Photograph of Haile Homestead — Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kanapaha

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1890.

From the record

“The Historic Haile Homestead, also known as Haile Plantation House or Kanapaha, is a historic site and museum in Gainesville, Florida, United States. On May 2, 1986, the plantation house was added to the U.S.”
Wikipedia article Haile Homestead, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · 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. 8500 FL 24, Gainesville, 32608
When was it listed? May 1986
Category. building
Census division. Gainesville
National Register reference number. 86000915 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1890 to 1954

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Kanapaha, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheet covering Kanapaha, surveyed 1890

Fires near this property

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Kanapaha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 332 acres in total. 11 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	40
Debris and open burning	24
Misuse of fire by a minor	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Natural	11
Arson/incendiarism	7
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
5 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	ALACHUA/HAYFIELD FIRE/0894
1 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	945
23 August 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
21 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	2005-08-0502 /ALACHUA
9 July 1998	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
6 July 1992	Natural	3.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
26 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
13 July 1993	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 20,247 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 20,247 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kanapaha between 1806 and 1975: 8,544 Fungi, 8,453 Animalia, 1,845 Protozoa, 1,171 Plantae, 129 Chromista, 103 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A B GROBMAN, A CARR 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841	1847	not recorded	Gainesville
Astragalus L.	1876	Abraham P. Garber
Corallorrhiza Gagnebin	1876	Abraham P. Garber
Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe	1806	C. E. Faxon
Canthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758)	1822	F. W. Walker	Gainesville
Ilex vomitoria Aiton	1826	A. P. Garber
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood	1842	F Engel
Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823)	1860	A. Arata	Gainesville, 6 mi. NW
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817	1860	James Layne	Gainesville
Myotis Kaup, 1829	1860	Harley B. Sherman	Gainesville
Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897)	1860	unknown	Gainesville, 10 mi. W
Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)	1860	James Layne	Gainesville, 8 mi NW

All 20,247 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kanapaha: 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
	Hole No 118 Clay Prospect	Clay	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this property

60 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gainesville, the town this property stands in, in 107 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 49 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 9 funnel cloud, 8 heavy rain. The reports record 2 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
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	1 hurt, $5,000	A tree was blown down on a home which resulted in a minor injury to the home homeowner. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
June 1996	Lightning	Gainesville	1 hurt	no account filed
July 1996	Flash Flood	Gainesville	$500,000	no account filed
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$150,000	Home damaged. Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown dow. More than 4000 homes in the western sections of the county experenced power outages.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$75,000	Trees and power lines were blown down along University Blvd.
August 2002	Lightning	Gainesville	$60,000	Lightning struck boublewide mobile home. The subsequent fire totally destoryed the structure.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$55,000	On Interstate 75, two cars were blown off the highway and caused two tractor-semitrailers to collide.
July 2000	Lightning	Gainesville	$40,000	Destroyed a mobile home.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$40,000	Five cars damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
November 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$30,000	Trees down across a road near Gainesville and a large tree felled on a home in La Crosse damaging it.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Gainesville	$15,000	Water accumulating on the roof of the Oaks Mall, drained into the mall at more than 50 gallons per minute.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$15,000	Numerous reports of large trees and power lines blown down. A moble home located at 12308 SR-45 was also destroyed.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$10,000	Gainesville Sun reports trees and power lines down.
July 2000	Flash Flood	Gainesville	$10,000	Numerous streets and roads flooded.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$6,000	no account filed
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$5,000	Three pine trees down, one on a house. Damage to tool shed behind house at 3330 NW 31st Street.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$5,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down. Apartment building damaged.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$5,000	Large limbs and large trees were blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$4,500	Numerous reports of large trees and power lines blown down.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$3,000	Trees damaged.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$3,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$3,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$2,000	Large trees and power lines blown down.
April 1997	Flash Flood	Gainesville	$2,000	Considerabe flooding blocked streets.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$2,000	Power lines blown down in Gainesville. A mobile home being transported on Interstate 75 was flipped over and thrown off the highway near Alachua.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$1,500	Large tress and power lines were blown down.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$1,500	Large limbs and debris block roadways.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$1,000	Large limbs and trees were blown down.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$500	A large tree was blown down and blocked the intersection of NE 2nd Street and NE 2nd Avenue in Gainesville. The cost of damage was estimated.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$500	Minor damage to greenhouse at high school.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$500	Large trees were blown down.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$500	Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down in southeast Gainesville.
February 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$500	Civil defense reported trees and power lines downed from thunderstorm winds south of Gainesville.
December 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	$200	no account filed
September 2023	Heavy Rain	Gainesville	-	A public weather station measured about 4. 5 inches since about 1:45 pm.
September 2023	Heavy Rain	Gainesville	-	An observer measured 4.47 inches since 1:52 mph and observed flooding across the area.
September 2023	Heavy Rain	Gainesville	-	A mesonet station measured 2.8 inches in the past hour.
March 2021	Heavy Rain	Gainesville	-	An observer reported about 3.5 inches of rainfall fell, most between 7 pm and 8 pm.
April 2018	Flood	Gainesville	-	At 6:33 pm, water was pushing up manhole covers on the street behind city hall due to heavy rainfall. At 6:35 pm, county dispatch reported flooding on SW 12th Street and 2nd Avenue estimated about 12 inches deep on the road.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	-	Power lines were blown down at 725 NE 5th Terrace.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	-	A tree was blown down onto power lines and onto the roof of a home near SE 7th Ave and SE 10th Street.
August 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	-	Scattered trees were blown down across the Gainesville city limits. The time of damage was based on radar.
January 2006	Heavy Rain	Gainesville	-	Spotter reported 1.75 inches of rain within a 30 minute period at 926 NW 12th Ave, Gainesville, Florida. multiple power outages and several roads impassable due to poor drainage flooding. Storm total rainfall of 3.2 inches was reported at 22:00 est.
January 2006	Hail	Gainesville	-	Gusty winds reported. Hail later covered the ground.
November 2003	Funnel Cloud	Gainesville	-	Report from Florida State Warning Point. Funnel cloud sighted along County Road 331 near Wachoota.
November 2003	Funnel Cloud	Gainesville	-	Public report of a funnel cloud near Paynes Prairie State Preserve moving rapidly toward Interstate 75.
June 2003	Funnel Cloud	Gainesville	-	Sighted on NW 83rd Strret in Gainesville.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	-	Power Lines down on NW 83rd Street. Roof removed from back porch on 1000 block of NE 21st street. Second report from Gainesville Sun 6/10/03.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	-	Trees reported as twisted off and downed at 3400 SW Williston Rd. No report of a tornado.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Gainesville	-	Two trees down on a homes.
July 2003	Lightning	Gainesville	-	Spyglass Apartments, 700 SW 62nd Blvd, DD Building. Fire sparked by lightning strike burned roof and attic. Two apartment units received the bulk of the damage due to smoke and water damage. Building was insured, however resident losses were not.
May 2002	Hail	Gainesville	-	Quarter sized hail covered ground.

Every storm recorded in Alachua County

Maps showing this location

8 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.

1890 USGS Arredondo quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
1892 USGS Arredondo quadrangle1:62500
1894 USGS Arredondo quadrangle1:62500 - 6 printings
1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Arredondo quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

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
Dan Branch House	5.5 miles	2015
Liberty Hill Schoolhouse	5.7 miles	2003
Cox Family Log House	5.8 miles	2017
Lakeshore Towers	6.1 miles	2024
Engineering Industries Building	6.5 miles	2008
Women's Gymnasium	6.6 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000915 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.

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.
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.