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Girard High School

Built in 1909 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Old Girard High School was a historic building in Phenix City, Alabama. It was built in 1909 on the site of Girard's first school dating from 1867.”

Wikipedia article Old Girard High School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Russell County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1909, Neoclassical architecture.

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. Sandfort Rd., Phenix City, 36867
  • When was it listed? November 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Phenix City MRA
  • Census division. Phenix City
  • When was it built? 1909
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83003480 - 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Girard High School between 1992 and 2018, burning about 611 acres in total. 1 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20150905-001
29 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionECR-20140901-002
1 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1998Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Girard High School: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Bussey PitClayProducer
Cilla MineClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Russell County

Storms near this property

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phenix City, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
April 2003HailPhenix City$80,000The supercell finished its wrath across Alabama as it exited into Georgia. Russell County received hail slightly larger than golf balls.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$40,000One mobile home was destroyed, three mobile homes sustained minor damage, a few houses had minor roof damage, one home had its roof ripped off, and trees and power lines were knocked down on US 80 west of Phenix City.
March 2005Flash FloodPhenix City$22,000Doppler radar estimated three hour rainfall up to 4 inches across Russell County, with 24 hour amounts up to 6 inches. This heavy rain caused several roads in Phenix city to become flooded and temporarily impassable. Several roads were closed. Some evacuations occurred in low lying areas.
September 2011Flash FloodPhenix City$20,000Six houses were flooded with up to 6 inches of water inside in the Phenix City area.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$20,000Numerous trees were blown down, and 4 to 5 homes were damaged, in Phenix City.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Fort Mitchell.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$10,000In Phenix City there were several trees and power lines down.
June 1996HailPhenix City$10,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$8,000Trees and power lines blown down on Highway 80, just west of Phenix City.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$7,000A tree fell on a home in Phenix City.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$5,000Numerous power lines were reported down around Phenix City.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$5,000Several trees were blown down in Phenix City. A couple of homes also received minor wind damage.
May 1997HailPhenix City$4,000Dime size hail was reported in Phenix City.
May 1997HailPhenix City$4,000Hail the size of quarters was reported in northern Phenix City.
March 1997HailPhenix City$4,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$3,000Steel roofing was blown off a building at 16th Street and Broad Street, in Phenix City.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$3,000Several trees were blown down on Old US 431 near Phenix City.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$3,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$2,500A few trees were knocked down in the Phenix City area.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$2,000A few trees were blown down in north central Russell County.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$2,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPhenix City$1,000Trees were blown down on Summerville Road, in Phenix City.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Phenix City$1,000National Weather Service meteorologists performed a ground survey across far northwestern Russell County. It has been determined that brief F0 tornado occurred. The tornado touched down in a rural area along the Lee and Russell countyline, just west of County Road 71. The tornado snapped a few trees along its short path. The tornado occurred at approximately 541 PM CDT. The tornado path was only 0.1 miles long and 25 yards wide at its widest point. Begin/End: 32 27.98/85 16.68
March 2026Thunderstorm WindPhenix City-Reports of damage around Phenix City, including billboards blown out, a storage building damaged at 11th Ave and 14th St, and trees downed sporadically at numerous locations.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPhenix City-Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Phenix City and across Russell County.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPhenix City-Several reports of trees downed and power outages in downtown Phenix City.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPhenix City-Several trees uprooted in the northern portions of Phenix City. A home weather station reported a wind gust near 60 mph.
May 2006HailPhenix City-Penny to nickel sized hail completely covered the ground in some locations.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindPhenix City-Wind gusts were estimated around 60 miles an hour near Phenix City.
April 2004HailPhenix City-Dime to penny size hail was reported in the southwest part of Phenix City.
March 2003HailPhenix City-Penny size hail was reported south of Phenix City.
March 2000HailPhenix City-One inch diameter hail was covering the ground near the intersection of SR 165 and CR 39.
March 2000HailPhenix City-Penny size hail was reported between Phenix City and Fort Mitchell.
April 2016HailPhenix City-no account filed
March 2013HailPhenix City-no account filed
March 2013HailPhenix City-no account filed
September 1998Tornado (F0)Phenix City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Shapre-Monte House0.2 miles1983
Girard Historic District0.2 miles1983
Brooks-Hughes House0.3 miles1983
Kid Alley Residential Historic District0.3 miles1983
Snow Valley Residential Historic District0.5 miles1983
Phenix City Post Office Building0.9 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83003480 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Russell CountyAll 22 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.