Harman-Watson-Matthews House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

One of 24 National Register listings published here for Meriwether County · listed in 1973 · 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. SW of Greenville on Odessadale/Durand Rd., Greenville, 30222
When was it listed? May 1973
Category. building
Census division. Greenville
National Register reference number. 73000628 - 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Harman-Watson-Matthews House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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	69
Arson/incendiarism	17
Railroad operations and maintenance	10
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Smoking	6
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	3

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 1998	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2011	Debris and open burning	3.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MERIWETHER-009
20 September 1997	Smoking	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1999	Debris and open burning	4.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-MERIWETHER-004
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Meriwether 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 Harman-Watson-Matthews House: 1 past producer. 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
	The Oddessa Quarry	Granite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Meriwether County

Storms near this property

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenville, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 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
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	2 hurt, $5,000	The Meriwether Vindicator of Greenville reported that two men were injured when a tree limb fell on their car during strong thunderstorms with very heavy rain. Both men were treated and released
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	1 hurt, $40,000	The Manchester Star Mercury reported that a Greenville woman was injured when a tree fell on the vehicle she was driving during the thunderstorm. The Manchester Public Works Department also reported numerous trees down just north of Manchester.
January 2006	Hail	Greenville	$300,000	The Meriwether County 911 Center and Emergency Management Director reported golf ball-sized hail just north of Greenville, while the public reported penny-sized hail near Gay.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$20,000	The Meriwether County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down onto homes in Greenville. No injuries were reported.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$10,000	Multiple reports of trees blown down around Greenville, with damage reported near the town square. Additional reports of trees and powerlines down along GA Hwy 85 and Greenville Flat Shoals Road, just south of Gay.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$8,000	The Meriwether County 911 center reported several trees blown down from Lee Lane east of Greenville to Jefferson Street in Manchester.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$5,000	Several large trees were blown down.
February 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$4,000	The Georgia Department of Transportation reported trees and power lines blown down between Terrell Street and Dogwood Circle along Highway 109 on the west side of Greenville.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$3,000	The public reported large trees blown down blocking Stovall Road near Dogwood Circle in Greenville.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$2,000	The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the northwest part of the county between Rocky Mount, Lone Oak, and just south to west of Luthersville.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$2,000	The Meriwether County Emergency Management Director and 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down west of Greenville. Some power lines were also down in the area.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$1,500	The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Greenville area.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$1,000	The Meriwether County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down between Greenville and Woodbury. Some power outages were noted in the area.
January 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$500	The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that two trees were blown down.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$500	The Meriwether County 911 center reported that a couple of trees were blown down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$500	The Meriwether county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$500	A couple of large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$250	The Meriether County Emergency Managment Director reported that one tree was blown down about halfway between Greenville and Gay.
December 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$250	The Meriwether County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$250	The Meriwether County Emergency Management Director reported that several large tree limbs and part of an entire tree were blown down.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	$250	The Meriwether county 911 center reported that one tree was blown down.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Report of a tree down at LaGrange Hwy and Hill Haven Rd.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	Several trees reported down in the city of Greenville.
July 2020	Hail	Greenville	-	The public reported hail the size of quarters.
April 2019	Flash Flood	Greenville	-	Heavy rainfall and high runoff rates caused Walnut Creek to swell out of its banks, and cover Georgia Highway 18 with water. Radar estimates indicate that six to seven inches occurred over this area in a short period of time.
July 2007	Hail	Greenville	-	The public observed penny-sized hail.
March 2005	Hail	Greenville	-	The Meriwether County Sheriff reported nickel-sized hail.
May 2004	Heavy Rain	Greenville	-	The public reported that very heavy rain had resulted in minor flooding on roadways. Some cars were hydroplaning in the areas of standing water.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenville	-	The National Weather Service's cooperative observer in Greenville reported pea size hail.
March 2000	Hail	Greenville	-	The Greenville sheriff's office reported golf ball size hail.
March 1996	Hail	Greenville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meriwether 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
Jones-Florence Plantation	2.3 miles	1984
Mark Hall	5.0 miles	1973
Clarkland Farms	6.2 miles	1974
Burwell O. Hill House	6.5 miles	1982
Hiram Warner Hill House	6.6 miles	1983
Greenville Historic District	7.0 miles	1990

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73000628 in Record Group 79.
Meriwether County	All 24 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.