Chattahoochee Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Gadsden County · listed in 2020 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. North Bolivar and Decatur Sts., East Washington St., South McDonald Ave., and East Chattahoochee St., Chattahoochee, 32324
When was it listed? September 2020
Category. district
Census division. Chattahoochee
National Register reference number. 100005240 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1954 to 1994

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.

Topographic sheet covering Chattahoochee Historic District, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet covering Chattahoochee Historic District, surveyed 1954

Fires near this property

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Chattahoochee Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,044 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 60 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
Arson/incendiarism	60
Debris and open burning	54
Railroad operations and maintenance	13
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	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
9 September 1997	Recreation and ceremony	28 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
29 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	MASON RD (20)-0596
20 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	(20) PINEVIEW COMMAND
12 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Chattahoochee Historic District: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit Mine	Sand	Unknown
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State Mine	Sand, Clay	Unknown	Clay, Sand
Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant)	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Chattahoochee Pit	Clay	Producer
State Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Chattahoochee Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Plant
Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sand and Gravel
Norman Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this property

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chattahoochee, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
June 2004	Lightning	Chattahoochee	$10,000	Lightning damaged a communications tower. Reported by the Gadsden County EMA.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$7,000	A large oak tree limb was blown onto a home by high winds.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were down.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$4,000	Trees and power lines were blown down across Gadsden county.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$4,000	Large limbs were down on power lines across the county causing power outages. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$3,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in the Chattahoochee area.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$3,000	Multiple trees were blown down around Chattahoochee.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	$2,000	A power line was blown down on A and N Road.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	-	A tree was blown down on River Landing Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	-	A tree was blown down near Chattahoochee.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Chattahoochee	-	Two trees were blown down near Faceville Road and Cypress Street.
March 2013	Hail	Chattahoochee	-	Nickel size hail was reported via WJHG's facebook page.
March 1998	Hail	Chattahoochee	-	Quarter sized hail in Chattahoochee.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1955 USGS Chattahoochee quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Chattahoochee quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1994 USGS Chattahoochee quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	U.S. Arsenal-Officers Quarters	0.7 miles	1973
	Joshua Davis House	7.3 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100005240 in Record Group 79.
Gadsden County	All 18 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.