Upper Avenue A Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

One of 48 National Register listings published here for Floyd County · listed in 1983 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by Oostanaula River, Turner-McCall Blvd., Avenue B and W. 11th St., Rome, 30165
When was it listed? September 1983
Category. district
Census division. Rome
National Register reference number. 83000198 - 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Upper Avenue A Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 796 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 114 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	136
Arson/incendiarism	114
Equipment and vehicle use	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	20
Recreation and ceremony	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	8
Natural	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
6 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-FLOYD-018
5 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-FLOYD-016
29 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Upper Avenue A Historic District: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Berry School Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
County Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Rome City Shale Quarry	Clay	Past Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock Indus	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Evans Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Freeman Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Kirkland Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this property

60 of 132 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rome, the town this property stands in, in 132 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 58 thunderstorm wind, 38 hail, 18 lightning, 8 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 6 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
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	1 killed, $50,000	A man was crushed and killed in Rome when thunderstorm winds toppled a large pine tree onto the tractor he was driving. Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and power lines in Rome which caused 1,200 residents to loose electric power for up to an hour. (M61O)
June 2002	Lightning	Rome	2 hurt, $10,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that lightning struck three homes in the city of Rome. The lightning caused injury to a man and a boy at one residence as lightning entered through a window. Fires were started at the other two residences, but damage was reported to be minor.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	1 hurt, $12,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported six trees down in the Rome area. One tree fell on a car with two occupants; one occupant was injured.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	1 hurt	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that a tree limb fell and hit a 19-year old female during strong thunderstorm wind gusts at an outdoor event in Rome. The individual was taken to the hospital and released with minor injuries.
June 2004	Lightning	Rome	1 hurt	The Rome News-Tribune reported that a lady was injured by a lightning strike to her home. The lightning struck the woman through an electrical appliance in her home. Lightning also disrupted power to around 1300 customers in the Rome area when lightning struck a power pole in the city.
May 2001	Lightning	Rome	1 hurt	The Rome News Tribune reported that a man was struck by lightning and injured. This information was confirmed by the Floyd county 911 center at the time of the event. The man was sitting in a wooden swing on the front porch at his residence. The lightning struck a nearby tree a few feet from the porch and then arced over to the roof of the house. The man sustained burns to his legs, but was not injured seriously.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$1,000,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that extensive damage to trees in the south part of Rome toward Lindale was the result of strong straight-line thunderstorm winds, estimated to be on the order of 80 mph. Up to 100 trees were uprooted or blown over in this area. Two dozen homes sustained moderate to major damage. One home was crushed by a very large tree which fell right across the middle of the structure. In addition, at least five roads across the county were also closed as a result of downed trees.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$500,000	Several trees and power lines were downed along Georgia Highway 20 by thunderstorm winds. Straightline thunderstorm winds caused considerable tree and power line damage in and through- out the city of Rome. Power outages were reported for one to two hours following the wind damage. Twelve to 15 homes and three businesses throughout the Rome area received slight to moderate roof and structural damage from trees downed by thunderstorm winds. One of the hardest hit areas was at the intersection of Old Calhoun and Warren Roads where numerous trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
April 2009	Hail	Rome	$300,000	The public reported golf ball-sized hail with a second thunderstorm that tracked across northern Floyd county. Golf ball-sized hail was reported from the north side of Rome to Shannon.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$225,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that strong thunderstorm winds blew down over 50 trees from just south of Rome to Cave Spring and just southeast of Lindale. Two homes suffered considerable damage from the downed trees. One of these homes was on the west side of Rome on Mountain Chase Road. Several power lines were also down throughout the same areas. Doppler radar detected a significant downburst in the area at the time.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$200,000	Floyd county 911 reported numerous trees were blown down in Rome and across Floyd county. The wind knocked trees across power lines, onto vehicles, and into homes across southern Floyd county. About 15 vehicles and 25 homes were damaged by winds that probably reached 60-70 mph. Upwards of 6,000 homes lost power.
May 2004	Lightning	Rome	$125,000	The Rome News Tribune, as well as the Floyd County 911 center reported that lightning struck a home on Woodbine Street in Rome setting it on fire and causing extensive damage to the home. Much of the garage and adjacent areas of the structure were destroyed. Some minor electrical damage was reported to another home as a result of another lightning strike.
June 2010	Lightning	Rome	$75,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that two homes and vehicle on Virginia Circle, near the Coosa Country Club, were damaged when lightning struck an adjacent tree causing it to fall.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$75,000	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Rome	$70,000	Several reports of hail, ranging in size from nickels to golf balls, were received from north central and northeastern Floyd county. An amateur radio operator reported golf ball-sized hail just south of Shannon, an off-duty National Weather Service employee and a storm spotter observed nickel-sized hail in Rome, and an observer for Fox 5 Television in Atlanta reported quarter-sized hail in Rome.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Rome	$50,000	The Emergency Manager reported numerous reports of flooding within the city of Rome. Several buildings experienced flooding, including six feet of water in the first floor of Kindred Hospital on Turner McCall Blvd. Additionally, numerous other roads were closed with water two to three feet deep. There was one report of a rescue from a stalled vehicle. Radar estimates indicate between 3.5 and 4.5 inches occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
July 2008	Lightning	Rome	$50,000	The Floyd County 911 Center reported that a lightning strike caused a structural fire on Vinings Court. Specific damage amounts were not provided.
August 2006	Lightning	Rome	$50,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that there were three lightning-related incidents in the Rome area during an evening thunderstorm. A home on Coral Avenue was struck and set on fire. The home was a complete loss. A teenage girl in the home was checked for injuries, but was determined to not have had any. Another home was struck on Reynolds Bend Road setting the yard on fire, but no damage was observed to the structure itself.
April 2005	Hail	Rome	$50,000	Several reports of large hail were received from the public and an amateur radio operator. Hail ranging in size from pennies to golf balls fell in the Rome area, with quarter to half-dollar-sized hail in the Shannon area.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$35,000	The Floyd County 911 Center reported that up to nine trees were blown down in the Rome area. A few power lines were also down. A street light in Rome was also damaged from downed tree. The Rome News Tribune reported that a tree was down on a home just northeast of Armuchee. Several power lines were also down in the northern part of the county as well.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$35,000	The Rome-News Tribune reported that a number of large trees were blown down from Rome to Silver Creek. The trees also brought down several power lines in the area. At one home in Rome, six large trees were uprooted with one landing on the house causing moderate damage to the garage.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$30,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported that a roof was blown off a small building in Rome off Glenn Milner and 2nd Avenue. A small fence was blown down as well.
February 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$30,000	A HAM radio operator reported a tree down on a house in Rome. Floyd county 911 reported trees down on Pleasant Valley Road in the Silver Creek area. They also reported damage to the roof of a theater in Rome.
May 2017	Lightning	Rome	$25,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported a structure fire resulting from a lightning strike on North 5th Avenue Southwest.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$25,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that five trees were blown down by a downburst from a small thunderstorm. One of the trees fell on a home, just west of Rome, causing damage to the structure.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$25,000	The Rome Newswire Reported that a very large tree limb fell on a vehicle in Rome, essentially destroying the vehicle.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$25,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm downburst winds resulted in some siding being blown off one of the walls of the Cesar Electrical Supply Company.
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$20,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$15,000	Reports from the public, local newspapers, and the Floyd County 911 center indicated that at least a dozen large trees were blown down on the west side of Rome and in the Garden Lakes Subdivision area along and north of Georgia Highway 20. Several power lines were also brought down by the trees. In addition, one home sustained damage when a tree fell on the structure. Wind gusts were estimated by several people in the 60 to 70 mph range, with one wind gust estimate of 75 mph.
November 2004	Flash Flood	Rome	$15,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that two portions of Old Dalton Highway, northeast of Rome, collapsed because of heavy rain and flash flooding. The collapsed road resulted in injuries to three people, all of whom drove their vehicles past barricades and into the large hole that had developed.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$15,000	The Floyd county 911 center reported that trees and power lines were blown down, especially in the Ridge Ferry Park area.. The Rome News Tribune reported that downed trees and power lines left 3700 people in the city without power through the evening.
October 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$10,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported a few trees and power lines blown down across Rome.
April 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$10,000	The Floyd County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto a house in Rome causing damage to the structure. The exact address was not provided.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$10,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that a tree fell on a home causing damage to the structure.
April 2000	Flash Flood	Rome	$10,000	Strong to severe thunderstorms dumped very heavy rain in about an hour over the area. Floyd county 911 and a HAM operator reported flash flooding in Rome. Some homes in low areas and the lower level of the Floyd Medical Center were evacuated. Some cars were trapped on roads due to rapidly rising waters.
May 1998	Hail	Rome	$10,000	Numerous public reports indicated large hail fell across Floyd county. Quarter size up to golf ball size hail was reported 10 miles northwest of Rome. Dime to nickel size was indicated in Rome, Armuchee, and the eastern parts of the county. It hailed continuously for 20 minutes to the east of Rome.
June 1997	Flash Flood	Rome	$10,000	Several streets were flooded, including Redmon and Martha Berry Streets. At 9:00 pm 3.6 inches of rainfall was reported, and by 9:15 4.5 inches of rainfall was reported in the area. Seventy to eighty people were evacuated from a public housing project. Thirty apartments were damaged by water.
June 1999	Flood	Rome	$10,000	no account filed
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$7,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that several trees were blown down in Rome and also in Shannon. In addition, a power line was found burning in Rome, presumably because of downed trees.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$6,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew down a number of trees and caused extensive damage to a home under construction. The home under construction was located on Big Texas Valley Road. The recently erected walls were left flat and stacks of lumber in the yard were scattered about the yard like toothpicks. A nearby trailer in the yard also lost its roof. Trees were down on Horseleg Creek Road and Mt. Alto Road in northwest Rome.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported 17 trees down, as well as numerous power outages.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported that numerous trees were blown down and snapped, with power outages, in the Rome area.
April 2011	Lightning	Rome	$5,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that a home in Rome was struck by lightning. Specific details regarding damages were not provided.
December 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that 18 trees were down in around the Rome area. At least one tree was down in the Lindale area. Several power lines were also down between Rome and Lindale.
June 2008	Lightning	Rome	$5,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that lightning struck a large oak tree on Hardy Avenue. The tree split and fell causing slight damage to the adjacent home and a vehicle.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down around Rome. Power outages were noted in the area.
May 2006	Lightning	Rome	$5,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that lightning struck a home causing minor damage to the structure. No fire was reported during his incident. Nearby at the approximately the same time lightning struck a tree nearby causing a tree to fall on a power line and telephone utility box.
September 2006	Lightning	Rome	$5,000	The Rome News Tribune documented two lightning strikes in Floyd county. One was to a home on Spout Springs Road north of Cave Spring and the other was to a telephone pole on the southwest side of Rome near Radio Springs. Monetary damage to the home was not provided. However, the telephone pole was set on fire.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that several trees fell during the combination of strong thunderstorm winds and torrential rainfall. One tree fell on a power line.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	The Rome News Tribune, as well as the public, reported that several trees were blown down in the Rome area. Trees were down on a gas meter on Thomas Road, and other trees were down on Wayside Road, Sunny Heights Drive, Boulder Road, and Harris Road.
April 2001	Lightning	Rome	$5,000	The Rome News Tribune reported that lightning struck a home on Floyd Springs Road. The lightning entered the house through a front board, ripping a one foot long section of the board off the home, then traveled through a bathroom light fixture, putting a one inch hole in the wall and blowing out the bulbs, then skipped around through the upstairs electrical wiring, before terminating in a television in the master bedroom. The carpet behind the television was burned. No major structural fire was reported and no one was injured.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	Floyd county 911 reported several trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds tore off the door and part of a ,suspended ceiling of a convenience store in the town of Shannon on Calhoun Highway.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$2,500	A storm spotter reported that a tree was blown down onto a mobile home in the Pine Village Mobile Home Park.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$2,000	The Floyd County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 10 trees were blown down across eastern Floyd county.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$2,000	The Floyd County 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$2,000	The Floyd county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down in the city.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$2,000	The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in a rural area of eastern Floyd county near the Kingston Highway or Georgia Highway 293.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Rome	$2,000	Floyd county 911 reported dime size hail and trees down. According to newspaper reports, some trees fell on power lines, knocking out power along highway 27 north.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Lower Avenue A Historic District	0.2 miles	1983
Floyd County Courthouse	0.5 miles	1980
Jackson Hill Historic District	0.5 miles	1997
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse	0.6 miles	1975
Rome Clock Tower	0.7 miles	1980
Between the Rivers Historic District	0.7 miles	1983

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83000198 in Record Group 79.
Floyd County	All 48 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.