BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Dooly County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Stovall-George-Woodward House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 305 Union St., Vienna, 31092
- When was it listed? April 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Vienna
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 79000716 - 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
253 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Stovall-George-Woodward House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,039 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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 | 171 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DOOLY-002 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DOOLY-006 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 37 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DOOLY005 |
| 27 September 2019 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DOOLY006 |
Storms near this property
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vienna, the town this property stands in, in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 15 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Vienna | $50,000 | A damage survey conducted by the Dooly County Emergency Management Director confirmed that yet another, weaker EF0 tornado was tracking across Dooly county, just north of Vienna, as the longer-lived EF1 tornado was tracking across all of southern Dooly county south of Vienna. This EF0 tornado touched down approximately two miles north of Vienna and traveled east-northeast approximately six miles before lifting. This tornado was determined to have a maximum path width of 100 yards with maximum winds estimated at 85 mph. Spotty damage was observed along the path of the tornado. A chicken house was destroyed, one home suffered minor roof damage, and a tin roof was peeled off a barn. From 15 to 20 trees were uprooted or snapped along the path of the tornado. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $50,000 | A newspaper reported that thunderstorm winds knocked down old barns, damaged some mobile homes and blew over a tractor-trailer rig on I-75. |
| February 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $50,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $40,000 | no account filed |
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $20,000 | The Dooly county 911 center reported that a roof and carport were blown off a home. Trees and power lines were also blown down in the same area. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $5,000 | The Dooly County Emergency Management Director reported that the roof was blown of the office of a funeral home located near Interstate-75. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Vienna | $2,000 | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail along Sweetgum Road. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $1,000 | The Dooly county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down on the Pinehurst Highway in Vienna. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $500 | The Dooly County Sheriff reported a couple of trees down in Vienna. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $500 | The Dooly county 911 center reported that two trees were down in the city. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $500 | The Dooly county 911 center reported that some trees were blown down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $500 | Several large trees limbs and a few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $250 | The Dooly County Emergency Manager reported a tree down in Vienna. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | $200 | Dooly county 911 reported two trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vienna | - | Roof blown off a covering to a small rodeo arena. Several powerpoles snapped nearby. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly County Sheriff's Office reported dime sized hail in Vienna. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Vienna | - | The public reported that quarter sized hail fell along I-75. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly County Emergency Management Director observed penny-sized hail. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail southwest of Vienna and the public reported nickel-sized hail in Vienna. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Vienna | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly county 911 center reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Heavy Rain | Vienna | - | The Dooly county 911 center reported that minor flooding was occurring in the city, particularly on Georgia Highway 27. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly county Sheriff reported dime size hail in Vienna. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Vienna | - | The Dooly county sheriff reported nickel size hail covering the ground. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Vienna | - | Several large trees limbs and a few power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna Historic District | 0.1 miles | 2005 | |
 | Dooly County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1980 |
 | County Training School | 0.5 miles | 2010 |
| Vienna High and Industrial School | 0.5 miles | 2012 | |
 | Leonard-Akin House | 0.6 miles | 1997 |
| Dooly County Campground | 3.0 miles | 2024 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000716 in Record Group 79. |
| Dooly County | All 9 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.
- 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.