Oates-Reynolds Memorial Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From the record

“The Oates-Reynolds Memorial Building is a historic building in Newton, Alabama, United States. The Baptist Collegiate Institute was founded in 1898, providing elementary, high school, and early college education.”
Wikipedia article Oates-Reynolds Memorial Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Dale County · listed in 1974 · 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. Oates St., Newton, 36352
When was it listed? June 1974
Category. building
Census division. Newton-Midland City
National Register reference number. 74000409 - 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

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Oates-Reynolds Memorial Building between 1994 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	5
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
1 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20140901-001
8 July 1998	Smoking	1.8 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 July 2009	Smoking	7.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	HWY 231, AL
9 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
8 June 2007	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 June 2000	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
25 June 2012	Natural	22 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SER-20120625-001
21 June 2008	Natural	6.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Dale County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oates-Reynolds Memorial Building: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. 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	Recorded
Unnamed Quarry	Silica	Producer	Quartz
Dal 3 Clay Prospect	Clay	Prospect
Rosser Brick Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Garner Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz
Newton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Spiegner Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Dale County

Storms near this property

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
December 1997	Tornado (F1)	Newton	4 hurt, $250,000	Tornado touchdown in Currytown community trailer park along Dale County Road 49, Dean Road, and Alabama 134 between Pinckard and Midland City. Three mobile homes were destroyed and four were heavily damaged. 16-18 residences sustained structural damage. Six barns were leveled and four were damaged. Numerous large trees and power poles down.
August 2006	Lightning	Newton	$50,000	Lightning struck a home near the intersection of State Highway 123 and County Road 43. The resultant fire destroyed the structure. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
December 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$20,000	Minor roof damage to a residence. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Newton.
March 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$5,000	Several trees were blown down with roof damage to a home near Newton.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$3,000	Several trees and power lines down in and around Newton.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$1,000	A power pole was blown down on Hartford Street in Dale county.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$500	One tree of unknown size was blown down in Newton with no other damage reported in the area.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	$250	There were several reports of downed trees on County Roads 14, 67, 68 and 83 in the eastern portion of the county.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A few trees blew down south of Ozark.
April 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A picture was submitted of a damaged barn in the Newton area.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A tree was blown down at N Edwards St and E Kings St.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	A tree was blown down onto County Road 14.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newton	-	The public reported that a wooden picnic bench slammed into their back porch door near Newton due to strong thunderstorm winds. The report was obtained via facebook.
July 2012	Heavy Rain	Newton	-	One dirt was road was impassable around Newton due to heavy rainfall.
March 2007	Hail	Newton	-	Quarter size hail was reported by the public.
March 2000	Hail	Newton	-	Golfball size hail. Reported by the Dale County EMA.
April 2017	Hail	Newton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dale 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 74000409 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Dale County	All 4 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.