Moore Store

Built in 1923. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

One of 61 National Register listings published here for Baldwin County · listed in 2001 · category: Building · built in 1923.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 14770 Oak St., Magnolia Springs, 36555
When was it listed? November 2001
Category. building
Census division. Foley
When was it built? 1923
National Register reference number. 00001027 - 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

72 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Moore Store between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,324 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning	36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180920-1
20 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 July 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	13974 SHERWOOD HIGHLAND RD, AL
11 July 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HANAK RD, AL

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moore Store: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
	Fairhope Mine	Clay	Past Producer
	Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	under 500 feet	1988
Magnolia Springs Historic District	0.4 miles	2012
Brunell House	0.4 miles	1995
Sunnyside Hotel	0.4 miles	1998
Governor's Club	0.5 miles	2000
Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Decrease)	5.2 miles	2012

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00001027 in Record Group 79.
Baldwin County	All 61 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.