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One of 13 National Register listings published here for Shelby County · listed in 1990 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Peterson-Hall Home
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 48 buildingss, 2 sitess as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Roughly bounded by Bloch St., Farmer St., Flowerhill Dr., King St., Valley St., and Middle St., Montevallo, 35115
- When was it listed? October 1990
- Category. building
- Census division. Montevallo
- National Register reference number. 90001529 - 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
103 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Peterson-Hall Home between 1994 and 2019, burning about 967 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140927-001 |
| 27 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20140919-001 |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Peterson-Hall Home: 11 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 plants. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Iron, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Marietta Cement Plant | Stone | Plant | ||
| White Chert Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Montevallo Mine | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| No 1 Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Alabama Refractory Clay Co. Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Pit No. 3 | Clay | Producer | ||
| Roberta Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| She 2 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this property
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montevallo, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $5,000 | A large oak tree was blown down and landed on a home. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Montevallo | $5,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Montevallo. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $5,000 | Trees were reported down south of Montevallo. |
| December 1996 | Hail | Montevallo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $4,000 | Several trees were blown down along Highway 119 in and near Montevallo. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Montevallo | $3,000 | Quarter to ping pong ball size hail was reported at Montevallo. One and one half inch diameter hail was observed in Calera. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on the University of Montevallo campus. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Montevallo | $2,000 | Main Street in Montevallo was closed due to high water. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $1,500 | Power lines knocked down on White Street. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $1,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in Montevallo. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | $1,000 | A few trees were knocked down, including one across an intersection. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | - | Trees were downed in the Montevallo area, some involving power lines. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | - | Several trees uprooted in the town of Montevallo. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | - | Numerous trees were uprooted near the intersection of State Highway 155 and County Road 200. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montevallo | - | Strong winds damaged a store front along Main Street. In addition, a tree was blown down onto a house on Nabors Drive. The extent of damage to the store front and home are unknown. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Montevallo | - | Reported near the junction of Highway 119 and CR 22. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Montevallo | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Montevallo | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Montevallo | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Montevallo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | King House | under 500 feet | 1972 |
 | Peterson Hall | 0.1 miles | 1978 |
 | Downtown Montevallo Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2013 |
 | McKibbon House | 0.4 miles | 2001 |
 | Farrington Hall | 1.7 miles | 2015 |
 | Calera Downtown Historic District | 6.5 miles | 2006 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 90001529 in Record Group 79. |
| Shelby County | All 13 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.