Old Medical College Historical Area

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

One of 16 National Register listings published here for Spalding County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.

Sources: 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. 223-233 E. Broadway St., Griffin, 30223
When was it listed? December 1972
Category. building
Census division. Griffin
National Register reference number. 72001469 - 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

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Old Medical College Historical Area between 1992 and 2019, burning about 640 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 65 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	224
Arson/incendiarism	65
Misuse of fire by a minor	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	24
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Recreation and ceremony	10
Natural	6
Smoking	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 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020SPALDING003
30 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Spalding County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Medical College Historical Area: 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Granite, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Melton Prospects	Mica	Prospect
The Turner Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Unnamed Beryl Deposit	Gemstone	Occurrence
Walker Property	Iron, Manganese	Prospect

Every working recorded in Spalding County

Storms near this property

60 of 99 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffin, the town this property stands in, in 99 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 60 thunderstorm wind, 25 hail, 11 lightning, 1 tornado. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
February 2009	Lightning	Griffin	1 hurt	The Spalding County Emergency Management Director reported that a person was struck and injured by lightning.
March 2009	Hail	Griffin	$600,000	An amateur radio operator relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail on the east side of Griffin. Nickel-sized hail was observed in Griffin. Radar data suggests that hail of nickel or larger size likely continued to the far east central portion of the county as the storm produced hail just across the line in Henry county.
April 1998	Tornado (F1)	Griffin	$400,000	The Spalding county EMA reported 30 homes suffered minor to heavy damage. One on North Walkers Mill Road was completely destroyed. In the Amelia Road area, homes sustained moderate damage with one shifted off its foundation. Light to moderate damage was in the Gainer Road area. The path length and width were estimated, but the storm apparently only touched down intermittently along the track.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$250,000	Several trees were knocked down on houses near the Spalding county airport. The most substantial damage was several aircraft which were parked at the airport. Five planes received irreparable damage with at least three planes flipped onto their backs, and one on its nose. As many as six other aircraft were damaged to a lesser degree due to wind stress on the ropes tying them down , or contact with the other aircraft. One airplane was lifted off the groung, and then carried approximately 70 feet over a fuel truck along the edge of the airport property, landing upside-down on the county fairgrounds. The terminal building at the airport also experienced significant damage to its roof. One airplane, a DC-3, awaiting restoration at the field was turned like a wind vane from facing southwest to facing west-northwest. The county fairgrounds to the east of the airport also sustained damages. A free standing ticket booth was destroyed and a storage trailer was toppled along the western edge of the fairgrounds. Further east, five small sets of aluminum bleachers were rolled by the winds and destroyed.
September 2004	Lightning	Griffin	$100,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck a home on Manley Road. The home suffered significant damage as the attic and some of the living area was set on fire. Even areas that did not burn suffered extensive smoke damage.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$100,000	The squall line moved through Spalding county downing numerous trees and large limbs in Griffin. A large oak tree fell on 1 home destroying it. Other houses and vehicles were damaged by falling trees and limbs. Power outages resulted to 80 percent of Griffin Electric's 14,000 customers as power poles snapped and lines fell.
August 1999	Lightning	Griffin	$60,000	Six structural fires were caused by lightning.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$50,000	The public reported that a downburst or microburst caused extensive damage to trees and power lines from the south side of Griffin, near the Spalding Regional Medical Center, to the southern border of the county east of Orchard Hill. The most significant damage was noted along Maple Drive, East College Street, and Macon Road heading south toward Orchard Hill. More than 200 trees and power lines were down along the roads blocking the roadways. Trees were also down in several residential neighborhoods in these areas as well. Some minor structural damage was reported from downed trees. Power was out for several hours to as many as 4000 people in the area.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$25,000	The Spalding County 911 Center reported that two trees were down on the east side of Griffin. One tree fell on a home causing damage to the structure. The other tree fell on a power line.
April 2005	Hail	Griffin	$25,000	The public reported penny to half-dollar-sized hail. The hail dented some vehicles in the area.
August 2005	Lightning	Griffin	$25,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck a home on Amberwood Lane, setting the structure on fire. The fire was contained fairly quickly with only minor damage.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$15,000	no account filed
December 2005	Lightning	Griffin	$10,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck three homes on McDonough Road. The lightning struck a phone line adjacent to the homes and traveled through the phone line and electrical wires inside the homes. While two of the homes only suffered minor electrical damage, about $8,000 in smoke damage was sustained a the bedroom of the third home.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$10,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down, especially on the west side of Griffin. Several traffic signals were also blown down at busy intersections in Griffin. In addition, several hundred residents were without power because of the downed trees and power lines.
May 2002	Lightning	Griffin	$10,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning caused fire to two homes on the northwest side of Griffin, one on West McIntosh Road and one on Fayetteville Road. The first home sustained some roof and ceiling damage and the other home sustained fire damage to the flooring and some of the crawl space area.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$10,000	A newspaper account said thunderstorm winds blew trees into power lines, causing power outages to some 4000 customers in central and western Spalding county. Most of the damage was on the north side of Griffin. Also, the wind damaged a gas pump shelter at a filling station.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$10,000	Spalding county 911 reported numerous trees and power lines were blown down county-wide.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$8,000	An amateur radio operator reported trees blown down from S. 17th Street to Kennedy and N. 2nd Street.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$8,000	An amateur radio operator reported multiple trees and power lines blown down around the intersection of Poplar Street and 13th Street.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$5,000	Multiple trees down on roadways and on powerlines in SE Griffin.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$5,000	The Spalding County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down in Griffin along ands near Broad Street between South 9th Street and South 6th Street.
March 2018	Hail	Griffin	$5,000	The public reported quarter size hail in the Griffin area.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$5,000	The Spalding County 911 Center and an amateur radio operator reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the Griffin area. A downburst was evident on WSR-88D with this thunderstorm.
September 2004	Lightning	Griffin	$5,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck one of the city's main water pump distribution stations causing damage to one of the city's two main water supply lines. The line was shut down most of the day while repairs were made.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$5,000	The Spalding county 911 center reported powerlines down in the southern part of Griffin.
August 1998	Lightning	Griffin	$5,000	Lightning struck an electrical sub-station setting fire to a bank of capacitors.
August 1998	Flash Flood	Griffin	$5,000	Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3 to 5 inches of rain in Griffin and parts of eastern Spalding county. Flooding of some streets and highways resulted.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$5,000	Several large trees and power lines were downed by thunder- storm winds. About 60 electrical customers were without power for at least two hours.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$5,000	Four to five large trees and several power lines were downed from thunderstorm winds. Hall County 2 W Gainesville,13,1215EST,,,0,0,2,?,Thunderstorm Winds Numerous tree limbs were downed from thunderstorm winds.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$4,000	An amateur radio operator reported trees blown down at the intersection of 14th Street and West Poplar Street.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$3,500	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$3,000	A newspaper reported tree limbs and at least one large tree were knocked down on power lines. causing power outages.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$2,000	The Spalding County Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down in the 100 block of High Falls Road.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$2,000	Amateur radio operators reported that several trees were down on the northwest side of Griffin. The trees were at least eight inches in diameter.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$2,000	The Spalding County 911 Center reported that four trees and two power lines were down in the area around Griffin. Three of the trees down were northwest of Griffin, while one tree and one power line was down just north, and another tree and power line down just east of Griffin.
July 2004	Lightning	Griffin	$2,000	The Spalding County 911 center reported that lightning struck a couple of power poles in the Griffin area and knocked down the lines.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$2,000	The public reported several trees were blown down and numerous power outages.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree into a street. Trees were also reported to have fallen on a couple of different power lines, resulting in widespread power outages.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down on Jackson Road, Evree Inn road, and on Southtown Street.
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$2,000	no account filed
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$1,500	The Spalding County 911 Center reported several trees down in the Parrish Street/Brook Circle/Spalding Street area on the east side of Griffin.
February 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$1,000	Em reports tree down along hamilton blvd and arthur k bolton pkwy.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a downed tree in the 800 block of West Wall Street.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$1,000	Tree down along 4th street, east side of Griffin.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	A tree fell onto the 1300 block of DF Fuller Drive.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Utility lines were reported down along Terrace Street.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Tree reported down across the road at the 900 block of West Quilly St.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$1,000	A tree was downed in the 1800 block of High Falls Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Tree down at Newnan Rd and 85 Connector .
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Report of tree was downed on Old Mount Zion Road.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Utility lines were downed in the 1000 block of West College Street.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Emergency manager reported powerlines were downed in the 200 block of Carver Rd.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	East Griffin	$1,000	Tree down on 900 block of North Second Street in Griffin.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	The Spalding County 911 Center reported that a couple of power lines were down in the county.
June 2007	Lightning	Griffin	$1,000	The Spalding County 911 Center reported that lightning strikes caused a couple of power lines to fall down.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that a tree fell across McIntosh Road. The tree also brought down a power line, causing a power loss to several nearby homes.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	The Griffin Daily News reported that a tree was blown down by a thunderstorm wind gust onto a power line. Power was out in the area for nearly two hours as a result.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	The Spalding county 911 center reported that some trees and power lines were down.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Spalding county 911 reported power lines were blown down.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Griffin	$1,000	Spalding county 911 reported trees were blown down near the Henry county line.

Every storm recorded in Spalding 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Spalding County Courthouse-Spalding County Jail	under 500 feet	2000
Griffin Commercial Historic District	0.2 miles	1988
Mills House	0.2 miles	1972
Hawkes Library	0.3 miles	1973
Sam Bailey Building	0.3 miles	1973
Pritchard-Moore-Goodrich House	0.4 miles	1973

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 72001469 in Record Group 79.
Spalding County	All 16 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.