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One of 43 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Lavonia Roller Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. E. Main St., Lavonia, 30553
- When was it listed? September 1983
- Category. building
- Also known as. Lavonia MRA
- Census division. Lavonia
- National Register reference number. 83000214 - 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
270 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Lavonia Roller Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 414 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 | 164 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FRANKLIN-006 |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019FRANKLIN001 |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN007 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-012 |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-FRANKLIN-002 |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lavonia Roller Mill: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown/Bowers Properties | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Highway Deposits | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Weldon Mine | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this property
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lavonia, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $10,000 | County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down in the Lavonia area, with one tree down on house. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $10,000 | A tree was blown onto a house, while several other trees were blown across roads. A few powerlines were also blown down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Tugaloo State Park and in the city of Lavonia. One tree fell on a vehicle. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $1,000 | Three trees were blown down and a carport was damaged. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | $500 | A few large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage in the Gumlog community. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Gumlog and Tugaloo State Park areas. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lavonia | - | Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Gumlog community. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | County comms reported multiple trees down, especially along Poplar Springs Rd in the extreme northeast part of the county. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Multiple trees were blown down in the area near Gerrard Rd and highway 328. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Two trees were blown down on highway 328 in the northeast corner of the county. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | A tree was blown down on Rainbow Dr in Lavonia. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Numerous trees were blown down in extreme northern Franklin County. Affected roads incldued Laurel Circle and Mountain View Rd. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lavonia | - | Hail was reported near the intersection of Hillshore Rd and Lake View Dr. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | A tree blown down on highway 59 in Lavonia, and another down on Clarks Creek Rd. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | A tree was blown down on Clarks Creek Rd and another was blown down on Stone Bridge Rd. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Roof blown off of a shed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | Trees down across several roads in and around Lavonia. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Lavonia | - | Dime-sized hail reported at Interstate 85 exit number 173. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavonia | - | 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
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Cotton Oil Co. | under 500 feet | 1983 | |
 | Lavonia Carnegie Library | under 500 feet | 1983 |
| Stevenson House and Brickyard | 0.1 miles | 1983 | |
| Vickery House | 0.2 miles | 1983 | |
| Burton House | 0.2 miles | 1983 | |
 | Cheek House | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83000214 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 43 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.