St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

From the record

“Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African-American church in Hawkinsville, Georgia, located at 401 North Dooly Street. It is a large brick building on the northwest corner of North Dooly Street and Second Street, built 1908-1912, replacing a wood building built in 1877.”
Wikipedia article St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Pulaski County · listed in 2000 · 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. 401 N. Dooly St., Hawkinsville, 31036
When was it listed? December 2000
Category. building
Census division. Hawkinsville
National Register reference number. 00001477 - 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

625 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 625 fires within 5 miles of St. Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,437 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 32 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
Debris and open burning	437
Equipment and vehicle use	77
Arson/incendiarism	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Natural	20
Smoking	17
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Recreation and ceremony	5

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
9 September 2005	Debris and open burning	4.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2000	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-PULASKI-009
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-PULASKI-013
6 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-PULASKI-012
6 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2009	Debris and open burning	5.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this property

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawkinsville, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 lightning, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	1 killed, $25,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down on a home, killing one person inside. Trees and power lines were knocked down throughout the county. (F??PH)
August 2003	Heavy Rain	Hawkinsville	1 killed	The Pulaski county Emergency Management Director reported that a 14-year old male fell into a rain-swollen drainage ditch. He was subsequently swept away and carried nearly two blocks away from where he fell in. He was killed instantly. Approximately 2.5 inches of rain had fallen in the area in just a 45 to 60 minute period of time. High water was also reported on several roads in the area.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$350,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported extensive wind damage in the northern part of the county from Hawkinsville to just northwest of Mobley Crossing near the Bleckley county line. More than two dozen trees were down in the area and a number of power lines. At least one structure suffered substantial damage when a tree fell on the structure. Several homes on the northwest side of Hawkinsville, especially along Jackson and Dooly streets, sustained minor to moderate roof damage when shingles or portions of the roofs were torn off the homes.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$210,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that four buildings at the Harness Horse Racing Training Facility sustained significant damage from downburst thunderstorm winds. Damages to the facility exceeded $200,000. At least two trees were also down on power lines in the area of Lower River Road and Woodard Road.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$75,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that two buildings at an irrigation company off U.S. Highway 129, two miles south of Hawkinsville, were damaged from thunderstorm downburst winds. A pontoon was pushed approximately 100 yards into one of these buildings. Anywhere from six to eight trees and a few power lines and phone lines were also down in this same general area.
March 2011	Hail	Hawkinsville	$63,000	The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office observed golf ball-sized hail approximately five miles south of Hawkinsville. WSR-88D radar data suggests that quarter to golf ball-sized hail likely fell across the county from west of Hawkinsville to southeast of Hawkinsville.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$50,000	Sight survey by a NWS employee showed the damage path continued out of Houston county into Pulaski county. Over 150 pecan trees in 2 separate orchards were blown down. Very large oak and pine trees were also knocked down. An unoccupied mobile home was flipped and landed 30 to 40 feet away. It was upright and intact, but destroyed. The EMA director indicated a total of 17 homes were damaged or destroyed. Most of the damage came from falling trees. Power outages also resulted when trees fell on power lines.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$50,000	A sudden downburst from a thunderstorm peeled the roof off a high school gymnasium. Georgia Emergency Agency reported numerous trees and power lines were downed as well.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$30,000	The Pulaski county 911 center reported that 30 to 40 trees were blown down, some falling on and causing minor structural damage to homes. One home suffered significant damage when a large oak tree fell on the structure, as well as the two nearby vehicles in the driveway. Five barns at the end of the Harness Track Arena suffered substantial damage as the wind tore off the tin roofs.
June 2008	Lightning	Hawkinsville	$25,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning strikes ignited two fires in southwest Pulaski county, one to a wheat field and the other to some woods. Nine acres of a wheat field burned and two acres of woods burned before the fires were extinguished.
April 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$25,000	Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds, some falling on power lines causing power outages. Roofs were taken off houses. Quarter size hail was also reported.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$15,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported a brick faade blown off of a business on Commerce Street in Hawkinsville. In addition, several trees were blown down in north Hawkinsville, some onto power lines, and the roof was torn off of a mobile home on Gooseneck Lane southeast of Hawkinsville.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$10,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that eight trees were down in the Hawkinsville area. One building was also damaged.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$10,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that the roof was blown off a barn. The debris caused damage to another outbuilding and a nearby home. In addition, three trees were also blown down in the area. Pea-sized hail was also observed.
October 2002	Lightning	Hawkinsville	$10,000	The Hawkinsville Dispatch & News reported that lightning struck electrical lines in the downtown area causing an electrical surge that destroyed a number of computer and phone systems in downtown area buildings. The county offices in the courthouse and annex were the hardest hit with every office suffering computer damage and the entire phone system was out in the building. The courthouse clock and the bank clock across the street from the courthouse also stopped when the lightning hit. There were several other businesses affected by the lightning strike in the downtown area including a paint store, the Dispatch & News, an x-ray facility, and a drugstore. Each store suffered varying degrees of damage to computers and phone systems in the buildings.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$5,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported damage from thunderstorm winds in the Hawkinsville area including a large tree blown down on Rawls Street and a building on Eastman Highway with roof damage.
May 2012	Lightning	Hawkinsville	$5,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported that lightning struck a home near the center of town, catching electrical wires on fire. Overall the home sustained only minor damage, most of which was due to smoke.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$5,000	15 to 20 trees were blown down in and around Hawkinsville.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$5,000	no account filed
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$2,000	Reports of trees and power lines down on Fale Street, in Hawkinsville.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$2,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported that two trees and several power lines were blown down in and just east of Hawkinsville.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$2,000	The Pulaski county 911 center and the public reported trees down and some trees with broken limbs.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$2,000	Trees were knocked down on Buck Creek road off of Georgia Highway 247.
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$1,000	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were blown down northeast of Hawkinsville.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$1,000	The Pulaski County 911 Center reported that several trees were down on U.S. Highway 341 south and Lower River Road, southeast of Hawkinsville.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$1,000	The Pulaski County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the north central part of the county.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$500	The Hawkinsville sheriff's office reported several trees blown down.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	$250	Broadcast media relayed a report of a downed tree on Mock Springs Road.
March 2023	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	Quarter sized hail at the intersection of Perry Hwy and Truman Rd.
December 2014	Heavy Rain	Hawkinsville	-	COOP observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 4.40 inches.
June 2011	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski County 911 Center relayed reports of nickel to quarter-sized hail from the eastern part of the county, east of Hawkinsville.
May 2009	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail in the northeast part of the county between Hawkinsville and Mobley Crossing.
July 2008	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that quarter-sized hail was observed.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the county. Some power outages were noted in the Hawkinsville area.
May 2005	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	NBC TV Channel Five of Macon relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail near Hawkinsville. The Pulaski County 911 Center reported that they had received several reports of quarter-sized hail in the Hawkinsville area.
June 2004	Heavy Rain	Hawkinsville	-	The public reported that several low water crossings on Georgia Highway 112 were flooded in the Hawkinsville area after receiving 2.30 inches of rain in less than an hour.
August 2002	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski county Emergency Management Director reported dime size hail.
June 2001	Flood	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski County 911 center reported that minor street flooding occurred in Hawkinsville on U.S. Highway 129 and Georgia Highway 257/27.
July 2000	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski county 911 center reported quarter size hail.
June 1999	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The public reported quarter size hail.
August 1999	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	Pulaski county 911 reported quarter size hail.
January 1999	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	The Pulaski county sheriff's office reported dime size hail and 1 tree down.
May 1998	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	Pulaski county 911 received several reports of dime to nickel size hail in and around Hawkinsville.
April 1998	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	no account filed
March 1995	Hail	Hawkinsville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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

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
R. J. Taylor Memorial Hospital	0.4 miles	2021
Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District	0.5 miles	2004
Pulaski County Courthouse	0.5 miles	1980
Hawkinsville City Hall-Auditorium	0.5 miles	1973
Hawkinsville Public School	0.7 miles	2008
Merritt-Ragan House	0.8 miles	1991

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 00001477 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pulaski County	All 8 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.
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.