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Arnold-Simonton House

Built in 1845 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From the record

“The Arnold-Simonton House is a historic house in Montgomery, Texas, United States. Built in 1845 by Epaphras Joseph Arnold, it is the oldest house in Montgomery.”

Wikipedia article Arnold-Simonton House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Montgomery County · category: Building · built in 1845, Greek Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Rankin St., Montgomery, 77316
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Montgomery
  • When was it built? 1845
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 79002996 - 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Arnold-Simonton House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 923 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
9 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 388
29 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 37
21 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 113
21 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this property

34 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montgomery, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2000Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$100,000Home damaged off of FM 1097 near Watson Ranch Road with roof blown off and several large trees down. Nearly all of roof blown off brick home nearby.
January 2022Tornado (EF0)Montgomery$50,000A brief tornado touched down and damaged buildings that were under construction. Also damage to a restaurant.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Montgomery$40,000Tornado downed several large trees, one on top of a church. Out buildings were damaged and some lawn equipment was displaced.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$20,000A tree was downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts, causing damage to a building on Walden Rd near Lake Conroe.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$20,000Trees down on power lines.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$20,000Numerous trees and power lines down. A 119 foot tower was blown down in Montgomery.
May 2006HailMontgomery$15,000Quarter size hail.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$15,000Tree down on Old Dobbin Rd.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$10,000A large tree was downed on cars.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$10,000Trees down at FM 149 and Spring Branch Road and at FM 149 and Karen Switch Road.
August 2005HailMontgomery$10,000no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$7,000Power lines were downed between Montgomery and Lake Conroe.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Montgomery$5,000Reports of a couple of trees down at Highways 1097 and 149.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$5,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMontgomery$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and branches. Some large branches fell on homes.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Law enforcement reported debris and downed power lines along FM 1097 and Bentwater Dr. in Willis, TX.
May 2024HailMontgomery-Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2024HailMontgomery-Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2024Flash FloodMontgomery-Flash flooding was reported along Atkins Creek on the northeast side of the city of Montgomery. Several motorists were stranded in high water along FM 1097. A few homes in the Terra Vista neighborhood also took on some water. Time was estimated by radar.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Trees were downed across the Del Lado Subdivision near Lake Conroe due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Trees were downed along FM 149 near Keenan Cutoff Rd and Lake Creek.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-A tree was downed.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Trees with a diameter of about twelve inches were downed onto a road.
April 2017HailMontgomery-Quarter sized hail was reported.
August 2017Flash FloodMontgomery-Road closed due to flooding, FM 149 north of Montgomery.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees across the county.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMontgomery-Trees were downed north of Montgomery along from FM 149 up to FM 1791.
August 2012HailMontgomery-Penny size hail was reported near the intersection of FM 149 and Eva Street.
September 2009HailMontgomery-A severe thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Montgomery.
May 2004Funnel CloudMontgomery-Funnel cloud sighted at FM 129 and Keenan Cutoff.
May 2004Funnel CloudMontgomery-Funnel cloud between Montgomery and The Woodlands.
May 2004Funnel CloudMontgomery-Funnel cloud just west of Lake Conroe.
April 2006Funnel CloudMontgomery-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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 79002996 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Montgomery CountyAll 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.
  • 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.