Century-old courthouse-square homes and storm exposure
Lebanon's courthouse square, rebuilt in its current Classical Revival granite-and-limestone form between 1909 and 1911, anchors a ring of neighborhoods where much of the housing predates modern storm-resistant construction standards — a wind or hail event that a newer subdivision handles without incident can force water into an older Lebanon home's attic or wall cavities.
Newer Lebanon growth, same storm corridor
Even Lebanon's newer subdivisions sit within the same central-Indiana storm corridor that produced 134 documented tornadoes within 25 miles of Carmel since 1950 — the May 31, 2008 EF2 tornado that caused $29,250,000 in regional property damage is a reminder that storm-driven water damage is a recurring risk here, not an isolated event.