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Photograph of Fayette County Courthouse Historic District
Photograph by Unknown, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Fayette County Courthouse District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

“The Fayette County Courthouse Historic District is a historic district covering the downtown central business district of Fayette, Alabama, United States. The majority of the buildings in the district were constructed soon after a fire destroyed the town in 1911; the architectural styles reflect common styles in commercial buildings around the Southern United States at the beginning of the 20th century.”

Wikipedia article Fayette County Courthouse Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Fayette County · listed in 1976 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

74 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Fayette County Courthouse District between 1994 and 2020, burning about 473 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1

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
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Arson/incendiarism25 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Fayette County Courthouse District: 6 producers. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carroll PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayco Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayette County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fayette Fayeet PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nichols MaterialsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this property

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fayette, the town this property stands in, in 82 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 50 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 5 tornado, 5 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001Thunderstorm WindFayette1 killed, 3 hurt, $35,000A thunderstorm moving from the southern portion of Fayette County northward downed trees and caused power outages. One tree fell onto a mobile home on the north side of the city of Fayette killing a 36-year-old man and injuring three other people in the mobile home at the time.
November 2002Tornado (F3)Fayette3 hurt, $500,000no account filed
November 2002Tornado (F3)Fayette$200,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindFayette$75,000no account filed
August 2007LightningFayette$50,000One house fire and 2 forest fires were started by lightning.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindFayette$50,000Trees and power lines were downed in thunderstorm winds. Though Fayette was reportedly the hardest hit area, downed trees were scattered throughout the county.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindFayette$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the city of Fayette in Fayette County according to the Sheriff's Department.
March 2006Tornado (F0)Fayette$27,000An F0 tornado touched down in rural northern Fayette County approximately 1.8 miles south of Winfield. The tornado began near the intersection of County Road 21 and County Road 49, traveled northeastward, and ended near US Highway 43 and Benton Road. One mobile home was destroyed and several trees were either blown down or snapped off along the path.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindFayette$20,000no account filed
March 1996HailFayette$20,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$18,000Fayette police reported trees down in Fayette, one large tree fell on a laundromat on the south side of Fayette. ALABAMA, North Central Cont'd
April 2011Thunderstorm WindFayette$15,000In addition to numerous trees down across Fayette county, a metal roof was partially blown off a factory building in the city of Fayette.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindFayette$15,000A second thunderstorm, moving from west to east, moved across the southern portion of Fayette County downing trees and causing power outages. A large scoreboard at Fayette High School was destroyed by the wind. There were several reports of funnels clouds with this storm and the earlier storm.
January 1999Tornado (F0)Fayette$15,000A tornado touched down briefly in northeast Fayette County on CR 44 about 8 tenths of a mile west of SR 13. A house sustained roof damage and a several trees were uprooted.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindFayette$15,000no account filed
January 2009Flash FloodFayette$10,000Heavy rainfall produced flooding at several locations across Fayette County. At least one business on Temple Avenue, in the city of Fayette, was damaged due to flood waters.
September 2009Flash FloodFayette$10,000Several streets in the city of Fayette, including the intersection of US-43 and AL-18, became impassable due to flooding.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFayette$10,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the city of Fayette.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFayette$10,000Trees were down in Fayette, blocking roads.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindFayette$10,000Several trees were down west of Lawrence Mill.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFayette$8,000Trees were knocked down along SR 159 just south of Fayette.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindFayette$8,000Several trees were blown down, two barns sustained damage, and one home reported shingle damage in the Fowler's Crossroads area.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000Numerous trees were blown down in the city of Fayette.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000A roof was blown off a barn on CR-37, in the Covin Community.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000Numerous trees were blown down in and around the city of Fayette.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000Several trees were downed near Studdards Crossroads.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000Numerous trees were down south of Newtonville on SR 171.
May 1997HailFayette$5,000Golf ball size hail was reported just north of Fayette.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$5,000Several trees and power lines were reported down in Fayette. A number of large pine trees were reported downed in southeast sections of Fayette.
January 1997HailFayette$5,000no account filed
February 2001Thunderstorm WindFayette$4,000A few trees and power lines were knocked down just west of the city of Fayette.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000Several trees were blown down in the Kirkland Community, on AL-107.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000Trees were knocked down in the Mount Vernon community, just northwest of Fayette.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000Several trees were knocked down in the southwest part of the city of Fayette.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000A few trees and power lines were down in Fayette.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000Winds blew down several trees in wind gusts estimated around 60 mph by an off-duty National Weather Service employee. Power was reported out across much of the city of Fayette. The Sheriff's Department reported trees down over the western part of the county to the west of Fayette.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$3,000Several trees and power lines were reported down in Fayette. A number of large pine trees were reported downed in southeast sections of Fayette.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines, just south of the city of Fayette.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000Trees down across AL 18 and CR 21.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down just east of the city of Fayette.
November 2000Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000Several trees and power lines were knocked down along SR 96 west of Fayette.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$2,000Trees were reported down about five miles east of Fayette.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindFayette$1,500A couple of trees were blown down along AL-171, south of Fayette.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFayette$1,000Single trees were blown down at several different locations around the city of Fayette.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFayette$1,000Two trees were blown down on AL-171, on the south side of Fayette.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFayette$500A single tree was blown down across AL-18, just west of the city of Fayette.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindFayette$500A couple trees were blown down in the city of Fayette.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindFayette$200,,,,,,,,Hail (0.75) Fayette,28,1130CST- *,,1150CST,,,0,0,18k,0,Thunderstorm Winds ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.00) Trees and power lines were downed by wind in Fayette along with reports of dime-size hail around 1122 CST and quarter-size hail between 1130 and 1150 CST. The worst damage reported was at the Fayette County High School where two bleachers were blown off their concrete pads and twisted into a heap of aluminum about 50 feet away. A chain link backstop was also blown down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindFayette-Several reports of trees downed along Highway 18 in Fayette.
February 2026HailFayette-Quarter-size hail was reported in Fayette.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindFayette-Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout Fayette County, including along County Road 87 near Hubbertville and on 11th Street SW in Fayette. Trees were blown down damaging two residences along 11th Street SW. Siding was blown off another house on the north side of Fayette.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindFayette-Trees down on Highway 18 east of Fayette.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindFayette-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Fayette.
March 2019HailFayette-Large hail reported in the city of Fayette.
March 2017HailFayette-Quarter size hail reported in the city of Fayette.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindFayette-Several trees were blown down in and around Fayette.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindFayette-Trees were reported down across Highway 171, near the intersection of Highway 159.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindFayette-A few trees and power lines were reported down along 7th Street Northeast.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFayette-A tree was uprooted at the junction of 5th Street and 1st Avenue. Additionally, the sign at the Shop and Save on Highway 43 was blown down and trees were uprooted along Highway 43 near Citizens Bank.
May 2012Flash FloodFayette-Heavy rainfall resulted in water 6 inches deep across streets in downtown Fayette.

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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

3 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
Fayette County Courthouse Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.1 miles2014
Edward Rose House0.3 miles1995
John Clifford Grimsley House0.9 miles2018

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 76000326 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Fayette CountyAll 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.