Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Henry-Jordan House between 1994 and 2018, burning about 562 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150922-002 |
| 28 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Henry-Jordan House: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langford Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mal 1b Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guntersville, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1994 | Tornado (F2) | Guntersville | 30 hurt, $5,000,000 | A tornado travelled southwest to northeast across an area just south of the city of Guntersville. The tornado apparently began along Highway 79 South then cross Big Spring Creek damaging a number of residential structures along Spring Creek Drive. The tornado appeared to weaken, but was still strong enough to rip off the top part of the roof to the Marshall Nursing Home and damaging several houses near the entrance to Happy Home. It crossed U.S. Highway 431 near the high school taking out some trees on the side of the mountain and damaging a couple of homes. A total of 103 houses were damaged, 45 of them along Spring Creek Drive and eight along Highway 79 South. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $500,000 | Thunderstorm wind caused extensive damage to trees which fell on and destroyed four campers at the Ossa-Win-Tha Resort on Lake Guntersville located northeast of Guntersville along Highway 79. The thunderstorm was moving from the east and the damage was confined to an small area immediately adjacent to the lake. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $100,000 | Several strong thunderstorms merged and intensified around the southern portion of Guntersville lake. A microburst occurred, with the most significant damage occurring at the Claysville snack bar located along Highway 431, just south of the Highway 431/Highway 79 interchange. The small cinder block building with a relatively flat wood roof that was covered by sheet metal, was heavily damaged. The wind ripped the entire roof structure off and collapsed three of the four exterior walls. The debris was thrown downwind approximately 100 yards. The microburst had estimated maximum winds of 90 mph and appeared to initially be concentrated directly over the snack bar, with further damage moving away from this point. There was evidence of a 50 yard section of a chain link fence being bent foward and nearly uprooted by the damaging wind. The estimated length of this particular microburst was 0.6 miles. |A couple of blocks downstream and to the north and between Braswell road and a nearby marina, several medium sized trees were snapped midway down the tree, with smaller branches thrown around. There were also a few sproadic trees downed just northeast of the microburst location. |
| May 1997 | Flash Flood | Guntersville | $40,000 | Over 5 inches of rain fell over parts of the county causing storm drains to fill up quickly. Several roads were washed away and water businesses and homes had up to 1 1/2 feet of water in them. The fire station in Guntersville had several inches of water in the truck bay. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $25,000 | A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds and roofs were partially blown off of two homes from near the intersection of May and Siebold streets and Gunter Avenue, near Guntersville, Alabama. A church on Gunter Avenue near Guntersville, Alabama, also sustained minor roof damage due to a fallen tree. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $20,000 | Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $20,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds on the peninsula in the city of Guntersville, Alabama. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Guntersville | $15,000 | Golf ball sized hail covered the ground in Guntersville. The high school roof and parking lot were damaged with. The wheat crop was also damaged. |
| February 1999 | Lightning | Guntersville | $12,000 | Lightning struck a transformer and entered the Classic Car Wash. The lightning damaged heavy machinery and all the computer systems and electrical appliances. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $10,000 | A few small trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down near Claysville. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $10,000 | What was described as a microburst occurred in the Pleasant Grove and Sims area of Marshall County just south of Guntersville downing trees and power lines. Several thousand customers in the southern portion of Marshall County were without power. Minor damage was done to several buildings including one barn was destroyed. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Guntersville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Guntersville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Guntersville | $5,000 | Lightning struck a home in Guntersville and ignited a small fire. The home only received minor damage because the fire was put out quickly by the fire department. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $5,000 | Several trees were down just west of the Guntersville State Park along SR 227. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $3,000 | A few trees were knocked down in central Marshall County around Lake Guntersville and in the city of Guntersville. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $2,000 | large tree fell on mobile home. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $2,000 | A few trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Guntersville. Lightning from the storms caused numerous locations to be without power for several hours. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Guntersville | $2,000 | Quarter size hail was reported just southeast of Guntersville. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $1,000 | Golf ball sized hail was reported at 1600 Gordon Street. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of highway 227 and Gordon street. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on highway 227 toward the Guntersville state park. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | $500 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree near Guntersville on highway 227. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Golf ball size hail was reported at 1600 Gordon Street in the Guntersville area. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Guntersville. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Guntersville | - | One inch diameter hail was reported 2.2 miles southwest of Guntersville. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported on the east side of Guntersville. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | A few trees, large limbs and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Nickel sized hail was reported. |
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Guntersville | - | Flash flooding occurred across the Guntersville area with several inches of water over several roads. |
| March 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Guntersville | - | A wall cloud was reported in Guntersville. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree down on a road in Alder Springs and another in Grant. Time estimated. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | Trees and street signs were blown down on Highway 227 in the northeastern section of Guntersville. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the residential area on Buck Island, just east of the Guntersville airport. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | Several power lines and trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Half dollar size hail was reported. |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Guntersville | - | Six to eight inches of water was reported over roads in Guntersville by Emergency Management. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | Several trees were blown down throughout portions of the county due to a line of severe thunderstorms moving south into north Alabama out of southern middle Tennessee. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Penny size hail reported at a technical school along U.S. Highway 431. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds along Highway 69. |
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Guntersville | - | Several inches of water was over County Road 205 and Highway 431 in Guntersville. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Guntersville | - | quarter size hail reported |
| May 2003 | Hail | Guntersville | - | nickel size hail reported. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Guntersville | - | large tree and power lines down. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Guntersville | - | Quarter size hail was observed along US 431 in northern Marshall County. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Albert G. Henry Jr. House | under 500 feet | 1989 |
 | Downtown Guntersville Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2012 |
 | Guntersville Post Office Building | 0.3 miles | 2010 |
 | Guntersville City School | 0.9 miles | 2003 |
 | Company E of the 167th Infantry of the Alabama National Guard Armory | 1.0 miles | 2005 |
 | Saratoga Victory Mill | 1.8 miles | 1984 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003351 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marshall County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
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