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Southeastern Holiness Institute

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Southeastern Holiness Institute, also known as Chason's Hospital and as Donalsonville Hospital, was built in 1914. It was built as a religious educational institution, but was converted in 1918 to a private hospital.”

Wikipedia article Southeastern Holiness Institute, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Seminole County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

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. 102 Hospital Circle, Donalsonville, 39845
  • When was it listed? June 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Donalsonville
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • Architect. Peter E. Dennis
  • National Register reference number. 82002463 - 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

421 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Southeastern Holiness Institute between 1992 and 2020, burning about 930 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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 burning295
Equipment and vehicle use64
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2016Debris and open burning4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MILLER-006
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this property

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Donalsonville, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2005Tornado (F2)Donalsonville1 killed, 8 hurt, $1,500,000A tornado touched down just south of U.S. Highway 84. It destroyed seven mobile homes and damaged 17 others. Many trees and power lines were down. A woman was killed when the tornado demolished her mobile home. Eight people suffered minor injuries. The storm survey was conducted by the NWS Tallahassee WCM and SOO.
March 1996Tornado (F1)Donalsonville1 hurt, $100,000no account filed
April 2011LightningDonalsonville$1,000,000Lightning sparked a large fire in down-town Donalsonville. The fire consumed the businesses on the east side of Cherry Street and burned about one half of a city block. Two beauty shops, an insurance agency, a pool hall, a gift shop, and a gym were among the businesses damaged in the fire. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$100,000Two homes were damaged by trees along with damage to barns and sheds in Seminole county.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$100,000A roof was blown off a house. A peanut shed and two mobile homes were damaged. Reported by the Seminole County EMA.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$50,000A building collapsed at Martin Recycling Company in Donalsonville. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in and around Donalsonville. Scattered power outages were reported throughout the center of the county.
April 2014LightningDonalsonville$10,000WTVY reported that lightning destroyed a storage building with thousands of dollars of music equipment inside of it near Donalsonsville. Campers say they saw a lightning bolt directly hit the barn. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000A transformer was down on Three Notch Road just north of Joel Pool Road.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000Trees and power lines down at U.S. Highway 84 and GA Highway 38.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 84 in Donalsonville.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$5,000Several large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$3,000Trees were blown down on Wiley Street and South Morris Street in Donalsonville. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000One power pole was blown down in at West 2nd Street and South Wiley Ave.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line in Donalsonville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000An awning was blown off a building in downtown Donalsonville. A tree was also blown down. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$2,000Downed trees and power lines reported by the Seminole County Sheriff.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville$1,000A few downed trees and power lines on Highway 91 reported by the Seminole County EMA.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down onto a power line off Burl Lane Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-The UGA mesonet station in Donalsonville gusted to 61 mph.
May 2023FloodDonalsonville-Minor flooding was reported along Highway 91 N at Burl Lane Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-An Ambient weather station gusted to 68 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-An Ambient station gusted to 50 knots.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down on East 5th Street.
July 2021Flash FloodDonalsonville-Significant street flooding occurred in Donalsonville due to rainfall of 3-5 inches in 1-2 hours. Social media pictures confirmed the flooding.
September 2020Flash FloodDonalsonville-Flooding was reported near Highway 84 and Tennille Ave.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down just south of Donalsonville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindDonalsonville-A tree was blown down in Donalsonville.
March 1993HailDonalsonville-Hail accumulated up to 2 inches in depth along Georgia Highway 91 in western Seminole County.
July 2011HailDonalsonville-no account filed
March 1993HailDonalsonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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

2 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Donalsonville Historic District0.6 miles2002
Seminole County Courthouse0.7 miles1980

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82002463 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Seminole CountyAll 3 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.