Built in 1919. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.
“The Dezell House is a historic house located at 328 East 8th Street in Greensboro, Florida. The house retains a high degree of its historic integrity.”
Wikipedia article Dezell House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Gadsden County · listed in 2006 · category: Building · built in 1919.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Dezell House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 58 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | HUMPHREY RD**NOV** (20)-0585 |
| 19 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OAK TREE (20)-0415 |
| 8 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HALL LANE (20) |
| 3 July 2014 | Fireworks | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | WILL WHITE RD (20) |
| 29 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WILL WHITE RD (20) 0493 |
| 5 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | I-10 EAST BOUND (20) |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greensboro, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. 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 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Greensboro | $50,000 | This EF-1 tornado touched down just west of Pat Thomas Highway, FL Route 267, and just north of Cox Lane. The tornado flipped a single-wide mobile home upside down. On the opposite side of the highway, a couple of large pine trees snapped, one of which crashed through the roof of a home narrowly crushing a couple that were in bed at the time. Fortunately, no one was injured. The tornado continued east southeast roughly paralleling the CSX tracks. An aerial survey showed trees snapped along the route. Ground surveys showed damage to homes along Jim Williams road. The tornado reached its greatest strength at this point, snapping a few small utility poles, removing about half the roof of one home and damaging a couple of others. The tornado lifted just beyond the end of this road. Damage cost was estimated. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down on Kittrell Rd. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | $1,000 | A tree blew onto a power line and sparked a fire. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across Tolar White Road in the Greensboro area. |
| January 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Greensboro | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | - | A Florida DOT camera showed a tree blown down on I-10 and impeding traffic. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | - | Several trees were blown down in Gadsden county. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | - | A tree was blown down on Joe Adams Road. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | - | Trees were blown down onto Dante Ct. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensboro | - | Trees were blown down in the western part of Gadsden county. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Greensboro | - | Penny size hail reported by a WCTV Tallahassee meteorologist. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Greensboro | - | Golfball to baseball size hail reported by the Gadsden County Sheriff. |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Willoughby Gregory House | 7.9 miles | 1983 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 06000358 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Gadsden County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
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