BlockFrom the record
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Jasper County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Hitchcock-Roberts 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. N. Warren St., Monticello, 31064
- When was it listed? February 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. Monticello
- National Register reference number. 79000733 - 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
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Hitchcock-Roberts House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 130 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-JASPER-002 |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-JASPER-010 |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JASPER004 |
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hitchcock-Roberts House: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feldspar Corp Jasper Quarry C | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Feldspar Corp/ Ga Mine & Plant | Feldspar | Plant |
Storms near this property
45 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees county-wide. A chicken house was blown over four miles south of Monticello. At least one tree was uprooted within Monticello. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Monticello | $65,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail north of Monticello. Radar supports that this storm moved from roughly four miles north of Monticello to near Shady Dale. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $25,000 | The Jasper county 911 center reported that a number of trees had been blown down. One tree fell on a carport, destroying the carport. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $5,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that from 15 to 20 trees were blown down around Monticello. Radar data indicated that the strongest winds likely affected the east and southeast parts of the county. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds 8 miles south of Monticello on Georgia Highway 11 and 10 miles south- west of Monticello on Georgia Highway 83. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $3,000 | The Jasper County 911 center reported trees blown down from north through northwest of Monticello. Locations include 7 Island Road near Highway 212 and around the intersection of Highway 83 and Alexander Road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $3,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that more than six trees were blown down six miles northwest of Monticello on Herds Road, while the public reported that seven large pecan trees were blown down seven miles north of Monticello. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $2,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down and a fence was knocked over. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $2,000 | Jasper county 911 reported trees were knocked down along highway 16 between Monticello and Jackson. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $2,000 | Jasper county 911 reported trees down along highway 11 and on some back roads. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,500 | The Jasper County Sheriff's Office reported that five trees were down in the Monticello area, including one on Calvin Road, another on Jackson Lake Road, and one on Georgia Highway 83 going north toward Shady Dale. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,500 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that a few trees and a few power lines were down in the western part of the county, approximately seven miles northwest of Monticello. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,500 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | Trees and powerlines down along eatonton street near jasper county health department. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | The Jasper County 911 center reported a tree blown down along Post Road. |
| February 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | The Jasper county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | The Jasper County 911 center reported that three trees were blown down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | Jasper county 911 reported a couple of trees and power lines blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | Jasper county 911 reported trees down around the county. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a couple of trees down onto powerlines, resulting in minor power outages. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $750 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Monticello area. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $500 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down on the east side of town. One tree was down on Georgia Highway 16 and another on Georgia Highway 212. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $500 | Jasper county 911 reported trees down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree and large limbs. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $500 | Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and several large trees from 1 mile south of Monticello to Adgateville along Georgia Highway 11. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Monticello | - | The Jasper County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Monticello | - | The Jasper County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Monticello | - | An amatuer radio operator reported penny-sized hail. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Monticello | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail. The hail covered the ground at one point. |
| February 2001 | Hail | Monticello | - | The public reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Monticello | - | The Jasper County 911 center relayed a report of dime size hail at the Monticello Police Station. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Monticello | - | A storm spotter and the Jasper County 911 center reported dime to nickel size hail from Monticello to just north of Monticello. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | A storm spotter estimated winds at 60 mph. However, no damage was reported. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Monticello | - | Jasper county 911 reported dime size hail. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Monticello | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
| November 1997 | Hail | Monticello | - | A spotter reported nickel size hail. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| February 1993 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jasper County Courthouse | under 500 feet | 1980 |
| Monticello Historic District | 0.1 miles | 1997 | |
 | Monticello High School | 0.3 miles | 1978 |
| Jordan-Bellew House | 0.5 miles | 1978 | |
| Pope-Talmadge House | 4.8 miles | 2009 | |
| Phillips-Turner-Kelly House | 5.5 miles | 2003 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000733 in Record Group 79. |
| Jasper County | All 7 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.