Madison County Courthouse

Built in 1901 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“The Madison County Courthouse in Danielsville, Georgia, county seat of Madison County, Georgia, is a historic courthouse built in 1901. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.”
Wikipedia article Madison County Courthouse (Georgia), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1901, Romanesque Revival architecture.

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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Courthouse Sq., Danielsville, 30633
When was it listed? September 1980
Category. building
Also known as. Georgia County Courthouses TR
Census division. Danielsville
When was it built? 1901
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 80001114 - 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Madison County Courthouse between 1992 and 2019, burning about 199 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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	102
Arson/incendiarism	20
Smoking	20
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Natural	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 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-MADISON-009
7 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this property

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danielsville, the town this property stands in, in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 5 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	Danielsville	5 hurt, $25,000	The public reported that a large tree fell on their vehicle, injuring the five passengers inside. All injuries were minor. Some power lines were also blown down in the area.
May 2003	Tornado (F1)	Danielsville	$500,000	A storm survey team from the National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina and the Madison county Emergency Management Director determined that an F1 tornado touched down in extreme northeast Madison county in the city of Harrison and traveled on the ground to the east for 3 miles passing into Elbert county west of Bowman. The tornado ranged from 100 to 200 yards wide. Twenty homes in the area sustained moderate to major damage, two mobile homes were destroyed, two chicken houses were destroyed and a host of other outbuildings were demolished, including a garage and auto shop off Georgia Highway 281, an adjacent pickup truck, a block shop and adjacent fishing boat. Numerous large trees were either uprooted or snapped off along the damage path and a number of power lines were knocked down as well. There were no injuries or deaths reported during the incident.
June 1994	Tornado (F0)	Danielsville	$500,000	A weak and short-lived tornado touched down along and crossed U.S. Highway 29 near the intersection of Georgia Highway 281 before dissipating. A few large trees lost large limbs and a couple of highway roadside signs were blown down. Three chicken houses were destroyed with a total value of 270 thousand dollars. Also, 60,000 chickens were killed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$100,000	Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage across Madison county. Many trees were blown down. One fell onto a warehouse in Diamond Hill causing damage. A large oak tree fell onto a trailer in the Newtown community and destroyed it. Several chicken houses in the Newtown community were destroyed or damaged. The Danielsville sheriff's office reported power lines down.
February 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$17,500	no account filed
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$15,000	Emergency Manager reported 15 trees down across Madison county with the highest concentration in north Danielsville.
July 2000	Lightning	Danielsville	$10,000	The Madisonian Newspaper reported that 15 dairy cows were killed by lightning at the Strange dairy farm near Buckhead Road.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$5,000	The Madison County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down, including some on power lines along U.S. Highway 29 northeast of Danielsville and also in Danielsville itself.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$5,000	The Madison county 911 center reported that numerous trees were down in the city along with some power lines.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$5,000	Reports from the sheriff, the public, and a spotter indicated thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$3,000	The public reported that two power poles were snapped and three trees were blown down.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$1,000	The Madison County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 29 and Mama B Drive.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$1,000	The public reported that three trees and several tree limbs were down in a pasture near Danielsville.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$1,000	The Madison county 911 center reported that a few trees had been blown down.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$500	The Madison County 911 center reported trees down on the southwest side of Danielsville.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$500	The Madison county 911 center reported that several tree limbs were blown off trees from Danielsville to Hull.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down on power lines.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$250	The Madison County 911 Center reported that one tree was blown down across U.S. Highway 29 just south of Danielsville.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	$200	Madison county 911 reported several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2017	Hail	Danielsville	-	A report of quarter size hail in Danielsville was received over social media.
July 2011	Hail	Danielsville	-	A CoCoRaHS observer reported half-dollar-sized hail from northeast Madison county, approximately six miles north of Comer. Thunderstorm wind gusts were also estimated at 50 to 60 mph, but no wind damage was observed.
March 2008	Funnel Cloud	Danielsville	-	Several sightings of funnel clouds were received from the public and the Madison County Emergency Management Director.
March 2008	Hail	Danielsville	-	The Madison County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail in the Danielsville area.
June 2005	Hail	Danielsville	-	The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported that penny to nickel-sized hail lasted for a period of 10 minutes just west of Danielsville.
July 2004	Hail	Danielsville	-	The public reported nickel-sized hail.
June 2002	Hail	Danielsville	-	The Madison county 911 center reported quarter size hail.
November 1997	Hail	Danielsville	-	Dime to nickel size hail covered the ground.
September 1995	Hail	Danielsville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees down on roads. Winds were estimated at 55 to 60 mph.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Danielsville	-	Thunderstorm winds blew numerous trees down on roads. Winds were estimated at 55 to 60 mph.
June 1999	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed
April 1997	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed
April 1997	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed
May 1993	Hail	Danielsville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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

5 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
Crawford W. Long Childhood Home	0.2 miles	1977
Colbert School	5.8 miles	2001
Colbert Historic District	6.2 miles	1984
Comer Historic District	6.9 miles	1995
Paoli Historic District	7.6 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80001114 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Madison County	All 6 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.