Stately Oaks

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“Stately Oaks Historical Community is a Greek Revival antebellum mansion with a variety of outbuildings and gardens located in Margaret Mitchell Memorial Park in Jonesboro, Georgia. Built in 1839, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.”
Wikipedia article Stately Oaks, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 4 National Register listings published here for Clayton County · listed in 1972 · 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 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jodeco Rd., Jonesboro, 30236
When was it listed? March 1972
Category. building
Census division. Forest Park-Morrow
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture, Georgian architecture
National Register reference number. 72000382 - 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Stately Oaks between 1992 and 2016, burning about 276 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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	45
Misuse of fire by a minor	32
Debris and open burning	17
Recreation and ceremony	7
Smoking	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
7 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CLAYTON-002
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CLAYTON-001
14 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 July 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-CLAYTON-004
7 July 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-CLAYTON-003

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stately Oaks: 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

Every working recorded in Clayton County

Storms near this property

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesboro, the town this property stands in, in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 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 1999	Lightning	Jonesboro	2 hurt	Two workers were treated when lightning struck near the construction site for the new Clayton county jail and courthouse. They were not hit directly by the lightning, but were stunned.One was treated at the scene, while the other was taken to the hospital and released.
February 2009	Hail	Jonesboro	$6,000,000	The public and an off-duty National Weather Service employee reported very large hail across Clayton county. This was from the same parent thunderstorm that produced the 3.0 to 4.0 inch diameter hail in northeast Coweta and northern Fayette counties. Three-inch diameter hail was observed just southwest of Jonesboro in the Irongate subdivision and golf ball-sized hail fell elsewhere from just south of Jonesboro to Lovejoy.
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$2,000,000	no account filed
July 2007	Lightning	Jonesboro	$300,000	An amateur radio operator relayed a report of two lightning-related house fires. The Clayton County Emergency Management Director reported that one of the homes suffered substantial damage when lightning started a fire in the drop ceiling of the basement when it struck a panel box outside of the home.
August 2000	Lightning	Jonesboro	$150,000	The Jonesboro Daily News reported that lightning struck and destroyed a home near Jonesboro on Wright's Way. The lightning started a fire in the attic which quickly spread to the garage and upstairs bedrooms. The home was gutted and its roof burned away. No one was home at the time, hence no injuries were reported.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$100,000	The News Daily of Jonesboro reported that a downed tree caused a chain reaction which resulted in two other trees falling, the third of which caused extensive damage to a home. A resident of the home was trapped for 30 minutes in her home. Later analysis shows that the home may have to be demolished.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$50,000	The public reported that at least five medium-sized trees were blown down. One of the trees landed on a brand new pickup truck and boat. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that power lines were blown down across cars on Tara Boulevard in the Morrow area.
June 2019	Flash Flood	Jonesboro	$45,000	A local official reported that water had flooded a roadway in a Jonesboro neighborhood, impacting cars and houses. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall amounts of 6 to 6.5 inches occurred over the area in a short period of time.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$25,000	An amateur radio operator reported that one tree was blown down on a house in downtown Jonesboro and another tree was blown down on a car.
June 2003	Flash Flood	Jonesboro	$25,000	The Clayton county 911 center reported that flash flooding had occurred in the Briargate Subdivision as a result of Briar Creek flooding the local area. Up to eight homes had to be evacuated on Winding Way in the subdivision.
July 2000	Lightning	Jonesboro	$25,000	A Jonesboro newspaper reported two homes were struck by lightning. One home on Camanche Court was set on fire, while only smoke was found at the other house on Lull Water Circle.
February 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$25,000	no account filed
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$20,000	The Clayton County Emergency Manager reported multiple large trees blown down, one on a house. No injuries were reported.
May 1997	Lightning	Jonesboro	$20,000	Lightning started a fire in the attic of a home, causing extensive damage.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$10,000	A COOP observer reported a tree blown down onto a house at intersection of South Main Street and Chestnut Street in Jonesboro. No injuries were reported.
April 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	$6,000	Several public reports of dime to quarter size hail were received. Damage to vehicles was also reported.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$5,000	The Clayton County 911 Center reported about a dozen trees and power lines down in Jonesboro.
July 2005	Lightning	Jonesboro	$5,000	The News Daily of Jonesboro reported that lightning struck several transformers in the area leaving up to 20,000 residents without power. In addition, lightning struck a tree causing it to splinter and send debris scattering in all directions from the site.
June 2003	Lightning	Jonesboro	$5,000	The local newspaper for Jonesboro reported that lightning struck the Clayton County sewage transfer plant resulting in the spillage of over 150,000 gallons of treated sewage into the Flint River. This occurred when the lightning rendered the pump at the station inoperable. The spill was not known because the automatic system, which notifies the plant of such failures, was also rendered inoperative by the lightning strike.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$3,000	The public reported that a small thunderstorm produced a damaging downburst of winds as it dissipated. Numerous large trees were blown down within the Lake Spivey Golf Course and at least four to five large trees and a number of large limbs were down in the Foxfire Subdivision, both east of Jonesboro. Some windows were also blown out of homes in the Foxfire Subdivision.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds blew windows out of a business on Tara Boulevard.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$2,500	The Clayton County 911 Center reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down from Jonesboro southward through the panhandle.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$2,000	The Clayton County 911 center reported that power lines were down at the intersection of Battle Creek Road and Kind Road near the county health department. Four trees were also blown down in the Jonesboro area.
December 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$2,000	A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that the tornado that touched down in Henry county began as a microburst in extreme eastern Clayton county blowing down several trees near Walt Stevens Road and Georgia Highway 138 near the Henry county line.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$1,000	Large tree down on a house off Thornwood Court.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$1,000	The Clayton County 911 Center reported power lines down along Wilson Road.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$1,000	The Clayton County 911 Center reported that two trees and one power line were down. One of the trees was down near the intersection of Georgia Highway 138 and U.S. Highway 19 and the other was on Beach Road. The power line was down on McDonough Street.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$1,000	An off-duty NWS employee reported 2 trees were blown down.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$1,000	HAM radio operators and the public reported nickel size hail and several trees blown down.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$500	The public and an off-duty NWS employee reported several trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	$100	no account filed
March 2009	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public observed nickel-sized hail on the southside of Jonesboro.
August 2007	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported penny-sized hail, especially along Georgia Highway 138 at Stephens Road in the Jonesboro area.
March 2005	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported penny-sized hail at the BP Foodmart in Jonesboro. An amateur radio operator reported penny-sized hail on Tara Boulevard at Flicker Road in Lovejoy.
December 2005	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported nickel-sized hail.
April 2003	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
May 2003	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported nickel-sized hail.
June 2003	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported golf ball-sized hail.
August 2003	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail.
May 2002	Hail	Jonesboro	-	Numerous reports of dime, nickel, and quarter size hail were received from the public.
May 2002	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported quarter size hail.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	-	The public reported that a tree was blown down.
July 2002	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported dime to quarter size hail.
July 2002	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported half-dollar size hail.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	-	The public reported pea size hail.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Jonesboro	-	A HAM radio operator reported a measured wind speed of 60 mph.
July 1999	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported dime to quarter size hail. There was also a report of a tree and limbs down.
June 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	-	The public reported golf ball size hail.
June 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	-	Two public reports indicated quarter and golfball size hail fell near Jonesboro.
June 1998	Funnel Cloud	Jonesboro	-	A private citizen reported a funnel cloud.
June 1999	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed
July 1999	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed
July 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed
June 1998	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed
May 1993	Hail	Jonesboro	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clayton 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

2 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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Jonesboro Historic District	3.5 miles	1972
	Rex Mill	6.1 miles	1979

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 72000382 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clayton County	All 4 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.