Farrington Hall

Built in 1908 (eclectic architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

From the record

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Shelby County · listed in 2015 · category: Building · built in 1908, eclectic architecture.

Sources: 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. 124 Cty. Rd. 203, Montevallo, 35115
When was it listed? July 2015
Category. building
Census division. Montevallo
When was it built? 1908
Architectural style. eclectic architecture
National Register reference number. 15000434 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

97 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Farrington Hall between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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	37
Arson/incendiarism	36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2003	Arson/incendiarism	24 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	22 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	18 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NWR-20140919-001
14 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Farrington Hall: 9 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
White Chert Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Montevallo Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
No 1 Pit	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Producer
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
Alabama Refractory Clay Co. Pit	Clay	Producer
Pit No. 3	Clay	Producer
She 2 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
She 5 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Brierfield Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this property

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montevallo, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$5,000	A large oak tree was blown down and landed on a home.
May 2003	Hail	Montevallo	$5,000	Golf ball size hail was reported in Montevallo.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$5,000	Trees were reported down south of Montevallo.
December 1996	Hail	Montevallo	$5,000	no account filed
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$4,000	Several trees were blown down along Highway 119 in and near Montevallo.
May 2001	Hail	Montevallo	$3,000	Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported at Montevallo. One and one half inch diameter hail was observed in Calera.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$2,000	Trees were blown down on the University of Montevallo campus.
July 2005	Flash Flood	Montevallo	$2,000	Main Street in Montevallo was closed due to high water.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$1,500	Power lines knocked down on White Street.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$1,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in Montevallo.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	$1,000	A few trees were knocked down, including one across an intersection.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	-	Trees were downed in the Montevallo area, some involving power lines.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	-	Several trees uprooted in the town of Montevallo.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	-	Numerous trees were uprooted near the intersection of State Highway 155 and County Road 200.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Montevallo	-	Strong winds damaged a store front along Main Street. In addition, a tree was blown down onto a house on Nabors Drive. The extent of damage to the store front and home are unknown.
April 2006	Hail	Montevallo	-	Reported near the junction of Highway 119 and CR 22.
March 2012	Hail	Montevallo	-	no account filed
February 2007	Hail	Montevallo	-	no account filed
February 2007	Hail	Montevallo	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Montevallo	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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

5 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
Peterson Hall	1.7 miles	1978
Peterson-Hall Home	1.7 miles	1990
King House	1.8 miles	1972
Downtown Montevallo Historic District	1.9 miles	2013
McKibbon House	2.0 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 15000434 in Record Group 79.
Shelby 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.
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.