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One of 9 National Register listings published here for Grayson County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Capt. Noble Allan Birge House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Birge, Capt. Noble Allan, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 727 W. Birge, Sherman, 75092
- When was it listed? September 1986
- Category. building
- Census division. East Grayson
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- Architect. John Tulloch
- National Register reference number. 86002187 - 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
268 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Capt. Noble Allan Birge House between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,174 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 134 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 75FIRE |
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 75 COMMAND |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 91 |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REX CRUSE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 691 |
| 6 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 691 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMFORT WAY |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALLON |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Capt. Noble Allan Birge House: 3 unknowns. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this property
60 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherman, the town this property stands in, in 87 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 37 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Sherman | 1 hurt, $300,000 | A tornado destroyed a business, damaged two homes, and destroyed billboards. One person received minor injuries due to broken glass. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Sherman | $10,000,000 | Hail up to baseball size did extensive damage in Sherman to cars and houses. This is the same storm that hit the Whitesboro area earlier. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Sherman | $200,000 | Highway 11 at FM 1417, Highway 91 between Sherman and Denison, and several other roads were flooded. A high water rescue was required in Sherman, and Choctaw Creek was over its banks. High water was reported on Texoma Parkway under Highway 75, and on North Branch and Travis Streets. An auto store on Texoma Parkway suffered flood damage, as well as several cars. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $100,000 | Amateur radio reported a 90 MPH wind gust in Sherman, TX. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $60,000 | The roof of a bookstore caved in and the front windows were all blown out at the intersection of North Grand and Texoma Parkway. A portable building blew across U.S. 75, leaving a trail of debris on both service roads and the north and southbound traffic lanes. Signs along U.S. 75 blew down near Washington Street. A tree fell on and destroyed a sunroom at a residence on McGee Street. Power lines were blown down across the city. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sherman | $40,000 | A trained spotter reported golfball sized hail 7 miles south-southwest of Sherman and estimated 50 mph winds at the same time. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sherman | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $35,000 | A partially constructed hangar located at the Sherman Airport was collapsed by thunderstorm winds. A section of roofing was also damaged at the nearby Hazco Fire Academy, and two trees were blown down. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $30,000 | Entire roof of metal building removed from structure. Also, trees were knocked over onto 2 vehicles. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $20,000 | A covered parking awning was lifted off its pillars and large limbs were blown down. |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Sherman | $20,000 | Homes and businesses were flooded. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $20,000 | Large trees were blown down by high winds. An oil drilling rig near the airport was blown over. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $17,000 | Strong winds destroyed an outdoor stage and blew down trees. |
| March 2012 | Lightning | Sherman | $15,000 | An oil tanker was struck by lightning and caught on fire. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $15,000 | A roof to a storage building was blown onto the intersection of Highway 75 and FM 1417. A semi was also blown off of Highway 75. |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $15,000 | A large tree was blown onto two houses. |
| March 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Sherman | $10,000 | Public report of a tornado relayed by broadcast media. Power lines were knocked down. No other damage was reported. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down in Sherman, Tioga, and Howe. |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $10,000 | A barn was destroyed by high thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sherman | $8,000 | Quarter to golfball sized hail fell just east of Sherman. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $7,000 | Numerous trees and tree limbs were knocked down along the Highway 75 corridor between Sherman and Van Alstyne. A few of the trees were approximately 20 inches in diameter. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down and a store sign was destroyed by high winds. 5 E Sherman,01,0047CST,,,0,0,20K,0,Hail (1.75) Golf ball-size hail broke windows. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $5,000 | Trees were blown down onto cars at a church. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $5,000 | An airplane was flipped over by high winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $4,000 | Strong winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Sherman | $2,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported 1 mile south of the intersection of Hwy 11 and FM 1417. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $2,000 | A 64 MPH wind gust was measured 5 miles west of Sherman. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $2,000 | Strong winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $1,500 | Thunderstorm winds blew aluminum roofing onto power lines. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | $100 | Emergency management reported a few trees down in the central part of Sherman, TX. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | Calf Creek Lane near Bells was impassable due to high water, likely where it crosses Calf Creek. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Sherman | - | Emergency management reported penny size hail near the intersection of Highway 75 and FM 1417 in the city of Sherman, TX. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | The Sherman/Denison Airport Automated Weather Observation System reported a wind gust of 67 MPH. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sherman | - | Emergency management reported pea to penny size hail in the city of Sherman, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Sherman | - | Emergency management reported nickel sized hail in Downtown Square in the city of Sherman, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Sherman | - | Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Sherman, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Sherman | - | Emergency management reported quarter-sized hail at the Sherman Municipal Airport. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Sherman | - | Emergency Management reported penny-sized hail in downtown Sherman, TX. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | A few roads were closed in Sherman; including North Harrison Ave @ East Pecan Street and West McGee St @ Newman Dr. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | A trained spotter reported flooding on highways 75 and 1417 in Sherman, TX. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Sherman | - | Nickel sized hail was reported by a CoCoRaHS observer located 3.7 miles east-northeast of Sherman. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | Near Knollwood. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | About twenty roads were flooded in the Sherman area, and Highway 69 was flooded between Bells and Whitewright. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Sherman | - | Half dollar size hail reported. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Sherman | - | Nickel size hail reported in Knollwood. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Sherman | - | Reported by KTEN meteorologist. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | More than 60 trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | The underpass at Highway 75 and Mulberry had water 8 feet deep. |
| September 2001 | Lightning | Sherman | - | Two house fires were started by lightning strikes. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | Several roads were reported flooded in and around town. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | Several roads between Sherman and Denison had over two feet of water covering them after heavy rain fell in the area for several hours. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | Strong winds blew down trees on Highway 56 west of town. |
| December 1997 | Flash Flood | Sherman | - | Several roads across the county were flooded. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sherman | - | Power lines were blown down and a store sign was destroyed by high winds. 5 E Sherman,01,0047CST,,,0,0,20K,0,Hail (1.75) Golf ball-size hail broke windows. |
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Sherman | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported by the Department of Public Safety. |
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hall Furniture Building | 0.5 miles | 2002 |
 | Sherman US Post Office and Courthouse | 0.7 miles | 2000 |
 | Old Sherman Public Library | 1.0 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86002187 in Record Group 79. |
| Grayson County | All 9 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.