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One of 11 National Register listings published here for Flagler County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Espanola Schoolhouse
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1937.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 98 Knox Jones Ave., Bunnell, 32110
- When was it listed? July 2020
- Category. building
- Also known as. Florida's Historic Black Public Schools MPS
- Census division. Bunnell
- National Register reference number. 100005382 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1937 to 1954The ground this property stands on, surveyed 17 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
335 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Espanola Schoolhouse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,815 acres in total. 156 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 156 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF BLUE BERRY PATCH |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Espanola Schoolhouse: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
60 of 145 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunnell, the town this property stands in, in 145 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 73 thunderstorm wind, 24 heavy rain, 22 hail, 10 lightning. The reports record 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Bunnell | 2 hurt | 75,000 acres, 51 homes destroyed, 179 damaged. Twelve vehicles destroyed or damaged. Mandatory evacuation. |
| September 2001 | Lightning | Bunnell | 1 hurt | Lightning damaged one home. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Bunnell | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Bunnell | $75,000 | Lightning strike destroyed a 1,200 square foot section of a decorative outer brick wall on the back edge of Buddy Taylor Middle School, near the gymnasium. Bricks fell on a school walkway. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $50,000 | Two barns destroyed. Farm tractor damaged. |
| July 2001 | Lightning | Bunnell | $35,000 | Damaged a house in Palm Coast. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $25,000 | Large trees were blown down. One mobile home destroyed. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $15,000 | Roof damage in Palm Coast. 20,000 electric customers without service. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $10,000 | Large trees were blown down. One structure damaged. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $5,000 | A tree fell on a vehicle south of Bunnell due to strong thunderstorm winds. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $3,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Bunnell | $3,500 | Flooding in SR 100. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $3,000 | Strong downburst winds caused structural damage and significant tree damage along Bacher Street in Bunnell. Large trees were blown down and damaged lanais, fencing and outdoor equipment. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $3,000 | A tree fell on a house and car along South Moore Steet, about 1 mile east of Bunnell. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | A few trees were blown down in Bunnell. Peak wind gusts were estimated near 50 mph. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | Multiple small trees were blown down in Bunnell. Several power outages were reported. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Bunnell | $2,000 | A lightning strike damaged power lines near U.S. Highway 1 and County Road 13 in Bunnell. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down at several locations in Bunnell. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $1,000 | Flagler county EM reported that a large tree was down across SR 11 in the 1900 block obstructing the roadway. AWOS station KFIN Flagler City reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 40 mph. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $1,000 | A tree was blown down into power lines which fell near the intersection of State Road 100 and Woodland Street in Bunnell. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $1,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down in northern Bunnell. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $500 | A tree was blown down onto power lines in Bunnell. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $500 | A tree was blown down on Anderson Street. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $500 | A tree fell on a shed on Hardy Street. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Bunnell | $500 | Weak F0. Tree tops damaged. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | $200 | Large trees were blown. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Bunnell | $100 | Six to twelve inches of water were flooding Moody Blvd at Chapel Street in Bunnell. The cost of damage is unknown, and estimated on the low end for inclusion of the event in StormData. |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Bunnell | $100 | Lightning struck an antenna on the Flagler County Emergency Operations Center. The antenna was obliterated, but no other damage occurred to the building due to the lightning protection system. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Bunnell | - | A possible funnel cloud spotted near Belle Terre on US 1. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | A tree was blown down. The time was based on radar data. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | A tree was blown down onto power lines. Debris blocked the road near 901 East Lambert Street. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Bunnell | - | Water covered State Road 100 just west of Bunnell, but the road remained passable. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | A tree and power line were blown down near East Woodland Avenue and State Road 100. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Bunnell | - | A funnel cloud was observed. |
| September 2022 | Flood | Bunnell | - | Flood water covered State Road 100 near the overpass. Water depth was 6-12 inches. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | Multiple trees were blown down along State Road 11 for about 4 miles, from about 1 mile south of Bunnell to 5 miles south of Bunnell. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Bunnell | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Bunnell. |
| February 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Bunnell | - | A video of a funnel cloud was taken near the Grand Reserve Neighborhood. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Bunnell | - | A spotter reported quarter size hail at US Highway 1 in Bunnell. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Bunnell | - | A spotter measured 3.2 inches of rainfall in the past hour in the Lehigh Woods section of Palm Coast. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | Multiple trees were blown down on the the 1800 block of Old Haw Creek Road near Bunnell. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | A tree was blown down on a home along Edison Lane in Palm Coast. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | Trees were blown down along State Road 11 west of Bunnell. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | Power lines were blown down across Hardy Street in Bunnell. |
| October 2017 | Flood | Bunnell | - | Minor to moderate street flooding in the Quail Hollow section of Palm Coast. |
| June 2016 | Heavy Rain | Bunnell | - | About 2.51 inches of rainfall was measured at the Flagler County emergency operations center. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Bunnell | - | The Flagler EOC measured 1.55 of rainfall in 30 minutes. A storm total of 1.57 was measured. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunnell | - | Trees and power lines were blown down off of West Moody Road. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Bunnell | - | Rainfall of 2.25 inches was measured in 45 minutes. |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited 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.
- 1937 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
5 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Vocational Agriculture Building | 3.9 miles | 2007 |
 | Bunnell State Bank Building, Old | 4.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Bunnell City Hall | 4.2 miles | 2019 |
 | Bunnell Water Tower | 4.2 miles | 2019 |
 | Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road | 5.9 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005382 in Record Group 79. |
| Flagler County | All 11 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.