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One of 159 National Register listings published here for Dallas County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hawkes, Z. T. (Tip), House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 132 N. Potter St., Cedar Hill, 75104
- When was it listed? March 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Cedar Hill Texas MRA
- Census division. Southwest Dallas
- National Register reference number. 85000712 - 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
57 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Hawkes, Z. T. (Tip), House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 67 SB FIRE |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 67 NB BIRE |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7319 CHINABERRY |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PLUME CT |
| 6 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1382 |
| 4 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4881 MONTGOMERY RD |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 67 @ WINTERGREEN |
| 22 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1382/SHENANDOAH |
Storms near this property
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Hill, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 31 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Cedar Hill | $1,000,000 | A social media photo indicated 4-inch diameter hail near Cedar Hill. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cedar Hill | $250,000 | A social media photo indicated baseball sized hail near Cedar Hill State Park. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cedar Hill | $200,000 | Tennis ball sized hail was measured about 2 miles west of Cedar Hill. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Cedar Hill | $100,000 | A trained spotter reported hen-egg sized hail in Cedar Hill. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cedar Hill | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cedar Hill | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Cedar Hill | $60,000 | Fencing, backyard furniture, and roofing was damaged as a brief tornado touched down near the recreation center. One person reported seeing a funnel cloud. One house had roof damage. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Cedar Hill | $50,000 | Numerous reports of flash flooding were ongoing in Dallas County. Most notably was along Mockingbird Lane near Dallas Love Field, Lemmon Ave and University Blvd, Keist Blvd at Hampton Rd and Westmoreland Road, Cockrell Hill Road at Illinois Ave, I-35 at Colorado Blvd, Good Latimer at Canton Road, and Hillcrest and Royal Lane. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Cedar Hill | $50,000 | A brief tornado touchdown was reported at Joe Pool Lake at the Cedar Hill State Park. There were numerous reports of trees and power lines being blown down. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | $35,000 | Seven houses were damaged by high winds. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | $10,000 | Sixty mph winds were estimated approximately 1 mile south of Cedar Hill. |
| March 2026 | Flash Flood | Cedar Hill | - | Emergency manager reported that a water rescue was ongoing in Cedar Hill near the Joe Wilson Rd and Belt Line Rd area. |
| March 2026 | Flash Flood | Cedar Hill | - | Emergency management reported multiple cars stranded in water in Cedar Hill near Hillside Village and Uptown. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | - | Several trees were reported down around Belt Line and Uptown Blvd in Cedar Hill. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail about 2 miles southwest of Duncanville, TX. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | A National Weather Service employee reported half-dollar sized hail along Lake Ridge Parkway near Joe Pool Lake. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | Hail report received via mPing. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | A media report indicated a few golf-ball sized hail stones within dozens of smaller stones. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | A social media report indicated golf-ball sized hail in Cedar Hill. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Cedar Hill | - | Significant flooding of parts of Dallas County continued after nearly 3-8 inches of rain fell across the county. Some of the hardest hit areas were along Duck Creek in Garland which overflowed it banks affecting properties along the creek, and Loop 12 at Interstate 30. Loop 12 between Irving Blvd and I-30 was closed for nearly 4 days until the water could be removed from the low-lying area. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Cedar Hill | - | Dallas Police Department reported widespread flooding from Grand Prairie North to Cockrell Hill and Irving, with numerous road closures in place. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | Pea to nickel sized hail was reported via broadcast media. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | - | An NWS meteorologist estimated 60 MPH winds on the north side of Joe Pool Lake. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Cedar Hill | - | Tornado touched down briefly. No damage reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | Occurred at Joe Pool Lake. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Cedar Hill | - | Some streets were closed due to high water. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | Hail fell near Joe Pool Lake. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported at Joe Pool Lake at the Cedar Hill State Park. There were numerous reports of trees and power lines being blown down. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | Dime-size hail fell in downtown Dallas. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | 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
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | D. M. Angle House | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Dr. Rufus A. Roberts House | 0.3 miles | 1985 |
 | Straus House | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | William Bryant Jr. House | 0.4 miles | 1985 |
 | Everard Jr. Sharrock Farmstead | 6.5 miles | 2015 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000712 in Record Group 79. |
| Dallas County | All 159 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.