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One of 189 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 1972 · category: Building · built in 1840.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Thomas McAdory House
Built in 1840. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. McAdory, Thomas, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 214 Eastern Valley Rd., Bessemer, 35020
- When was it listed? December 1972
- Category. building
- Census division. Birmingham
- When was it built? 1840
- National Register reference number. 72000161 - 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
127 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Thomas McAdory House between 1994 and 2019, burning about 938 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 72 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1025 MANOR CIRCLE, AL |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Thomas McAdory House: 19 past producers, 11 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine No. 53 | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Dolonah Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lacon Plant No. 3 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bessemer Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Bessemer Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Parkwood Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ironaton | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Ironaton | Iron | Unknown | ||
| No Name | Iron | Past Producer | Hematite | |
| Potter Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bessemer, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | 1 hurt, $20,000 | Several trees were blown down and one home was damaged in Bessemer. One injury resulted from a tree that fell onto a house on Dicky Springs Road. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Bessemer | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bessemer | $95,000 | A large hail storm moved over Jefferson County, dropping hail ranging from dime size to golf ball size. Leaves were knocked off some trees. In the Birmingham area, hail was reported at McAdory, Lipscomb, Bessemer, Midfield, Pratt City, and throughout the city of Birminghami including the civic center, university hospital, the Birmingham airport, and Roebuck Plaza. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $50,000 | Nickel size hail was reported at Tannehill State Park in extreme southern Jefferson County. A 13-inch diameter tree was downed in the northwest section of Bessemer. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Bessemer | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Bessemer | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Bessemer | $5,000 | Quarter to golfball size hail was reported in Bessemer. |
| January 1997 | Hail | Bessemer | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down around Bessemer. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Camp Oliver Road. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down in the city of Bessemer. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bessemer | $1,000 | Nickel size hail was observed at Visionland Theme Park. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down in and around Bessemer. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bessemer | - | Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Bessemer. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Bessemer | - | Reported on the northwest side of Bessemer. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bessemer | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail fell for several minutes around Bessemer. The hail completely covered the road along Interstate 59 near Brighton. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bessemer | - | Reported in Midfield. |
| April 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Bessemer | - | Observed near I-50 and 18th Street. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Bessemer | - | Half dollar size hail was reported by a motorist in Bessemer. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Bessemer | - | Nickel size hail was reported on 1-459 at mile marker 4. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bessemer | - | Penny size hail was reported in Midfield. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Bessemer | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Bessemer | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Bessemer | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Plantation House | 1.9 miles | 1976 | |
 | Canaan Baptist Church | 2.2 miles | 2005 |
 | Southern Railway Terminal Station | 2.3 miles | 1973 |
| Dr. Thomas McAdory Owen House | 2.3 miles | 1982 | |
| Downtown Bessemer Historic District | 2.4 miles | 1992 | |
 | Dunbar High School | 3.1 miles | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 72000161 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 189 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.