A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1970. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 1970 · category: Building · built in 1970 · a National Historic Landmark.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm Yard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,430 acres in total. 35 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 | 35 |
| 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 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,289 specimens collected within 10 miles of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm Yard 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.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cross Creek, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2010: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Creek | $50,000 | Trees were blown onto homes in the Cross Creek area and near Micanopy. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cross Creek | $8,000 | The public reported widespread damage at County Road 325 and Southeast 143 Street. Six large trees were either uprooted or snapped along a quarter mile path. All board fences along the path were blown over and power lines were blown down. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Cross Creek | - | Golf ball-size hail was reported in Cross Creek. |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Axline House | 0.1 miles | 2015 |
 | 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 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 70000176 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Alachua County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
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