Jennings High School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.

From the record

“North Hamilton Elementary School, formerly the Jennings High School, is a historic school in Jennings, Florida. The high school was built in 1927 and converted to an elementary school in 1965.”
Wikipedia article North Hamilton Elementary School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Hamilton County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 1291 Florida St., Jennings, 32053
When was it listed? January 2008
Category. building
Census division. Jennings
National Register reference number. 07001357 - 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

1954 to 1981

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Jennings High School, surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet covering Jennings High School, surveyed 1954

Fires near this property

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Jennings High School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 894 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 16 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	106
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Railroad operations and maintenance	23
Natural	22
Arson/incendiarism	16
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	3
Other causes	1
Fireworks	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
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	133 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	CR 141 NW (24-04)
21 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
20 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	DOLLAR STORE (24-4)
2 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	31 acres	Florida Forest Service	NW 27TH BLVD (24-4)
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this property

41 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennings, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$8,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down. One vehicle damaged.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$4,000	Numerous reports of large trees blown down. A mobile home was damaged.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$3,000	Large tress and power lines were blown down.
March 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$2,000	Trees were blown down on NW 49th Avenue and on CR152 near NW 27th Blvd. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$1,000	Hamilton county 911 call center reported a tree was down blocking NW CR 141. Time was estimated by radar.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$1,000	Large trees were blown down.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	$1,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2023	Hail	Jennings	-	Ping pong ball size hail was observed along NW County Road 152.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Two trees were blown down across 2 lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 467. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Multiple trees were blown down that caused a power line to go down and create a small fire near the intersection of NW County Road 152 and NW 13th Drive. The trees covered the roads. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Numerous trees were blown down across western Hamilton County.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	A tree was blown down in Jennings. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	A tree was blown down by winds along Hamilton Avenue in Jennings. The time of damage was based on radar.
February 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	A tree was blown down along with large branches in Jennings.
July 2013	Heavy Rain	Jennings	-	Four hour rainfall total was 5.5 inches.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Winds downed a tree south of Jennings along Highway 17.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Trees were blown down along NW 66th Blvd.
December 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Trees were blown down along County Road 141.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Wind damaged occurred to 4-5 homes and 2 business in Jennings. About 90 percent of the area was without power. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Trees and power lines were blown down in Jennings.
February 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	The Hamilton County Road Department Road Superintendent reported widespread tree damage reports across the area. Trees were blown down across County Road 141, County Road 146, The Godwin Bridge Southeast at 95th Street and another tree was blown down across County Road 135.
April 2009	Flood	Jennings	-	Law enforcement reported roads flooded and closed near County Road 143 near Jennings.
May 2008	Hail	Jennings	-	Penny size hail was reported by a postal carrier near the Florida-Georgia state line.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Numerous trees down across Jennings caused power outages. A spotter reported multiple large branches broken off and outdoor furnishings blown across the yard.
February 2006	Heavy Rain	Jennings	-	3.6 inches of rain recorded between noon and 21:00 with 3 inches falling between 18:00-21:00 EST. Spotter reported extensive ponding on area roadways, drainage ditches overflowing and minor flooding of dirt secondary roads and farmland. Some erosion took place in drainage ditches and travel on dirt roads was difficult.
October 2006	Heavy Rain	Jennings	-	Trained spotter, with rain gage, reported 2.25 inches of rain with squal line passage.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Trees blown down onto highway 141.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	Power lines down.
August 2006	Heavy Rain	Jennings	-	no account filed
June 2006	Heavy Rain	Jennings	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Jennings	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Jennings	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Jennings	-	no account filed
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Jennings	-	no account filed
June 2004	Funnel Cloud	Jennings	-	no account filed
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Jennings	-	no account filed
August 2004	Heavy Rain	Jennings	-	no account filed
March 2003	Hail	Jennings	-	no account filed
February 1998	Hail	Jennings	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton County

Maps showing this location

5 surveys

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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1956 USGS Jennings quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 07001357 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hamilton County	All 5 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.
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.