BlockFrom the record
One of 258 National Register listings published here for Fulton County · listed in 2009 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hapeville Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The listing
- Address. 1-75 E., Mt. Zion Rd. N., I-85 W., and Airport Loop Rd. S., Sylvan and Springdale Rds. W. of I-85, Hapeville, 30354
- When was it listed? October 2009
- Category. district
- Census division. Atlanta
- National Register reference number. 09000824 - 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
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hapeville Historic District between 1993 and 2016, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CLAYTON-002 |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hapeville Historic District: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this property
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hapeville, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hapeville | 5 hurt | Reports of a large tree downed onto a home in the 2700 block of Grand Avenue. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hapeville | $1,500,000 | The public observed half-dollar to golf ball-sized hail in the Hapeville and College Park areas just west and southwest of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Hapeville | $20,000 | The Fulton County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rain resulted in a small unnamed tributary, located just west of Interstate 85 and between Georgia Highway 166/Langford Parkway and Langston Drive, rising out of its banks and flooding an adjacent home. The flooding to the home was confined to the yard, crawl space, garage, and a parked car. Further examination determined that the flooding was the result of a collapsed culvert pipe casued by heavy runoff and debris buildup in the area. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hapeville | $15,000 | Emergency Manager reported numerous trees down in south Atlanta, East Point, Hapeville, and surrounding communities. Locations include Grant St and Nolan St, 7th St and 3rd Ave, Memorial dr and East Side Ave, I-285 SB and Campellton Rd SW, Cascade Rd and Lynhurst Dr, and Jefferson Ave SE and Quaker Street. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hapeville | $2,000 | Report of two trees down and one tree on a house in hapeville. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hapeville | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down along Connell Ave SW. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hapeville | $1,000 | Fulton county 911 reported trees down in south Fulton county. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hapeville | - | The Emergency Manager reported a roof collapse at a building along Empire Blvd. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hapeville | - | The Broadcast Media and the public reported that dime to quarter sized hail fell from Langford Parkway, south of Downtown Atlanta, to Lakewood Heights. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Hapeville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Street School | 0.7 miles | 1995 | |
| Washington Carver Homes | 1.4 miles | 2023 | |
 | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse | 1.6 miles | 1974 |
 | Jeremiah S. Gilbert House | 2.0 miles | 1980 |
| East Point Industrial District | 2.1 miles | 1985 | |
| Sperry & Hutchinson Company Warehouse | 2.1 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 09000824 in Record Group 79. |
| Fulton County | All 258 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.