BlockFrom the record
One of 61 National Register listings published here for Baldwin County · listed in 2016 · category: Building · built in 1882.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Swift-Coles House
Built in 1882. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1 Swift Coles Ln., Bon Secour, 36511
- When was it listed? December 2016
- Category. building
- Census division. Foley
- When was it built? 1882
- National Register reference number. 16000814 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
66 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Swift-Coles House between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140903-002 |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | RIDGE RD EAST, AL |
| 21 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170721-1 |
| 11 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CHARME ROAD, AL |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Swift-Coles House: 2 past producers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bon Secour, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 1 waterspout, 1 flood, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Lightning | Bon Secour | $10,000 | Transformer struck by lightning. |
| October 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Bon Secour | - | The tornado likely started south of county road 49 in Skunk|Bayou. The tornado moved north resulting in uprooted softwood|pines, one snapped pine along county road 49. A chicken coop was|flipped and a barn destroyed just west of Carver Rd. Sporadic|large limbs were noted on carver road and a travel trailer had|its windows broken by debris. The tornado likely lifted just|north of county road 49. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Bon Secour | - | Water was reported over the road in several locations in Baldwin County. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Bon Secour | - | A trained spotter reported minor flooding across western portions of Gulf Shores near West Beach Blvd. |
| July 1999 | Waterspout | Bon Secour | - | A waterspout was reported over Bon Secour Bay. The waterspout dissipated and did not affect land. |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Allen House | 0.9 miles | 1988 |
| Hamner House | 1.2 miles | 1988 | |
 | Orrell House | 1.4 miles | 1988 |
 | Nicholson House | 1.5 miles | 1988 |
 | Governor's Club | 6.5 miles | 2000 |
| Magnolia Springs Historic District | 6.6 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000814 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.
- 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.