Clarence R. Ware House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Gwinnett County · listed in 1982 · 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, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Ware, Clarence R., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 293 N. Perry St., Lawrenceville, 30046
When was it listed? June 1982
Category. building
Census division. Lawrenceville
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 82002424 - 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Clarence R. Ware House between 1992 and 2017, burning about 318 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 44 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
Arson/incendiarism	44
Debris and open burning	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Recreation and ceremony	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	1

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
4 August 1992	Arson/incendiarism	4.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 1993	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1996	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1996	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 July 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clarence R. Ware House: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
	Dixie Blue Quarry	Granite	Producer
	Galite #1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Gwinnett County

Storms near this property

60 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lawrenceville, the town this property stands in, in 75 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 22 lightning, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 2 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
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	1 hurt, $100,000	The Gwinnett County Emergency Management Director reported that a number of trees and several power lines were down from Lawrenceville to Snellville. Two homes suffered significant damage when large trees fell on the structures. A large hardwood tree fell through a home in Lawrenceville. A woman inside was injured when falling debris struck her in the head. A Chevy Impala and a pickup truck in the driveway were also damaged. Another tree fell on a house in Snellville, causing significant damage to that home as well. Two cars in the garage of that home were also damaged. Around 300 residents in the county were left without power for several hours following the storms.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	1 hurt, $25,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that a tree fell on a home in the 850 block of Chandler Road as a result of a downburst associated with a thunderstorm. A woman inside was injured and treated at the scene by paramedics.
April 2000	Tornado (F1)	Lawrenceville	$1,500,000	Emergency Management and an NWS Storm Survey team reported that a severe thunderstorm produced damage along a 4 mile path from near the intersection of Sever Road and Highway 120, to near the intersection of highways 20 and 124 near the commuinity of Allendale. Most of the damage was due to straight line winds, but there were signs of an intermittent F0-F1 tornado touchdown. Three homes were completely destroyed. Approximately 80 homes were damaged, 15 to 20 of which sustained major damage. In addition, numerous trees and powerlines were reported down, and vehicles were damaged along the storm path. Most of the damage took place in three subdividions; Olde Peachtree Station, which bore the brunt of the damage, Collins Heights, and Jacksons Township. Damage was also reported to the roof of the Motorola Corporation at 1700 Belle Meade Ct. Damage was estimated at $1.5 million.
July 2009	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$450,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a two-story home on Castle Royal Drive. The home sustained significant damage from the resulting fire. A family of five was displaced as a result of this lightning-related fire.
January 2001	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$325,000	The Atlanta Journal and Constitution reported that lightning set two homes on fire. The first, a four bedroom home, was located on Millhaven Court Cove and was completely destroyed by the ensuing fire. The second home was located on Harbor Bay Drive. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the attic area of this house.
August 2012	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$300,000	Gwinnett police and the Broadcast Media relayed reports of three house fires; one on Stoneforest Drive, one on Georgian Point Drive, and another on Lake Lucerne Drive. All three homes were heavily damaged.
June 2010	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$250,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Sydney Crest Lane. The resulting fire caused moderate damage to an exterior wall and the attic. The entire home suffered extensive smoke damage. The fire appeared to start when the lightning struck the incoming electrical line to the home. The family of four was displaced as a result of the incident.
July 2007	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$200,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post and local Atlanta broadcast media reported that lightning struck a home on Paden Mill Trace and set the home on fire. A portion of the roof and burned and extensive damage resulted to much of the second floor of the home. The occupants were displaced from their home.
August 2006	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$200,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a home on Waverly Drive. The home was destroyed by the resulting fire. A firefighter sustained minor injuries when he fell through the floor of the burning home. Four adults and two children escaped without injury, but were displaced as a result of the home loss. Two dogs survived the fire, but two cats did not.
August 2007	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$150,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck and set on fire a home on Primrose Place.
June 2007	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$150,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a home on Beeblossom Trail. The resulting fire caused heavy damage to the attic and significant damage to the second floor of the home.
May 2008	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$100,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that a two-story home was struck and set on fire by lightning on Freshman Drive. Damage was confined mostly to the attic.
October 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$100,000	The Gwinnett county Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm winds in the form of a downburst or microburst, also likely a result of the remains of Pacific Hurricane Kenna moving through the area, caused considerable damage to four to five buildings on the downtown square. Glass facades were blown out of the fronts of the buildings, portions of the roof were peeled back on at least one business, and several signs were blown down. Several tree limbs were also blown down in the historic courthouse square. The most significant damage occurred to the Scotland Yard Antiques store, which sustained significant roof and facade damage. Part of a brick wall on one end of the building also collapsed. The damaged roof allowed water to come inside the store, which resulted in damage to some irreplaceable antiques.
May 1998	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$75,000	A home off Old Norcross Road near Lawrenceville was gutted by fire after being struck by lightning.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$50,000	Amateur radio relayed a report of a tree down on a house in Lawrenceville.
May 2007	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$50,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Kylee Dawn Circle setting the attic on fire. The attic sustained minor to moderate damage as a result.
June 2007	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$50,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a home on Vicksburg Drive. The resulting fire caused considerable damage to the attic.
May 2004	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$50,000	The Gwinnett Daily-Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Larchmont Circle setting the attic on fire. The fire was contained to the attic. No injuries were reported during the incident.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$30,000	The Gwinnett County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm wind gusts blew down two to three large trees onto one unit of a quadraplex on Patterson Court. A mother and small child inside escaped uninjured. However, the roof and one bedroom in the unit sustained considerable damage.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$25,000	The Gwinnett County Emergency Management Director reported that a tree was blown down onto a school bus on Fence Road in the Lawrenceville area.
December 2002	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$25,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck the rear of a home on Spring Rose Glen causing slight fire damage, but extensive wiring damage. The family had to be relocated because all power had to be shut off to the home until repairs were made. However, no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
July 2003	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$15,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home in Lawnreceville on Green Oak Circle putting a hole in the roof and setting the home on fire. The fire was exinguished within 30 minutes.
April 2006	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$10,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck two homes in the county. The first home was struck on Maltdie Court in Lawrenceville causing moderate damage to the chimney. The second home struck was in Dacula on Mapmaker Drive. Minor damage was reported to this residence.
June 2002	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$10,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post Newspaper reported that lightning struck a two-story home. The lightning set a receptacle on fire in the basement. The fire was quickly put out, but caused minimal burn damage to one room in the basement. The remainder of the home suffered minor smoke damage. The homeowner was treated and released at a local hospital for smoke inhalation as he tried to fight the fire himself.
May 1999	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$10,000	A newspaper report indicated 3 homes were struck by lightning in the Lawrenceville and Duluth areas. Details were unknown.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from Lawrenceville to Dacula.
June 2010	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a home on Silvertop Drive resulting in minor damage to the structure. No specific details were provided.
May 2006	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Winder Highway ruptering a gas line and setting a hot water heater closet on fire. The fire was contained to the closet.
July 2005	Heavy Rain	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The Gwinnett Daily-Post of Lawrenceville reported that heavy rain, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Cindy, caused a sinkhole to form under a driveway at a private residence. The driveway subsequently collapsed.
April 2003	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post of Lawrenceville reported that lightning struck a home on Cheyenne Lane. The lightning started a fire in the wall of the house. However, the fire was quickly extinguished and damage to the house was minimal.
June 2003	Lightning	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that lightning struck a home on Meadow Walk Lane setting the attic on fire. However, firefighters were able to minimize the damage from the fire.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$5,000	The public reported that thunderstorm winds caused minor property damage at one residence consisting of an awning blown off, six feet of facia siding on the roof edge peeled back, a shutter blown off, the top of one large tree and two smaller pear trees broken off, and a mailbox blown over. Numerous other items were also scattered about in the lawn including lawn furniture, garbage cans, plants and planters, and a full gas grill cylinder which was moved 10 feet.
May 1998	Hail	Lawrenceville	$5,000	Several public reports indicated dime to golf ball size hail from west of Lawrenceville through the Snellville area to near the Walton county line. There was a report of tornado sounds near Snellville.
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$5,000	no account filed
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$3,000	Local newspaper reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in the Lawrenceville area.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	The Emergency Manager reported power lines down at Archer High School and on Rafington Drive at Simonton Road.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	The public reported that a large tree was blown down at a residence onto a wooden fence. The fence was destroyed as a result.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	The public reported that some tree limbs, blown down by thunderstorm winds, fell on a car, causing damage to the vehicle.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	Several trees and limbs were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	Several power lines were snapped.
March 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	no account filed
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$2,000	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$1,500	The public reported that four trees were blown down at a private residence. Some of the guttering on the house was damaged as the trees fell.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$1,000	Tree down on building along the 600 block of fernstone trail sw.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$1,000	Report of tree down in roadway on Somerset Rd.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$1,000	Tree down on Plantation Blvd SW and Carmen Way SW.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees between Liliburn and Lawrenceville.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	$200	The public reported hail from small up to golf ball size. There was also a report of large limbs blown down.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	-	Report of tree and powerlines down near the intersection of Lexington Dr and Monfort Rd.
January 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawrenceville	-	Powerlines down at intersection of Marble Arch Ave SE and Corley Brook Way SW.
June 2022	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	Report of quarter size hail in downtown Lawrenceville.
April 2017	Flash Flood	Lawrenceville	-	A USGS stream gage on Pew Creek on Patterson Road SW in Lawrenceville quickly reached flood stage of 11 feet. The creek crest at 11.37 feet at 4:45 PM EST. Minor flooding occurred in the natural floodplain upstream and downstream from the gage. The parking lot of the Saratoga Swim and Tennis Club downstream from the river gage experienced flooding.
June 2016	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	An amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail on Highway 316 between Highway 120 and Collins Hill Road.
March 2011	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	The public observed quarter-sized hail in the Lawrenceville area. WSR-88D radar data suggests that most of this occurred south and southeast of Lawrenceville.
August 2007	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	A storm spotter observed nickel-sized hail at Georgia Highway 316 and Patricks Mill Road in Lawrenceville. The Gwinnett County 911 Center observed penny-sized hail in Lawrenceville. Storm spotters estimated that the winds in the area were 50 mph.
June 2006	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
February 2005	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	Numerous reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the public. Nickel-sized hail was reported in Lawrenceville with quarter-sized hail in Grayson and Snellville.
August 2005	Funnel Cloud	Lawrenceville	-	The leader of the Gwinnett County Skywarn reported a funnel cloud in the Lawrenceville area. A possible tornado touchdown was also reported. However, no damage was ever confirmed in this area. There was a definite mesocyclone indicated on National Weather Service Doppler Radar.
June 2004	Heavy Rain	Lawrenceville	-	The coordinator for the Gwinnett County SkyWarn reported minor flooding on several creeks in the central and eastern portion of Gwinnett county from Lawrenceville, to Snellville, to the Walton county line near Loganville. Several creeks in these areas were out of their banks by as much as 10-15 feet. These included but were not limited to Alcovy Creek, Trebble Mill Creek, and Shannon Creek
June 2004	Hail	Lawrenceville	-	Trained Skywarn spotters, along with the public and amateur radio operators reported hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, in Lawrenceville and from Duluth to Suwanee. Penny to nickel-sized hail fell in Duluth, penny to quarter-sized hail fell in Suwanee, and penny-sized hail fell in Lawrenceville.

Every storm recorded in Gwinnett 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
Gwinnett County Courthouse	0.1 miles	1980
Old Seminary Building	0.4 miles	1970
William Terrell Homeplace	1.5 miles	1982
Isaac Adair House	3.0 miles	2000
Alcovy Road Grist Mill	3.7 miles	1998
Robert Craig Plantation	4.2 miles	1990

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82002424 in Record Group 79.
Gwinnett County	All 18 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.