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One of 37 National Register listings published here for Habersham County · listed in 2003 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pyle-Davis House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Pyle--Davis House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 202 Massachusetts Bvd., Demorest, 30535
- When was it listed? June 2003
- Category. building
- Census division. Cornelia
- Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
- National Register reference number. 03000537 - 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
268 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Pyle-Davis House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 6 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 | 169 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-013 |
| 9 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HABERSHAM-001 |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-008 |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pyle-Davis House: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence | Kyanite | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| H. Woods | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| J.P.Fort Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Piedmont College Farm | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stamborough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Demorest, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Lightning | Demorest | $100,000 | Lightning ignited a house fire, causing extensive damage. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Demorest | - | Public reported up to quarter size hail just east of Demorest. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down around Demorest. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | Trees were down from south of Clarkesville to the Lathan Rd area. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | Trees down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Demorest | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Demorest | - | no account filed |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demorest Commercial Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1989 | |
 | Demorest Women's Club | 0.2 miles | 2008 |
| McMillan-Garrison House | 3.0 miles | 1982 | |
| Robert McMillan House | 3.1 miles | 1982 | |
| South Washington Street Historic District | 3.2 miles | 1982 | |
| Haywood English Family Log House | 3.4 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 03000537 in Record Group 79. |
| Habersham County | All 37 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.