Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
“The Mary Ray Memorial School, now the Raymond Community Center, is located on Raymond Sheddan Avenue in Raymond, Georgia, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 2013.”
Wikipedia article Mary Ray Memorial School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 27 National Register listings published here for Coweta County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Mary Ray Memorial School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 699 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 40 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 | 174 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-COWETA-004 |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COWETA-003 |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COWETA-006 |
| 29 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-COWETA-002 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mary Ray Memorial School: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B D Cole Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| J H Neely Place | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Lyndon Hill Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | A tree was reported down in the 400 block of Goodwyn Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Powerlines down at Walton Rd and Martin Mill Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Highway 16 E and Joe Cox Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported powerlines down along Poplar Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Tree reported down at Vanderbilt Pkwy and Poplar Rd. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | The Coweta county 911 center reported that trees had blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $250 | Off-duty NWS employee reported a tree down along Lake Forest Drive in the Summergrove subdivision. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Tree snapped, causing damage to a roof to a home near the intersection of Fox Ridge Dr and Briandwood Dr. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Report of numerous trees down along the 2000 block of Hwy 16. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Raymond | - | Report of quarter sized hail in the Summergrove and Eastlake neighborhoods near Oak Shores Dr and Lake Forest Dr. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Powerlines down at Highway 16 E and Joe Cox Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Mary Freeman Rd and Fox Ridge Dr. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Tree with power line down at intersection of McDonald Rd and Tope Rd. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Raymond | - | The public reported quarter sized hail west of Sharpsburg. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Raymond | - | The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail. One large 30-40 foot Birch tree was also split in two in Newnan. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Raymond | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee reported dime size hail. |
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.
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Goodwyn-Bailey House | 1.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Gordon-Banks House | 3.8 miles | 1972 |
| Chalk Level Historic District | 4.5 miles | 2026 | |
| W. A. Brannon Store-Moreland Knitting Mills | 4.7 miles | 1985 | |
| Cole Town District | 5.0 miles | 1982 | |
 | Dr. Robert L. and Sarah Alberta Smith House | 5.1 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000531 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Coweta County | All 27 listed properties in this county. |
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