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One of 48 National Register listings published here for Cobb County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Solomon and Penelopy Pace House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Pace, Solomon and Penelopy, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 3057 Paces Mill Rd., Vinings, 30339
- When was it listed? May 2009
- Category. building
- Census division. Vinings
- National Register reference number. 09000325 - 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
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Solomon and Penelopy Pace House between 1994 and 2019, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | AKERS MILL |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-COBB-001 |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | POWERSFERY |
| 17 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | PALISADES |
| 16 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COBB-001 |
| 29 December 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | INDIAN TRAIL |
| 25 December 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | HO HO |
| 2 November 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | POWERS |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Solomon and Penelopy Pace House: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Cement Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kramper Property | Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Alanta Brick & Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No. 7 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stamps Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vinings, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Hail | Vinings | $2,000,000 | Several reports of penny, quarter, and golf ball-sized hail received from the Smyrna and Vinings area in eastern Cobb county. This was the second of four severe thunderstorms to impact Cobb county during the evening of April 23rd. |
| April 2003 | Lightning | Vinings | $150,000 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that lightning struck a two-story home near Vinings. The roof caught fire and the roof and second floor suffered major damage. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Vinings | $5,000 | The Vinings Neighbor newspaper reported that lightning struck an AT&T Broadband switching station, knocking out cable for more than half the county for over an hour and the counties government television station for more than 2 hours. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | $5,000 | Spotters measured a wind gust to 55 knots and reported power lines and a tree down. The public reported 5 inch diameter limbs were blown down. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Vinings | $2,000 | Sweetwater Creek was over its banks in several areas. A car was entirely submerged by water on Barrett Parkway and Interstate 575 after the driver attempted to drive into a large puddle. Twelve people from two families had to be evacuated from their duplex apartment due to minor flooding in Kennesaw. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | $1,000 | The local broadcast media reported a large tree blown down onto I-285 between Paces Ferry Road and Cobb Parkway. |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | $400 | no account filed |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | - | Tree down on powerlines at intersection of Ann Rd and Jay Dr. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Vinings | - | A social media report indicated water from Rottenwood Creek was flowing over Rottenwood Creek trail. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Vinings | - | A local news station broadcast a video of water flowing over the roadway near the intersection of Shallowford Rd and Sherbrooke Drive NE. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinings | - | The broadcast media reported 50 to 60 MPH winds in Vinings. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Vinings | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Smyrna. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Vinings | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Vinings | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Vinings | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. H. Carmichael Farm and General Store | 2.1 miles | 1980 | |
| Taylor-Brawner House and Brawner Sanitarium | 2.5 miles | 2012 | |
| J. C. Bankston Rock House | 5.3 miles | 1994 | |
 | Ruff's Mill and Concord Covered Bridge | 5.5 miles | 1980 |
| Union Field Fortifications at Henderson Road | 5.5 miles | 2015 | |
| John W. Rice Summer Cottage | 5.6 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000325 in Record Group 79. |
| Cobb County | All 48 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.