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Photograph of James H. Wilson Hall
Photograph by Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Domestic Science Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“Wilson Hall is a historic building on the campus of Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. Construction began in 1911, and was completed in 1912.State Black Archives The funds were a gift from the Robert R.”

Wikipedia article James H. Wilson Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 97 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1973 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · 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. Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University campus, Normal, 35811
  • When was it listed? April 1973
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Huntsville
  • National Register reference number. 73000358 - 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Domestic Science Building between 1998 and 2019, burning about 92 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190922-20
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120922-001
20 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Domestic Science Building: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Huntsville North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Teledyne Wah Chang/Huntsville, Ala.MolybdenumUnknown
Baker TerminalSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Base PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

37 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Normal, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 2 lightning, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2011Thunderstorm WindNormal$20,000Trees and power lines were knocked down in a swath from Oakwood University through the Rutledge Heights area, and across Jordan Lane to Meridian Street in northwest and north Huntsville.
May 2010Flash FloodNormal$10,000A home on Swanson Drive was reported flooded.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNormal$5,000A 100 foot locust tree was blown down near the intersection of Pulaski Pike and Winchester Road on power lines. This caused about 1,000 Huntsville Utility customers to lose their power.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNormal$3,000A tree and power lines were knocked down at 2126 Lynn Road.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindNormal$3,000Powerlines were reported down along Lakeview Drive.
October 2008LightningNormal$2,500Huntsville utilities reported that lightning caused a power outage in northeast Huntsville affecting 2000 customers. The outage occurred for about 2 hours.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNormal$2,000A large tree was knocked down blocking the roadway at Apache Road at Vivian Drive.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNormal$2,000Trees were knocked down onto power lines on Tuxedo Drive.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNormal$2,000Trees were knocked down onto power lines.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindNormal$2,000A sign at Johnson High School was blown down at the intersection of Cecil Fain Drive and Winchester Road in northwest Huntsville. Time estimated.
December 2008LightningNormal$2,000Several house fires were sparked by lightning strikes in Huntsville. A transformer was damaged by a direct lightning strike just off Winchester Road in north Huntsville.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNormal$2,000A severe thunderstorm downed power lines at the intersection of Pulaski Pike and Stringfield road. This storm produced a power outage that affected at least 1000 customers.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindNormal$1,000A tree was knocked down at 2502 Rochell Drive NW. Time estimated by radar.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindNormal$1,000A tree was blown down near the intersection of Mastin Lake road & Memorial Parkway.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindNormal$1,000A tree fell onto powerlines on Juniper Drive.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNormal$1,000A tree was blown down on the 9900 block of N Memorial Parkway.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNormal$1,000Baseball backstop fencing was toppled and minor fence damage occurred at the Alabama A&M baseball facilities.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNormal$1,000A tree was knocked down onto a house.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindNormal$500Powerlines were reported down on Teton Drive.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNormal$500A tree was knocked down near Mountain Park Circle and Kirkland Drive. Time estimated by radar.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindNormal$500A tree and power line were knocked down into the roadway at Eastbrook Circle at Academy Drive. Time estimated by radar.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNormal$500A tree was knocked down onto a house at the 2300 block of Virginia Blvd. in Huntsville.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindNormal$500A tree was knocked down at the corner of Blue Spring Road and Mastin Lake Road. time estimated from radar.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindNormal$200A tree was knocked down on Normandale Road. Time estimated by radar.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNormal$200A severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds that downed a tree at 2112 Winchester Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNormal-A tree was uprooted near Sparkman Drive and Highway 231. Time estimated by radar.
September 2019Flash FloodNormal-Two feet of water reported at Washington Street and Max Luther Drive. The road has been closed. Other reports of more minor flooding ongoing in North Huntsville at this time.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindNormal-Trees were knocked down along Blue Spring Road at Winchester Road. Time estimated by radar.
September 2019Flash FloodNormal-A vehicle was flooded and 2 occupants were aided by Fire and Rescue at Cahill Drive and Washington Street just north of Oakwood Avenue.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindNormal-A large tree was knocked down onto a car and carport on Lakeview Drive. Time estimated by radar.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindNormal-Power lines were knocked down on Meridian Street NE and Wholesale Avenue NE.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Normal-A tornado of EF-1 intensity produced peak wind speeds up to 105 mph. The tornado touched down along the downslope portion of Drake Mountain near the intersection of Pulaski Pike and Cedar Point Drive. A concentrated area of damage consisting of snapped hardwood trees, roof and gutter damage was seen along Cedar Point Drive and Green Meadow Road. Less damage was noted along a ridge that extended from Wade Mountain. Another concentrated area of damage that consisted of tree and roof damage was seen along the downslope portion of Smithers Mountain in the Mount Charron Estates and Valley View Estates neighborhoods. The tornado continued east-northeast with the most notable EF-1 damage occurring along Moores Mill Road north of Winchester Road where numerous hardwood trees were snapped and/or sheared off with a convergent damage/debris pattern. Significant tree and roof damage was noted along Henson Drive, Trailwood Drive and Bradford Lane before the tornado dissipated along Briar Fork Waterway.
June 2010Flash FloodNormal-Up to 6 inches of water reported over Winchester road approximately 2 miles north of Huntsville.
September 2009Flash FloodNormal-Flash flooding caused Washington Street from Oakwood Avenue to Washington Circle to the closed.
June 2008HailNormal-A severe thunderstorm produced nickel size hail at the intersection of Sparkman Drive and North Memorial Parkway.
July 2008Flash FloodNormal-Intense rainfall rates from strong to severe thunderstorms produced flash flooding at the intersection of Washington Street and Washington Circle in Huntsville.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNormal-A wind gust was estimated at 60 mph and pea size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Virginia McCormick Buildingunder 500 feet2001
Carnegie Libraryunder 500 feet2001
George C. McCaller Vocational Building0.1 miles2001
Edmonton Heights Historic District0.6 miles2021
George Jude House1.1 miles2000
John Robinson House1.8 miles1977

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73000358 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison CountyAll 97 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.