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Photograph by Cynthia Jennings, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bonar Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“Bonar Hall is an 1839-40 Georgian-style house in Madison, Georgia, one of the first of the grand-style homes built during the town's cotton-boom heyday, 1840-60. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.”

Wikipedia article Bonar Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 15 National Register listings published here for Morgan 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 5 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Dixie Ave., Madison, 30650
  • When was it listed? January 1972
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Madison
  • National Register reference number. 72000388 - 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

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Bonar Hall between 1993 and 2019, burning about 368 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 burning37
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1997Smoking9.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural19 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-MORGAN-006
26 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MORGAN001
17 August 1993Debris and open burning3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Morgan 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 Bonar Hall: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alliston ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms near this property

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2010: 16 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 6 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMadison1 hurt, $50,000A driver of an automobile was injured from a fallen tree toppled by thunderstorm winds. Several large trees and and power lines were downed in the city of Madison by thunderstorm winds.
March 2008HailMadison$400,000The public reported golf ball to baseball-sized hail in southeast Morgan county as yet another severe thunderstorm moved through the county.
August 2002LightningMadison$308,000The Madisonian Newspaper reported that lightning struck and set on fire a historic home in town on Washington Street. Many of its contents were antiques and irreplaceable. The structure and its contents were destroyed. The county's 911 communication system was also struck and knocked out of service by lightning.
July 2002LightningMadison$250,000The Madisonian newspaper of Madison reported that lightning struck a large two-story home in the Cedar Lakes subdivision. The lightning struck the bonus room above the garage, but fire, smoke and water left the house virtually destroyed.
July 2003Tornado (F1)Madison$184,000A storm damage survey conducted by an employee of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia and reports from the Emergency Management Director, storm spotters, and the public confirmed that an F1 tornado touched down about 3 miles north-northeast of Pennington near Spears Road and just west of Georgia Highway 83, also known as Monticello Road. The tornado continued on a sporadic path for approximately 3 miles, terminating near Interstate-20, about four miles southwest of Madison. The tornado was associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill and occurred just east of the center of the circulation associated with the remnants of the tropical storm. The Morgan county Emergency Management Director reported that extensive damage occurred to a dairy farm on Spears Road. Two dairy sheds were severely damaged, a 50 by 50 foot hay barn was destroyed, a 30 by 60 foot feed barn and a John Deere Tractor were significantly damaged, a two-car carport was destroyed as well as a Chevrolet Tahoe that was parked inside, and three other approximately 8 by 12 foot metal storage buildings were severely damaged or destroyed. One dairy cow was also killed by a falling tree. Seven other homes along Spears Road, Monticello Highway, and Brownwood Road sustained minor to moderate damage during the incident, mostly roof damage. One of the homes had half of its roof shingles blown off. One home sustained damage to several windows, and another residence had both a utility trailer and a car damaged by fallen trees. At an eighth location, a metal outbuilding sustained damage. The damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service found that hundreds of trees were blown down along the path of the tornado in the heavily forested area west of Georgia Highway 83 and southwest of Madison.
July 2007LightningMadison$150,000The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported that two homes were struck by lightning and set on fire.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMadison$10,000The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported that many trees and power lines were blown down throughout the city.
July 2006LightningMadison$5,000The Madisonian of Morgan reported that lightning struck and set a barn on fire on Monticello Highway. The barn was completely destroyed from the subsequent fire.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000The Madisonian newspaper reported that a number of trees and several power lines were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000A storm survey conducted by an employee of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia determined that approximately 30 or more isolated trees were blown down by straight line winds on Monticello Road, Clack Road, and Spears Road. The survey determined these downed trees to be separate from the F1 tornado damage that occurred later.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000The Morgan county Emergency Management Director reported several trees and some power lines were blown down in, just west, and just south of the city. Power was briefly lost at the 911 communications center.
September 2002FloodMadison$5,000The Madisonian Newspaper of Madison reported that over three inches of rain fell in approximately 30 minutes resulting in the flooding of downtown streets. A motorist was stranded in his vehicle near the intersection of Main and Park Street as water rose up to the level of the windows. The motorist was safely removed from the flood waters, however the vehicle suffered extensive water damage.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMadison$3,000The Morgan County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in the western part of the county west of Madison and southeast of Centennial.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMadison$3,000The Georgia Emergency Management Agency relayed a report from Morgan county of trees and power lines down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMadison$2,000The Morgan County 911 Center reported that six to seven trees were down across the county, but mostly in the Buckhead community. Trees were down near the intersection of Commerce Street and U.S. Highway 278.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000The Morgan county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000Several trees were knocked down.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down and damaged an outbuilding. Quarter size hail was also reported.
February 1997Thunderstorm WindMadison$1,000no account filed
May 2008LightningMadison$500The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning started a grass fire near Madison. The exact location was not provided.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMadison$500The Madisonian newspaper of Madison reported that thunderstorm winds blew down a large section of the trusses of a Senior Citizens Center that was under construction.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMadison$500The Morgan county Emergency Management Director reported that two trees were blown down.
May 2008HailMadison-The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
April 2007HailMadison-A Morgan county sheriff's deputy observed penny-sized hail in the area of Interstate-20 and U.S. Highway 129 or Eatonton Road. However, most of the hail observed in the area was pea-sized.
March 2005HailMadison-The public reported penny-sized hail at a gas service station on Monticello Road at Interstate-20.
August 2005Funnel CloudMadison-The Morgan County Emergency Management Director reported observing a funnel cloud which tracked above Georgia Highway 83 from just south of Madison to Bostwick. The funnel cloud was also observed by the Rutledge Fire and Rescue Department. There were various reports that the funnel cloud touched down, especially in the Bostwick area, but none of these reports were confirmed. The location of the funnel cloud was consistent with a strong circulation indicated on National Weather Service Doppler radar.
August 2003Flash FloodMadison-The Morgan county 911 center reported that several roadways in town were flooded with water flowing over the roads.
February 2003HailMadison-The Morgan county 911 center reported dime size hail.
November 2002HailMadison-The Morgan county Emergency Management Director reported dime size hail.
July 2002HailMadison-The Morgan county 911 center reported dime size hail.
October 2002LightningMadison-The Morgan county Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a new home that was under construction west of Madison. Damage was minor and insignificant.
August 1999HailMadison-A spotter reported golf ball size hail.
August 1999HailMadison-A spotter reported golf ball size hail from 6:25 pm to 6:40 pm EDT.
April 1998HailMadison-no account filed
April 1998HailMadison-no account filed
April 1997HailMadison-no account filed
April 1997HailMadison-no account filed
March 1996HailMadison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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

6 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Nathan Bennett House0.4 miles1974
Madison Historic District0.8 miles1974
Madison Historic District (Boundary Increase)0.9 miles1990
Wilson-Finney-Land House1.7 miles2004
Cedar Lane Farm5.3 miles1971
Buckhead Historic District7.0 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72000388 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Morgan CountyAll 15 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.