Motor Inn Number 2

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1921.

From the record

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Escambia County · listed in 2022 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 500 West Jackson St., Pensacola, 32501
When was it listed? September 2022
Category. building
Census division. Pensacola
National Register reference number. 100008234 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Motor Inn Number 2, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet covering Motor Inn Number 2, surveyed 1921

Fires near this property

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Motor Inn Number 2 between 1992 and 2017, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
21 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	MARLANE CEMETARY (17)
27 August 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	6.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
28 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	BARTOW FIRE-1298
7 June 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 June 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	SANDRA DRIVE GULLY FIRE - 1069
28 June 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	HAWTHORN DRIVE (17)
22 June 1995	Smoking	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
11 June 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	GUILLEMARD ST (17)

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Motor Inn Number 2: 6 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay. 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
Agrico Pensacola Plant	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Alden Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Bellview Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Clarks Sand Co. Pensacola Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Clark Sand and Gravel - Pensacola Mine	Sand	Producer
Dot Pensacola - Brent Mine	Sand	Unknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete Mine	Sand	Unknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Boley Mine	Sand	Unknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hollywood Mine	Sand	Unknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hughes Mine	Sand	Unknown

Every working recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this property

60 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pensacola, the town this property stands in, in 84 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 40 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 12 hail, 10 lightning. The reports record 3 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
June 2004	Lightning	Pensacola	1 hurt	A male was indirectly struck by lightning in west Pensacola. He was a thirty year old male and was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released.
July 2002	Lightning	Pensacola	1 hurt	A male was indirectly struck by lightning near Pensacola. Little information was available about how he was struck. He was taken to a local hospital and was kept for a few days before being released.
July 2011	Lightning	Pensacola	1 hurt	no account filed
October 2001	Tornado (F0)	Pensacola	$250,000	An F0 tornado touched down in the Coral Creek Subdivision, along Coral Reef Road. Twenty five homes suffered some degree of roof damage, with three of the homes sustaining major roof damage. Many homes had some window damage, mainly resulting from flying debris. A few homes also had fence damage.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$75,000	Strong thunderstorm winds produced damage in the Car City area of Pensacola, south of Interstate 10. A garage was damaged in the area as was at least one automobile. In addition, a tree was also blown down, damaging a fence.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$50,000	Pensacola Regional Airport recorded a 61 mph wind gust at 405 pm.\|\|The severe thunderstorm winds resulted in numerous trees being downed through the city of Pensacola. The downed trees also resulted in damage to some residential fences and a few homes.
July 2002	Lightning	Pensacola	$50,000	Lightning struck the roof of a church and started a fire. The fire burned for six hours before being put out. There was considerable damage to a roof over a sanctuary and smoke damaged most of the church. No one was in the building near where the strike occurred.
August 2001	Lightning	Pensacola	$50,000	A home was struck by lightning and caught on fire. The home was almost completely destroyed before the fire department could put the fire out.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$35,000	Trees and power lines blown down on Lloyd Street and Scenic Highway.
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$25,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree on a house and car.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$25,000	no account filed
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$20,000	Trees and power lines were blown down and a couple of buildings suffered minor roof damage in Pensacola.
July 2000	Wildfire	West Pensacola	$20,000	Lightning started a woods fire in the west part of Pensacola. The fire started in a heavily wooded area and spread toward a sub-division. The fire threatened 150 homes but was brought under control before reaching the homes. No injuries were reported.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$15,000	An apartment complex sustained roof damage while a vehicle sitting in the parking lot of the same complex sustained damage.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$10,000	Winds estimated at 65 mph blew a tree down on to a house.
October 2008	Lightning	Pensacola	$10,000	A home was hit by lightning and a fire started. The home only suffered minor damage from the fire.
October 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$10,000	Trees downed on the east side of Pensacola as thunderstorms moved through the area.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$8,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree on house and downed powerlines.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$7,000	Thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated to be 60 to 70 mph near the downtown area. Some powerlines were reported down.
December 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts around 60 mph downed several large trees.
June 2012	Flash Flood	Pensacola	$5,000	Heavy rains caused water to entering 1st floor of baptist hospital. Also numerous area roads were flooded.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph blew windows out of a bus at 9th and College Blvd.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees and powerlines.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	High winds damaged a Hobby Lobby store on N Davis Highway in Pensacola.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Power lines were blown down in the community as a thunderstorm moved through.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Trees were blown down near I-10 and Pine Forest Road as a thunderstorm move through the area.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	High winds blew trees down in Pensacola.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down.
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down near downtown Pensacola. Two vehicles were damaged by falling trees. No injuries were reported.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down a few large trees which did minor damage to a house roof and a porch.
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$3,500	no account filed
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$3,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a large tree on the 3700 Block of Cervantes.
October 2008	Lightning	Pensacola	$3,000	Lightning struck a tree and knocked it down. A male, in his middle 70s, was standing near the tree and the strike knocked him down. He was taken to a local hospital, treated and released.
March 2005	Hail	Pensacola	$3,000	Golfball size hail fell from a storm near Pensacola. Several vehicles were damaged by the large hail. The hail lasted for about ten minutes.
January 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$3,000	A few trees were blown down near downtown Pensacola.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$2,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph produced damage at the Blue Wahoos Stadium. 200 ft of outfiled wall knocked down...15 porta-johns knocked over and two tents damaged.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$2,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed several large tree limbs across the county.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$2,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph snapped flag poles and broke trees limbs. Some garbage cans were also tossed around.
December 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$2,000	Several trees and power lines were blown down in the southeast sections of Pensacola.
June 1996	Lightning	Pensacola	$2,000	no account filed
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$1,000	An awning was blown off of a Pensacola restaurant.
March 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$1,000	Winds estimated at 60 mph downed tree branches along Gregory street.
May 2012	Tornado (EF0)	Pensacola	$1,000	A waterspout moved onshore and caused minor damage to a fence...shed and house.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$1,000	Several large limbs were blown down in the coastal sections of downtown Pensacola.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	West Pensacola	$1,000	Wind gust to 58 mph and dime-size hail was reported two miles east of Lillian, Alabama, on the west side of Pensacola just past the Lillian Bridge.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$500	Winds blew two to three small boats out of the water near the Bob Sikes Bridge. It could have been a possible waterspout but no one observed or thought they saw one.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	$500	Several trees were blown down in the north sections of Pensacola.
May 2024	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Law enforcement reported flooding at the intersection of L and Garden streets with vehicles stalled in the water.
June 2023	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rain caused flooding of numerous structures and ongoing highwater rescues ongoing.
June 2023	Tornado (EF2)	West Pensacola	-	Damage survey found a very broad area roughly a mile and a half\|wide of strong sporadic straight line winds beginning around\|Fairfield drive and 52nd Ave in West Pensacola. No visual\|convergence was noted until the area near N Old Corry Field Rd\|and W Gregory St. Several large limbs were noted and few uproots\|at this location in a loosely convergent pattern. This more\|concentrated damage continued south-southeast across US 98 to\|Barrancas Ave with a several mile wider swath of damaging winds.\|The path at this point seems discontinuous with several weak areas\|of convergence resulting in likely high end EF-0 damage embedded\|within a broader damaging wind swath. A more concentrated area of\|convergence appears around Fairway Drive on the north side of the\|Pensacola County Club. Several hardwoods had large 2 foot in\|diameter branches snapped and several softwood pines were snapped\|as a more continuous path extended across the country club and\|Bayshore Dr before moving out over Pensacola Bay. \|\|The tornado then likely continued as a waterspout traversing Pensacola Bay\|dodging the western tip of Gulf Breeze before wrapping back\|southeast towards Pensacola Beach. The tornado quickly\|strengthened as it crossed Fort Pickens Rd near Galvez CT.\|Significant damage to homes built to withstand significant\|hurricanes was noted and thus damage estimates from this location leaned on\|the higher side for given damage indicators. Several of the homes\|across a quarter mile swath had damage to siding including\|several sides beings completely removed. A few homes lost 20 to\|60 percent of metal roofing material even with proper hurricane\|code anchors. Several bottom floor garages were completely gutted\|as garage doors were blown in and destroyed. Bottom exterior walls\|blew out leading to complete exposure of the bottom floors.\|Several palm trees across the area were snapped a few feet off the\|ground. The most notable damage was right along Fort Pickens Rd\|where a house under construction had the entire top floor and\|roof removed. This damage was put on the lower end of estimates\|as the house was under construction and an opening on the north\|side may have helped the failure of the upper walls and floors.\|However, a large dumpster likely weighing several hundred pounds\|was thrown roughly 50-70 yards due east and was deposited between\|two palm trees about 2 feet off the ground. The damage to the\|home, dumpster combined with a garage door that failed being\|wrapped around a concrete piling resulted in the peak wind\|estimate of 120 mph. \|\|The tornado likely crossed over Fort Pickens Rd and into the \|Gulf of Mexico where it likely dissipated. One other interesting \|damage note was that at least two boats were tossed on the Pensacola \|Bay side. One boat was found about 20-30 yards from the boat lift \|upside down in the water. The other boat was thrown off the lift \|and was reportedly found near Deer Point about a mile north across \|the bay. This boat likely floated over there but still impressive. \|There is no damage indicator for boats; however, the sheer \|impressiveness helped support the higher rating given the surrounding \|damage indicators.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Pensacola	-	Measured by a personal weather station near Brent Lane and I-10.
July 2022	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	A CoCoRaHS observer reported street flooding.
June 2022	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rain flooded several roads and yards.
June 2021	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rain caused flooding of several roadways in and around Pensacola.
June 2017	Flash Flood	West Pensacola	-	Reports of knee deep water the the Forest Creek Apartments.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rains caused flooding in the Pensacola area.
March 2014	Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rain caused numerous reports of street flooding along Creighton Rd, Mobile highway, E and l St intersection, and Garden St.
June 2012	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rain caused several roads to flood with water starting to get into houses.
July 2012	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rain caused flooding which closed south-bound I-110 and Brent lane.
November 2010	Flash Flood	Pensacola	-	Heavy rains flooded the road at North Spring Street.

Every storm recorded in Escambia County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

1921 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1944 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:25000
1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1978 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
1994 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church	0.1 miles	2013
Charles William Jones House	0.3 miles	1977
North Hill Preservation District	0.3 miles	1983
Fort George Site	0.4 miles	1974
United States Post Office and Court House	0.6 miles	2014
St. Joseph's Church Buildings	0.7 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100008234 in Record Group 79.
Escambia County	All 38 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.