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One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Axline House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 18507 S. Cty. Rd. 325, Hawthorne, 32640
- When was it listed? May 2015
- Category. building
- Census division. Hawthorne
- National Register reference number. 15000207 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1893 to 1954The ground this property stands on, surveyed 61 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
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Axline House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,432 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 7 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/CROSS CREEK FIRE |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/STICK CITY |
| 9 July 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2004 | Natural | 42 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/ MANAGEMENT AREA |
| 5 July 2004 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/LOCHLOOSA1 FIRE |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 1,289 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,289 specimens collected within 10 miles of Axline House between 1878 and 1975: 775 Animalia, 440 Fungi, 36 Plantae, 25 Protozoa, 7 Chromista, 6 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. & L. Rhoads, A. L. Welden, A. S. Rhoads and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Columbina passerina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | not recorded | Unknown Specific Locality |
| Viperidae | 1889 | not recorded | 7499-UNITED STATES FLORIDA | |
 | Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801) | 1890 | not recorded | 7572-UNITED STATES FLORIDA |
 | Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze | 1897 | J. H. Barnhart | |
 | Meliola cookeana Speg. | 1897 | Thaxter R. | MCINTOSH |
 | Eudocimus albus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1898 | Oscar E. Baynard | Orange Lake, on an island in lake |
 | Agkistrodon piscivorus (Lacépède, 1789) | 1899 | WEBSTER, FREDERIC S | Specific Locality Unknown |
 | Anolis carolinensis Voigt, 1832 | 1899 | WEBSTER, FREDERIC S | Specific Locality Unknown |
 | Crocodylus acutus (Cuvier, 1807) | 1899 | WEBSTER, FREDERIC S | Specific Locality Unknown |
| Eumeces inexpectatus Taylor, 1932 | 1899 | WEBSTER, FREDERIC S | Specific Locality Unknown | |
 | Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin, 1801) | 1899 | WEBSTER, FREDERIC S | Specific Locality Unknown |
 | Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1899 | WEBSTER, FREDERIC S | Specific Locality Unknown |
All 1,289 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this property
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawthorne, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 3 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2009 | Lightning | Hawthorne | 1 hurt | A 10-year-old male was struck and injured by lightning in Hawthorne. He was hospitalized. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Hawthorne | $5,000 | Water was coming into some resident homes along U.S. Highway 301 and State Road 20 in Hawthorne. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for this event to be included in StormData. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $5,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $3,000 | A media partner relayed a report from social media of an tree that was blown down onto a home in Hawthorne. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in storm data. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted as a line of shower moved through Hawthorne. The cost of damage was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $500 | Large tree were blown down. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Trees were blown down along SE 57th Avenue and a trampoline was blown into a neighbor's yard. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | All lanes of State Road 20 were closed about a quarter mile east of State Road 21 toward Hawthorne due to flooding. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Numerous reports of trees and power lines occurred in Hawthorne. The time of damage was estimated by radar. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hawthorne | - | A photo of a photo cloud was taken near Hawthorne. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Multiple reports of trees down in Hawthorne. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | Law enforcement reported flooding in Hawthorne. Portions of Southeast Highway 301 near County Road 2028 had to be closed due to flooding. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | The Clay Electric Line Supervisor in Keystone Heights reported widespread thunderstorm wind damage to electric lines across eastern Alachua county including near the city of Hawthorne. Trees were blown down on power lines. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
7 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.
- 1893 USGS Citra quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Citra quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Ocala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm Yard | 0.1 miles | 1970 |
 | Evinston Community Store and Post Office | 4.0 miles | 1989 |
 | Winecoff House | 7.5 miles | 2002 |
 | Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125 | 7.5 miles | 2010 |
 | Micanopy Historic District | 7.6 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000207 in Record Group 79. |
| Alachua County | All 64 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.
- Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
- 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.