Built in 1892 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.
From the record
“The Interlachen Hall is a historic site in Interlachen, Florida, located at 215 Atlantic Avenue, on the southwest corner of Commonwealth Avenue. It has functioned as a meeting center for the town since its completion in 1892.”
Wikipedia article Interlachen Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 20 National Register listings published here for Putnam County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1892, vernacular architecture.
National Register reference number.00000561- 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.
Then and now
1915 to 1993
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19151993
Fires near this property
551 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 551 fires within 5 miles of Interlachen Hall
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,882 acres in total. 82 started naturally. 82 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
90
Debris and open burning
87
Natural
82
Arson/incendiarism
82
Equipment and vehicle use
73
Railroad operations and maintenance
57
Misuse of fire by a minor
49
Power generation/transmission/distribution
11
Recreation and ceremony
8
Other causes
7
Fireworks
3
Smoking
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
14 workings within 5 miles of Interlachen Hall: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown.
5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Interlachen, the town this property stands in, in 62 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 38 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud.
The reports record 1 injury. 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.
Home totally involved when fire fighters arrived on scene. House on Baden Powell Rd, West Putnam. 28 year old two story home valued at $150K, with $75K for contents. Two family pets (cats) killed in fire.
Trees and powerlines were reported down across Interlachen along north County Rd 315, Cousintown Rd, Old Gainesville Hwy and Old Woods Rd. Time was estimated by radar.
A deck was damaged by thunderstorm winds in Interlachen. The time of damage was based on radar data. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
A tree was blown down and blocked both lanes of traffic at Bishop St and Martindale Avenue near Interlachen. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
A tree was blown down and blocked both lanes of traffic at Bishop St and Martindale Avenue in Interlachen. The time was estimated based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
County EM reported a pump | house roof was blown off with some debris | blown across a property along North County | Road 315 in Interlachen. The time of damage | was based on radar.
Widespread wind damage occurred NNE of Interlachen along Maltas Avenue in the Interlachen Lakes Estates area. Structural damage and widespread tree damage occurred. Witnesses reported a loud roaring noise. Note that this storm did produced a tornado touchdown just west of the this location near Lake Waubug and another tornado touchdown east of this location near Elkton Florida.
Widespread reports of tree damage, power lines down and exterior building structure damage occurred in West Interlachen. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. This same storm produced a tornado touchdown just west near Lake Waubug. Another tornado touchdown occurred from this same storm east near Elkton.
Penny and dime size hail was falling in town of Interlachen at 4:52 p.m. EST. At 4:55 p.m. EST the Putnam County Sherrifs Office reports quarter size hail in Interlachen.
Scattered trees down and isolated power outages reported across the western portion of the county by Putnam County Emergency Management. Time is based on radar imagery and Emergency Management timing of event.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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.
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.
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