Roanoke Downtown Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“The Roanoke Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Roanoke, Alabama. Roanoke was settled in the 1830s, but became a major agricultural trading center in East Alabama following the Civil War.”
Wikipedia article Roanoke Downtown Historic District (Alabama), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Randolph County · listed in 1993 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by White, Main, W. Point, La Monte, Chestnut & Louina Sts., Roanoke, 36274
When was it listed? February 1993
Category. district
Census division. Roanoke
National Register reference number. 85003683 - 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

144 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Roanoke Downtown Historic District between 1995 and 2019, burning about 869 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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	70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Arson/incendiarism	22
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	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
9 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20190924-29
23 September 2018	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180923-3
20 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this property

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roanoke, the town this property stands in, in 51 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 27 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2010	Flash Flood	Roanoke	$115,000	Significant flooding was reported around the city of Roanoke. Several streets became impassable with a foot or more of water flowing over them, and several homes in the area got up to 3 feet of water in them. The hardest hit area was along AL-22, near Midway Full Gospel Church. At least one unoccupied vehicle was carried about 400 feet down a flood swollen creek, and an additional vehicle in the same area was submerged for a time. One person had to be rescued from her trailer after flood waters surrounded it.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$75,000	no account filed
May 2009	Flash Flood	Roanoke	$50,000	Several roads in and near the city of Roanoke were closed due to flash flooding. These roads included Chestnut Road, Louina Road, and CR-45 near Rockstand Road. County Road 41, near the Corinth Community, had four feet of water rushing across it.
October 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$50,000	A billboard was blown down onto 3 cars in a discount store parking lot. An air conditioner on top of the store was blown over, and a skylight was blown out.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$50,000	Damaging thunderstorm winds moved through the city of Roanoke. One large police communications tower was blown down and landed on a police vehicle. Several trees and power lines were knocked down around the city. A large plate glass window was blown out of the local Ford dealers showroom.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Roanoke	$40,000	Rainfall up to ten inches in a few hours caused flooding throughout the city of Roanoke. Numerous roads were closed and a few homes had water in them. One family was temporarily trapped in their home before being rescued by the fire department.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$37,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in and around Roanoke.
March 2003	Hail	Roanoke	$35,000	A large hail storm affected southern Randolph County from near Wadley to Roanoke to near the Georgia State Line. Hail ranging from nickel size to grapefruit size was reported. The grapefruit size hail fell in the Friendship Community and collected up to a foot deep.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$30,000	Several trees were blown down and caused power outages. The fallen trees damaged several buildings and vehicles. Several outbuildings and barns also suffered damage.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$20,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The windows of a downtown building were blown out, and a plywood wall of a theater were blown out.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$20,000	Trees and power lines were down and major damage was done to a barn in Roanoke.
March 1996	Hail	Roanoke	$10,000	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Roanoke	$7,000	Golf ball size hail fell in and around the city of Roanoke.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$5,000	Trees and power lines were blown down about 2 miles north of Roanoke. The damage was about 1 mile wide.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$5,000	Trees were down in Roanoke and Wadley.
April 1998	Hail	Roanoke	$4,000	Larger than quarter size hail was reported in Roanoke.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$3,000	Trees and power lines were blown down around the city of Roanoke.
May 2001	Hail	Roanoke	$3,000	Golf ball size hail was reported on CR 87 in the eastern part of Randolph County.
October 1997	Hail	Roanoke	$3,000	Hail the size of quarters was reported in the northern and southern part of Roanoke.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$2,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in and just east of Roanoke.
May 1995	Hail	Roanoke	$2,000	Quarter-size hail was reported seven miles northeast of Roanoke at the Springfield community and along Highway 87 in Roanoke.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$2,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	$2,000	no account filed
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	-	Trees were downed in various locations across Randolph County.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	-	Numerous trees uprooted in Roanoke.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	-	Several trees uprooted in the town of Roanoke.
March 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	-	Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Roanoke.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	-	A large tree was uprooted on the west side of Roanoke on Highway 22.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Roanoke	-	Trees were uprooted in several locations across the southern part of Randolph County.
January 2012	Flash Flood	Roanoke	-	Heavy rain resulted in street flooding in Roanoke for several hours.
April 2011	Hail	Roanoke	-	One inch hail was reported in Roanoke, Wadley, and Corinth in Randolph County.
November 2006	Flash Flood	Roanoke	-	Satterwhite Street, in Roanoke, was temporarily closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
February 2005	Hail	Roanoke	-	Penny size hail was reported in eastern Randolph County near the Georgia state line.
March 2003	Hail	Roanoke	-	Penny to quarter size hail was reported in and around Roanoke.
May 2003	Hail	Roanoke	-	Penny size hail was observed near Roanoke.
November 2002	Hail	Roanoke	-	Dime size hail fell in Roanoke.
March 2000	Hail	Roanoke	-	Dime size hail fell in the Broughton Ridge community. In some spots, the hail was completely covering the ground.
July 1999	Hail	Roanoke	-	Dime to nickel size hail was reported in Roanoke.
July 1998	Hail	Roanoke	-	Dime size hail was reported at Rock Mills.
May 1995	Hail	Roanoke	-	Quarter-size hail was reported seven miles northeast of Roanoke at the Springfield community and along Highway 87 in Roanoke.
April 2017	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
March 2015	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
April 2011	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed
July 2002	Hail	Roanoke	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85003683 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Randolph County	All 3 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.
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.