Alexander Hotel

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Alexander Hotel is a historic hotel in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, located at 120 West Brazell Street. It was built in 1892 and, although it is basically plain in style, it has gingerbread decorations that give it a Victorian architecture feel.”
Wikipedia article Alexander Hotel (Reidsville, Georgia), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 3 National Register listings published here for Tattnall 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 Wikipedia article

The listing

Address. 204 W. Brazell St., Reidsville, 30453
When was it listed? June 1982
Category. building
Census division. Reidsville
National Register reference number. 82002481 - 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

477 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Alexander Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,293 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 128 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	265
Arson/incendiarism	128
Misuse of fire by a minor	25
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Natural	13
Smoking	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Recreation and ceremony	5

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
5 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-TATTNALL-016
30 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020TATTNALL010

Every fire recorded in Tattnall County

Storms near this property

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reidsville, the town this property stands in, in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 35 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
February 2009	Lightning	Reidsville	$500,000	An emergency manager from Tattnall county reported a lightning strike that ignited a fire which caused a church to be destroyed in Reidsville, Georgia.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$55,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked a roof off a house just north of Reidsville and knocked 2 roofs off houses and destroyed sheds in Collins. Trees were also blown down in Collins.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$50,000	Scattered areas of trees, large limbs and powerlines down.
February 2004	Tornado (F0)	Reidsville	$10,000	A tornado destroyed a shed and damaged a hospital biohazard building, damaged the 911 facility, downed trees, and blew out windows.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and tree limbs, resulting in power outages.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$8,000	The Tattnall county warning point reported numerous trees down in Reidsville, Georgia. One tree was reported down on a home.
October 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$3,000	The public reported that an 8 by 10 foot aluminum shed was blown over 1 mile south of Reidsville, GA. The public also reported a 50 foot tall pecan tree about 3 to 4 feet in diameter was blown down in the same area. Additionally, the public reported that shingles were blown off a porch roof in the same area with small hail covering the floor of the porch and parts of the yard. A window was also blown out of the home.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$2,000	The Tattnall County Warning Point reported several trees down in Reidsville.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,500	A few power lines were reported down in Reidsville, Georgia.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,500	Several trees were reported down in the Reidsville area.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,000	The media reported a tree down on the 200 block of Alexander Avenue.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,000	A 911 call center reported 1 tree down near the intersection of Alexander Avenue and Brumby Street.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,000	Trained Spotter reported a tree down along Highway 23 in Reidsville.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,000	Law Enforcement reported one tree down along Highway 23.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$1,000	Large limbs down in yard.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$500	Tattnall County dispatch reported a tree down along Bubba Kennedy Road.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$500	Law Enforcement reported 1 tree down along Highway 23 in Reidsville.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$500	Large tree limbs were reported down in the town of Reidsville.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	$500	Several large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Tattnall County Emergency Management reported a tree down and a powerline down in the 1700 block of Tom Rogers Road.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Tattnall County dispatch reported several trees down around Reidsville.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Law enforcement reported multiple trees down in Reidsville, GA.
March 2019	Hail	Reidsville	-	Tattnall County 911 dispatch reported that hail the size of quarters fell at the office.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported one tree down on Anderson Street.
July 2017	Hail	Reidsville	-	Tattnall County dispatch reported that pea to penny sized hail fell in Reidsville.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Tattnall County dispatch reported numerous trees, large limbs, and power lines down across Reidsville. Impacted areas included Kelly Street and James Street.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported one tree down near the intersection of East Brazell Street and Alexander Avenue.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	A Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on a house along the 100 block of Smith Avenue.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Tattnall County dispatch reported a tree down on Kemp Street.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on College Avenue.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Reidsville	-	Fid Moseley Road closed due to flooding, near Thomas Creek. Numerous driveways have been flooded, as well.
March 2012	Hail	Reidsville	-	The public reported dime to quarter sized hail 1 mile north northwest of Reidsville.
March 2012	Hail	Reidsville	-	The public reported quarter sized hail covering the ground and lasting for 10 minutes 1 mile north of Reidsville.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Law Enforcement reported a tree down along Highway 280 in Reidsville.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Reidsville	-	A county official reported that Alexander Mill Pond Road was closed due to flooding in Reidsville Georgia.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Reidsville	-	A county official reported that Courtney Brummette Road was closed due to flooding from heavy rain near Reidsville Georgia.
February 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	A barn and a camper were damaged.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Reidsville	-	Heavy rainfall made Route 147 impassable due to water on the road.
September 2004	Flash Flood	Reidsville	-	Heavy rainfall caused many roads throughout the county to be closed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Thunderstorm winds knocked down large limbs along Highway 121 and 280 to the east of Reidsville.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Several trees and power lines down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Large limbs and power lines down.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Trees down.
October 1998	Lightning	Reidsville	-	Lightning struck a house with minor damage to the roof and the chimney.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Trees and power lines down
June 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Trees down.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Reidsville	-	Powerlines down.
July 2002	Hail	Reidsville	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Reidsville	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Reidsville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tattnall 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Smith-Nelson Hotel	0.2 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82002481 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Tattnall County	All 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.