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Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“The Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It includes three properties in Polk County, Georgia, west of downtown Cedartown, Georgia: Big Spring Park, the Cedartown Waterworks, and the Cedartown Woman's Building.”

Wikipedia article Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Polk County · listed in 2000 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Cedartown Waterworks--Woman's Building--Big Spring Park Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. Jct. of Wissahickon Ave. and Bradford St., Cedartown, 30125
  • When was it listed? December 2000
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Cedartown
  • National Register reference number. 00001475 - 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.

Fires near this property

632 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 632 fires within 5 miles of Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,003 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 344 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
Arson/incendiarism344
Debris and open burning207
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-006
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-POLK-024
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Cedartown Waterworks-Woman's Building-Big Spring Park Historic District: 14 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Nickel, Cobalt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Penland HillManganese, Nickel, CobaltProducerResidual
Hampton MinesAluminumPast Producer
Holland House MineAluminumPast Producer
Ach PropertyManganeseOccurrence1908
Sanders PropertyManganeseOccurrence1908
Cedartown Mine No. 2IronPast Producer
Cedartown Mine No.1IronPast Producer
Edward Graves ProspectIronOccurrence
G M Leslie MineIronPast Producer
J D Waddell MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this property

60 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedartown, the town this property stands in, in 109 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 47 thunderstorm wind, 46 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013Thunderstorm WindCedartown1 killed, 1 hurt, $15,000The Polk County 911 Center relayed numerous reports of trees blown down or snapped with multiple power outages in the Cedartown area. One tree fell on a car, injuring both occupants, one fatally.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Cedartown1 hurt, $350,000A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, GA, concluded that an F0 tornado had touched down four miles south of Cedartown and tracked southeast to a point five miles southeast of Cedartown. About a dozen homes were damaged along the path of the tornado, mostly from downed trees. A female at a doublewide mobile home south of Cedartown suffered a broken hand when a tree fell through the home. Several power lines were also down in the area. In addition, several outbuildings were damaged, including a greenhouse, and porches were blown off two homes five miles southeast of Cedartown. Much of the damage occurred in the vicinity of Young Farms Road, Aragon Road, and between Georgia Highway 100 and Antioch Road. This tornado was rated an F0 with an approximate path length of 5.0 miles and a path width of 50 to 100 yards.
June 2005LightningCedartown1 hurtA 16-year old boy was injured when lightning struck the house while he opened the refrigerator in his home. Lightning apparently entered through the kitchen window and struck the boy in the leg. He was treated and released from the Floyd Medical Center in Rome.
April 2019Flash FloodCedartown$5,000,000Polk County Police Department posted video footage to social media of flash flooding over a roadway at the entrance to Cedartown High School. The flooding resulted from two to three inches of rain that quickly fell over the area, overwhelming a small creek and drainage systems in the area. Water also inundated some ball fields on the campus.
April 2019HailCedartown$315,000The Polk County 911 center reported golf ball size hail on Johnson Lake Road near Highway 278.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCedartown$300,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees and power lines were down from south of Cedartown in the central part of the county to the northwest part of the county along the Floyd county line near Cave Spring. Several homes sustained minor to moderate damage near and especially just south of Cedartown. WSR-88D SRM velocity data suggests that a tornado occurred in this area, but no evidence was found of such during subsequent damage surveys. The strong tornadic-indicative circulation continued northeast across much of Bartow county.
June 2008LightningCedartown$250,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that several structural fires were set in the county by lightning. Radar shows that the strongest reflectivity affected the western half of the county. Exact damage amounts were not able to be determined.
April 2009HailCedartown$200,000Several reports of golf ball-sized hail were received from the Polk County Emergency Management Director from east of Cedartown to Rockmart, including Aragon.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindCedartown$110,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that straight-line winds of 80 MPH struck the Floyd-Polk Medical Center in Cedartown. The winds lifted the vinyl awning off the hospital entrance and pulled some of the metal support beams from the concrete base. These metal support beams punctured the roof and allowed the rain to enter the building through the holes. This water caused damage to the interior of the structure. In addition, some of the debris hit cars parked near the building and damaged six vehicles. A small portion of the metal roof on a nearby building was peeled back. A few limbs were down near the medical center and two business signs nearby were damaged.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindCedartown$100,000A National Weather Service survey determined that a downburst with maximum wind speeds of 90 MPH struck the eastern side of Cedartown around the same time as the larger downburst on the south and east side of town. The path was around 1 to 1.5 miles long and about a half of a mile wide. This second, smaller downburst began to the west of Cedartown High School and north of East Avenue. Trees were uprooted facing east to northeast throughout the school property and several air conditioning systems were moved on the roof of the administration building. In addition, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped in the Northview Cemetery facing southeast away from the center of the downburst.
June 2005LightningCedartown$100,000The Cedartown Standard reported that lightning struck a home setting it on fire. The living room was totally destroyed and the rest of the home sustained smoke damage.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Cedartown$50,000A National Weather Service Damage Survey Team confirmed that an F1 tornado touched down approximately two miles east of Cedartown and traveled on a northwesterly track terminating at a point about two miles north of Cedartown. The damage path was 2.8 miles long and 50 yards wide. The most significant damage was to a Chevron gas station, which sustained a damaged portico, and several brick storage units, which were flattened. In addition, a large billboard on U.S. Highway 27 was bent to the ground by the tornadic winds. A number of trees and power lines were also blown down in a small area along the path of the tornado. Minor damage was also reported to a Wal Mart store on the east side of Cedartown and a power transformer apparently burned when a power line was blown down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCedartown$30,000The broadcast media, Polk County 911 center and the public reported numerous trees blown down from around Highway 27 and Davis Road to Pine Pitch Road and Burkhalter Roads and the Meadow Lakes Golf Course. The corrugated metal roof was partially blown off at the WalMart shopping center near the corner of Highway 27 and Davis Road. ||TREES DOWN ON BURKHALTER ROAD AND PINE PITCH ROAD.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindCedartown$25,000The local print media reported several trees blown down from the Cedartown area to Rockmart. A portion of the metal roof was peeled off of a motel in Cedartown.
March 2003Flash FloodCedartown$25,000The Polk county Emergency Management Director and the county fire chief reported that a trailer park along Georgia Highway 27 at Georgia Avenue in Cedartown was flooded as a result of Big Cedar Creek. The creek overflowed its banks and crested over one foot above flood stage. Water from one to two feet deep was reported in some of the homes in the trailer park. Consequently, several people had to be evacuated from their homes. Rainfall of 3 inches or more was common throughout the area in a 3 to 4 hour period during the morning.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCedartown$25,000The Rome News Tribune reported numerous trees and up to eight power lines down. One of the utility poles and some trees fell on a house at Herbert and Park streets.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCedartown$20,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that six trees were blown down, one on a house, in Cedartown.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindCedartown$20,000Polk county 911 reported several trees blown down. A tree was knocked onto a church on Antioch Road in Cedartown. A HAM radio operator reported many trees down on Davis Road near Rockmart.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCedartown$15,000no account filed
April 2016HailCedartown$12,000Trained spotters reported quarter size hail in Cedartown and just south of Cedartown. The spotter in Cedartown reported that the hail covered the ground and dented cars.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCedartown$10,000Large tree fell onto a home on North College Street.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindCedartown$10,000A survey team from the Peachtree City, Georgia National Weather Service (NWS) office reported that a severe downburst or microburst, affecting a small area off Fullmer Road southwest of Cedartown, just north of the Haralson county line resulted in the destruction of a large storage shed. The shed and its roof were strewn over a 50 to 100 yard wide area north of where the storage shed had been originally located. In addition, several large trees were either blown over or broken off approximately 15 to 20 feet above the ground. There were several reports from the public of funnel clouds and tornadoes in the area at the time, but the NWS survey team determined that this was not a tornado since all of the debris was blown in one northerly direction.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCedartown$10,000Polk county 911 reported numerous trees were knocked down.
June 1999FloodCedartown$10,000no account filed
September 2015Thunderstorm WindCedartown$7,000The Polk County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down in the vicinity of North College Street and West Girard Avenue.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCedartown$6,000The Polk County 911 center reported numerous trees blown in the Peek Forest Park area in Cedartown.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCedartown$5,000Multiple reports of trees and powerlines down across cedartown.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCedartown$5,000A tree fell onto a power line and house on North Piedmont Hwy in Cedartown.
February 1998Flash FloodCedartown$5,000Flooding occurred along and near the Big Cedar Creek. Water was in the basement of some homes. A trailer park along the creek was voluntarily evacuated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedartown$3,000Amateur radio operators relayed reports of many trees and power lines down north of Cedartown.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCedartown$3,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down around Cedartown.
January 2009FloodCedartown$3,000The Rockmart Journal and the Cedartown Standard documented two flooding events in Polk county. Euharlee Creek overflowed its banks in downtown Rockmart submerging a portion of Silver Comet Trail. A portion of Seaborn James Park was also flooded. Cedar Creek also overflowed its banks causing temporary flooding of some city streets in Cedartown. A portion of West Avenue was briefly submerged under several inches of water at the height of the flooding. Damage was limited to debris removal.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCedartown$3,000The Polk county 911 center reported that several trees were down on power lines.
February 2024Thunderstorm WindCedartown$2,000Trees reported down near the intersection of Blanche Rd and Cherokee Cir.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindCedartown$2,000The Polk County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down around Cedartown.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindCedartown$2,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that at least seven trees were down between Cedartown, Fish Creek, and Rockmart.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCedartown$2,000The Rome News Tribune reported that eight large trees were down in Cedartown. The public reported that these were blocking some roads in the city.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Tree down on a vehicle near the intersection of Lees Chapel Road and Lovvorn Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Trees down along Woodall road near Gathin Rd.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Tree down along Pine Forest Dr in Cedartown .
February 2024Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Two trees reported down along Old Mill Rd .
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000A tree was reported down on a home on Frances St.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000The public reported that three large mature pine trees were blown down at a private residence approximately five miles southwest of Cedartown.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that two trees and one power line were down in western Polk county. The trees were down on French Road and River Bogger Road. The power line was down on River Bogger Road.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000A storm spotter and the public reported that a storage building was overturned and some trees were blown down. The damage was caused by straight-lined winds associated with a line of showers and thunderstorms.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000The public reported that a roof was blown off a barn on Mountain Home Road.
June 1999HailCedartown$1,000Hail damaged a car.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Polk county 911 reported several trees were knocked down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Polk county 911 reported several trees were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCedartown$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down across Cedartown and the western portions of the county.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindCedartown$500The public reported that a concrete-based sign was blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCedartown$500The Polk county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down. It was largely believed that the trees were weakened because of persistent heavy rain in the area at the time.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindCedartown$500The Polk county 911 center reported that a few trees were blown down.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCedartown$500The Polk county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down on Campbell Road.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCedartown$500The public reported trees were snapped by thunderstorm winds.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindCedartown$250The Polk County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindCedartown$200Thunderstorm winds knocked several tree limbs down in western Polk County.
March 2026HailCedartown-Cedartown police reported quarter-size hail on philpot street.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCedartown-Report of multiple trees down across a subdivision at bryant circle and pinecrest rd. one tree fell through a house.
April 2025HailCedartown-Estimated golf ball size hail reported in cedartown.

Every storm recorded in Polk County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00001475 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Polk CountyAll 9 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.