Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
“The Robbins Hotel was a historic hotel building in Beatrice, Alabama. The nucleus of the building started out as a private, one-story home with six rooms, built circa 1840.”
Wikipedia article Robbins Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Monroe County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Robbins Hotel between 1994 and 2019, burning about 428 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160909-17 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190912-14 |
| 31 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 247 4TH STREET, AL |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Robbins Hotel: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beatrice, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | Lightning | Beatrice | $500,000 | Lightning struck a tree near Beatrice Elementary School just before school opened. The lightning ran through the roots of the tree and caught the gymnasium on fire. The gym was completely destroyed. The remainder of the school suffered only minor damage from the fire. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beatrice | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph caused roof damage and blew a steeple off of a church. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beatrice | $1,500 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Beatrice. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beatrice | - | High winds downed trees in Beatrice. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Beatrice | - | SkyWarn storm spotter reports funnel cloud approximately 1 mile north-northwest of Beatrice community. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Beatrice | - | Tornado snapped, uprooted or twisted off several hardwood and softwood trees along the path. |
| October 2004 | Hail | Beatrice | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | New Hope Baptist Church | 3.1 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000858 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Monroe County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
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