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One of 7 National Register listings published here for Rabun County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
York House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. N of Mountain City off US 23/441, Mountain City, 30568
- When was it listed? September 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Mountain City
- National Register reference number. 82002459 - 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
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of York House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 696 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MOUNTAIN GROVE |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | RHONDA |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | WILD TURKEY RUN |
| 11 August 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LEAD TREE FIRE |
| 22 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MYSTERY |
| 21 July 2008 | Natural | 107 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WILSON KNOB |
| 17 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | STUMP |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | AMERICUS |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of York House: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Olivine, Asbestos, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard/Ledford Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| National Olivine No 9 Mine | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Norton Chromite Prospect | Chromium, Iron | Prospect | 1870 | |
| Norton Dunite Deposit | Olivine, Asbestos, Vermiculite | Past Producer | Olivine, Vermiculite | |
| Norton Dunite Deposit | Silica, Asbestos, Magnesite, Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Bowers Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Screamer Mt. | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this property
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain City, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Lightning | Mountain City | 1 killed | Emergency manager reported a lightning strike killed a 39-year-old construction worker on Blacks Creek Dr. |
| October 2020 | Flash Flood | Mountain City | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported flash flooding developed across portions of Rabun County after 5.5 to 7 inches of rain fell across much of the county in around 24 hours. The most significant flooding occurred along the Tallulah River, especially just downstream of Mathis Dam, where inundation occurred along Shady Ln, a portion of Old 441, and Mathis Dam Rd. Multiple other roads were reported as flooded and closed throughout the county, including Highway 15 in the Clayton area. |
| October 2020 | Flood | Mountain City | $1,000 | Although rain tapered off across Rabun County during the morning of the 11th, emergency manager reported lingering runoff resulted in multiple roads remaining inundated and closed, especially along the Tallulah River downstream of Mathis Dam. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down three trees in city limits, marble-size hail was also reported. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | - | County comms reported trees blown down in Mountain City and in Sky Valley. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down in the Mountain City area. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Mountain City | - | Public reported (via Social Media) mostly pea-to-dime size hail, with a few as large as quarters in the Mountain City area. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | - | Several trees were blown down across eastern portions of the county. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mountain City | - | Quarter size hail fell between Mountain City and Rabun Gap. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | - | Six trees blown down around Mountain City. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Mountain City | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain City | - | 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William E. and Sarah Dillard Powell House | 2.4 miles | 2008 | |
 | Asbury and Sallie Hodgson House | 3.0 miles | 2011 |
 | Hambidge Center Historic District | 4.6 miles | 1982 |
| James Henry and Rachel Kilby House | 6.3 miles | 2005 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002459 in Record Group 79. |
| Rabun 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.