BlockFrom the record
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Talladega County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Jemison House Complex
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. S of jct. of Chocolocco and Cheaha Creeks, Eastaboga, 35160
- When was it listed? October 1990
- Category. district
- Census division. Talladega
- National Register reference number. 90001507 - 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
275 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Jemison House Complex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,891 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 93 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 | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 93 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NER-20150908-001 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 9.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Jemison House Complex: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giles Myric Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Producer | Quartz | |
| No Name | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Rozelle-Holmes Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Idlewild | 1.6 miles | 1993 |
| Elston House | 1.8 miles | 1976 | |
 | J. L. M. Curry House | 5.4 miles | 1966 |
| Talladega County High School | 6.6 miles | 2023 | |
 | Boxwood | 6.8 miles | 1983 |
 | First Presbyterian Church | 7.5 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001507 in Record Group 79. |
| Talladega County | All 27 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.