Charles B. Henry Barn

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

One of 63 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.

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 2 buildingss, 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Henry, Charles B., Barn - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 0.5 mi. W of AL 21, S of Branscomb Dr. and N of Henry Rd., Jacksonville, 36265
When was it listed? September 1997
Category. building
Census division. Jacksonville
National Register reference number. 97001168 - 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

189 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Charles B. Henry Barn between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2,755 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 46 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	75
Arson/incendiarism	46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Recreation and ceremony	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Smoking	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
7 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge	FREDRICK HILL FIRE
20 September 2010	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Charles B. Henry Barn: 14 past producers, 12 unknowns, 10 occurrences, 4 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Burke Estate	Cobalt, Nickel	Occurrence
Burke Estate	Cobalt, Nickel	Occurrence
Cedar Springs Prospect	Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Nesbitt Lake Manganese Prospect	Manganese, Iron	Occurrence	1980
Old Lead Mine	Lead, Barium-Barite, Zinc, Limestone, General	Past Producer	1860
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Uncertain, Anniston Area	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
Braughton Prospect	Lead	Past Producer	Surface
Old Lead Mines	Lead, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	Barite

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this property

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jacksonville, the town this property stands in, in 43 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 19 hail, 2 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2004	Lightning	Jacksonville	3 hurt, $20,000	Lightning struck the Mount Sinai Baptist Church as 50 people were eating dinner. The lightning blew a hole in a wall and a few people were hit with debris. All injuries were deemed minor. The lightning damaged a few walls and ignited a small fire.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$25,000	Thunderstorm wind downed a number of trees in the Covey Rise area of the Angel Grove community north of SR 204 northwest of Jacksonville. The downed trees damaged several houses and took out a number of power lines. Two greenhouses were heavily damaged by the wind.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$17,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in and around Jacksonville. A few homes suffered minor roof damage.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$12,000	Several trees were blown down around Jacksonville. Two vehicles were damaged by fallen trees.
August 2006	Lightning	Jacksonville	$10,000	Lightning caused three structures to catch fire in Wellington.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$10,000	no account filed
August 2002	Flash Flood	Jacksonville	$8,000	Very heavy rain in a short period of time caused flooding in Jacksonville. One local resident measured four inches of rain in a few hours. Many roads were temporarily impassable.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$8,000	Thunderstorm wind blew down trees in the Angel Station area west of Jacksonville and quarter-size hail was reported at Jacksonville. Wind gusted to 66 miles an hour near the interstate at Oxford. Trees were downed and at least one fell on a house. About 4,500 electric customers were without power.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$5,000	Trees were down in Duke and Read Mills, in the northern part of the county.
January 1997	Hail	Jacksonville	$5,000	no account filed
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$3,000	Trees and power lines were blown down on Church Avenue, in Jacksonville.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$3,000	Several trees were blown down in and around Jacksonville.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$3,000	One large tree and power lines were blown down in Jacksonville.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$3,000	Wind damaged several large signs and knocked over a few old trees.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	$2,000	Trees were knocked down along Roy Webb Road in Jacksonville.
March 2011	Hail	Jacksonville	$500	Hail up to the size of golf balls fell, causing damage to at least one automobile.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Trees were downed at various locations across Calhoun County, some involving power lines. One tree fell on a residence in Oxford.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Several trees were downed in the Jacksonville area.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Numerous trees uprooted in Jacksonville and extending eastward to Highway 9.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Trees were uprooted in various parts of Calhoun County.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Several trees uprooted in the Jacksonville area.
May 2022	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Quarter size hail in the northern portions of Jacksonville.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in Jacksonville.
April 2021	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Quarter size hail reported in the city of Jacksonville.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Jacksonville.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	Several trees uprooted and power lines downed on Nisbet Lake Road.
March 2017	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Quarter size hail reported in the city of Jacksonville.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jacksonville	-	The roof of the library at Jacksonville State was partially removed, destroying the transmitter for the radio station that was mounted on the roof. Campus Inn also sustained roof damage.
April 2006	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Reported in White Plains.
November 2002	Funnel Cloud	Jacksonville	-	A funnel cloud was observed near the White Plains Community.
May 2001	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Dime size hail fell in Jacksonville.
April 1995	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees across the city of Jacksonville. Several trees fell on automobiles and houses as well as power lines. Three-quarter inch hail was reported at the State Trooper Post in Jacksonville.
May 1995	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Thunderstorm wind blew down trees in the Angel Station area west of Jacksonville and quarter-size hail was reported at Jacksonville. Wind gusted to 66 miles an hour near the interstate at Oxford. Trees were downed and at least one fell on a house. About 4,500 electric customers were without power.
May 1994	Hail	Jacksonville	-	Golf ball-size hail was reported just north of Jacksonville by Alabama state troopers. Calhoun County Emergency Management reported numerous trees down in northern Calhoun County in the Pleasant Valley area.
March 2015	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
January 2014	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
March 2011	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
April 2009	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed
August 2002	Hail	Jacksonville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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

6 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
Aderholdt's Mill	0.6 miles	1988
Ten Oaks	1.6 miles	2001
Profile Cotton Mills Historic District	1.8 miles	2006
Downtown Jacksonville Historic District	1.9 miles	1986
Dr. J. C. Francis Office	1.9 miles	1970
First Presbyterian Church	2.1 miles	1982

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97001168 in Record Group 79.
Calhoun County	All 63 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.