Svea Land Company Office

Built in 1897. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

One of 61 National Register listings published here for Baldwin County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1897.

Sources: 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. S. 6th St., Silverhill, 36576
When was it listed? March 1985
Category. building
Census division. Robertsdale
When was it built? 1897
National Register reference number. 85000443 - 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

80 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Svea Land Company Office between 1994 and 2019, burning about 542 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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	36
Arson/incendiarism	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Smoking	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
25 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150925-002
19 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150919-002
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
1 July 2011	Debris and open burning	5.8 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NIMPHS LANE, AL
22 June 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	SWR-20150622-001
17 June 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
19 May 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Svea Land Company Office: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
	Marlow Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
	Baldwin County Plant Summerdale	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this property

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverhill, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Silverhill	$10,000	Several large 40 to 50 foot diameter trees were reported down in the Silverhill community due to thunderstorm wind gusts near 60 mph. Power lines were also downed.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Silverhill	$10,000	Several trees and power lines blown down just north of Silverhill and near Bay Minette.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Silverhill	$7,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees in Silverhill with one tree down on a house.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Silverhill	$5,000	High winds from a thunderstorm blew several shingles from a home's roof near Silverhill.
July 1999	Lightning	Silverhill	$5,000	A house was reported struck by lightning and caught fire.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Silverhill	$500	Trees were blown down in Silverhill. EMA estimated wind speed of 60 mph.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Silverhill	-	High winds damaged vehicles with windows blown out and rolled a small camper.
July 2019	Heavy Rain	Silverhill	-	Total rainfall of 6.33 inches.
October 2017	Flash Flood	Silverhill	-	Water reached up to the car door at a residence west of County Road 55.
October 2017	Flash Flood	Silverhill	-	Water rescue on CR 55 at Camellia Road.
March 2011	Tornado (EF2)	Silverhill	-	The tornado first touched down on West Boulevard just south of South Boulevard in Silverhill. At this location two homes suffered roof damage with some windows blown out. The tornado then tracked toward the northeast quickly widening and reaching EF-2 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale as it moved just south of South Avenue west of County Road 55. Maximum winds were between 111 miles per hour and 135 miles per hour. Several homes were destroyed or severely damaged, and a utility trailer was thrown nearly 100 yards. A pickup truck that was backing out of the U.S. Post Office was tossed 40 yards and flipped, with minor injuries to the driver. The tornado continue northeast crossing Highway 104, doing major damage to several homes, businesses and structures. The tornado lifted near County Road 52 just east of Hill Road.
May 2006	Hail	Silverhill	-	no account filed
January 1997	Hail	Silverhill	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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

5 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
State Bank Silverhill	0.1 miles	2001
People's Supply Company	0.2 miles	1997
St. Patrick's Catholic Church	5.2 miles	1988
Jenkins Farm and House (Boundary Increase)	7.5 miles	2023
Jenkins Farm and House (Additional Documentation)	7.9 miles	2016

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85000443 in Record Group 79.
Baldwin County	All 61 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.