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Presley Store

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Presley Store is a historic building in Springville, Alabama. It was built in 1902 for the general store of brothers Porter and John Presley.”

Wikipedia article Presley Store, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 14 National Register listings published here for St. Clair County · listed in 1983 · 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. 601 Main St., Springville, 35146
  • When was it listed? January 1983
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Springville
  • National Register reference number. 83002982 - 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

103 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Presley Store between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,420 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 burning45
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission265 GRAY FOX RD., AL
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism90 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in St. Clair County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Presley Store: 7 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
No Name, Springvile AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Springville-St. Clair AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in St. Clair County

Storms near this property

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springville, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 29 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
January 1999Thunderstorm WindSpringville$25,000Three homes sustained substantial damage from high winds and numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Argo near US 11 and Katy Lane. A few barns and outbuildings also sustained damage..
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSpringville$20,000Power lines were down in Springville.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringville$10,000A tree was blown down onto a house, on MacDonald Lake Road in Springville.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSpringville$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the city of Springville.
July 2002HailSpringville$5,000Two inch diameter size hail was reported near Springville.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindSpringville$4,000Several trees were blown down near Springville.
July 2005Flash FloodSpringville$4,000A mud slide occurred at a construction site due to the heavy rain. A few roads were temporarily impassable in the same area.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindSpringville$4,000A strong thunderstorm moved east-southeast from Blount County into St. Clair County producing downed trees in a path about 5 miles wide from northwest of Springville to northeast of Wattsville. Most of the damage consisted of downed trees and power lines.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSpringville$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down on Village Springs Road.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindSpringville$3,000A few trees were blown down in and around the city of Springville.A funnel cloud was reported in the Springville area but a tornado touchdown was not confirmed.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringville$3,000no account filed
March 1997HailSpringville$3,000no account filed
June 2010LightningSpringville$2,000Lightning struck a tree, which fell onto a power line, on Quail Ridge Road near Argo.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSpringville$2,000Trees were blown down on US-11 and Terry Street, in the city of Springville.
September 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringville$2,000Trees were blown down at several locations across St. Clair County, including Pell City, Cook Springs, Springville, and Odenville.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSpringville$2,000At least 5 trees were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSpringville$2,000A few trees were blown down between Springville and Odenville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringville$1,000A large hardwood tree was uprooted southwest of Springville.
July 2002Tornado (F0)Springville$1,000Meteorologists from the National Weather Service Warning and Forecast Office in Birmingham completed a storm survey of the damage in St. Clair County. Much of the damage consisted of scattered downed trees and power lines. However, 7.9 miles east-southeast of Springville, meteorologists identified a short path of downed trees with evidence of rotation.The damage path began 7.9 miles east-southeast of Springville on the west side of US 411. The path extended for about 4 tenths of a mile and was approximately 50 yards wide. The area where the tornado touched downed was mostly open fields, however, a few trees were downed along with several large limbs and the tops of some trees. Orientation to the downed trees was consistent with the presence of a weak rotation. The tornado was rated an F0 on the Fujita Scale for tornado classification. Beg.: 33 45.042/86 20.186 End: 33 44.980/86 19.730
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringville$500A couple trees were downed near the intersection of Oak Grove Rd and Durham Dr, blocking the road, and a tree was down in the road along Low Gap Ln.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringville$500Multiple trees uprooted in the Springville area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSpringville$500A tree was blown down, blocking Mountain View Road in Springville.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindSpringville$500Trees were blown down on Mountain View Road, near Springville.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Multiple trees were downed in the Springville area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Several reports of trees and power lines down across Springville, Odenville, Ashville, and northeast Trussville.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Power lines were downed along Will Keith Rd at Weems Rd and a large tree was snapped at a house along Forrest Dr in Springville.
May 2024HailSpringville-Hail up to hen egg size was observed in areas of St. Clair County west of Springville.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Numerous trees uprooted in and around the city of Springville.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Several trees uprooted in the city of Springville.
August 2023Flash FloodSpringville-U.S. Highway 411 at the railroad crossing in Odenville was flooded and temporarily blocked. Five to seven inches of rain was reported across much of the county.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Large tree fell on home in the city of Springville. One person transported to hospital.
August 2017Flash FloodSpringville-Several roads flooded and impassable in the town of Springville.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Several trees uprooted in the city of Springville.
April 2014Tornado (EF0)Springville-The tornado touched down just north of Mountain View Lane in extreme northwestern St. Clair County, just south of the Blount County line. Damage was minor at the beginning of the tornado and limited to trees. The tornado continued northeast crossing into Blount County.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringville-Several trees were blown down in multiple locations around Springville.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSpringville-A 40 foot section of metal roofing was peeled away from the gym roof at Springville Middle School, resulting in water damage to the interior of the building and structural damage. Several trees were also uprooted in the area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville-A tree was reported down blocking one lane on Interstate 59 at mile marker 152.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSpringville-A tree was reported down, blocking Mountain View Road.
May 2001HailSpringville-Dime size hail was reported in Springville.
February 2000HailSpringville-Dime size hail was reported in Springville.
April 2017HailSpringville-no account filed
March 2012HailSpringville-no account filed
February 2009HailSpringville-no account filed
March 1996HailSpringville-no account filed
March 1994HailSpringville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Clair 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

2 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
Springville Historic Districtunder 500 feet1997
St. Clair Springs3.9 miles1976

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83002982 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Clair CountyAll 14 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.