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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Houston County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Dupree School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. 1116 Antioch Church Road, Ashford, 36312
- When was it listed? July 2024
- Category. building
- Census division. Dothan
- National Register reference number. 100010471 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Dupree School between 1994 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. None 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 burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190909-8 |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 461 ANTIOCH CHURCH RD, AL |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 55 COUNTY ROAD 963, AL |
| 8 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200804-2 |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 428 BUDMOORE ROAD, AL |
Storms near this property
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashford, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $25,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down on the east side of Dothan near Ashford and Columbia. The roof was blown off one business near the Farmers Coop of Ashford. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $20,000 | WTVY-TV submitted a picture of a piece of wood embedded in the roof of a structure in the Ashford area with other debris scattered around the area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $15,000 | Several trees and power lines were knocked down. A storage shed was destroyed. A large tree split and fell on a house. Reported by the Houston County EMA. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $10,000 | Roof damage was reported in Ashford. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $5,000 | A gas station awning was damaged in Ashford. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $5,000 | Pea-size hail covered the ground, and wind downed trees and power lines in the area between Ashford and Cottonwood according to emergency management. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down around Ashford as reported by the public via social media. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down around Ashford. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line in Ashford. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $1,000 | Power lines were blown down around Ashford. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $1,000 | Downed trees reported by Houston County EMA. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $750 | A tree was blown down at 102 5th Avenue in Ashford. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | $500 | The Houston County Sheriff reported a few downed trees over County Road 33. |
| February 2024 | Flash Flood | Ashford | - | Flooding was reported at the Lions Club along US-84 East. The water was up to 1 foot deep on portions of the property. |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Ashford | - | Strong Road was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A tree was blown down in Ashford. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | Large trees were blown down in the Ashford area. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Ashford | - | Homes were flooded on Academy Drive in Ashford according to a Twitter post. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A tree blew down in Ashford. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | Power lines were blown down in Ashford. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A tree was blown down near Ashford. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | Multiple trees were blown down around Ashford. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A tree was blown down in Ashford. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A tree was blown down in Ashford. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A tree was blown down at Oak Street and 7th Ave. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashford | - | A couple of trees were blown down in Ashford. |
| February 2013 | Flash Flood | Ashford | - | WDHN-TV reported that water affected homes near Ashford. |
| March 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Ashford | - | A funnel cloud reported by the Houston County Sheriff. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ashford | - | Golfball size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ashford | - | Penny size hail reported by the Houston County EMA. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Ashford | - | Dime size hail reported by NWS Mobile. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Ashford | - | Dime to quarter size hail. Reported by the Houston County EMA. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Ashford | - | Dime size hail at the intersection of County Roads 55 and 22. Reported by the Houston County EMA. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Ashford | - | Dime size hail reported by Houston County EMA. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Ashford | - | Golfball sized hail reported by Houston County EMA. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Ashford | - | Tornado spotted by public three miles east of Ashford. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ashford | - | County EMA reported dime sized hail. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ashford | - | Pea-size hail covered the ground, and wind downed trees and power lines in the area between Ashford and Cottonwood according to emergency management. |
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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Alabama Midland Railway Depot | 3.8 miles | 1985 |
| Ashford Commercial District | 3.8 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100010471 in Record Group 79. |
| Houston County | All 13 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.