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Vickery House

Built in 1900. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Vickery House in Lavonia, Georgia, also known as the Shirley House, is a historic house built around 1900-1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.”

Wikipedia article Vickery House (Lavonia, Georgia), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 43 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1900.

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

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Grogan St., Lavonia, 30553
  • When was it listed? September 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Lavonia MRA
  • Census division. Lavonia
  • When was it built? 1900
  • National Register reference number. 83000223 - 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Vickery House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 418 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 burning166
Equipment and vehicle use36
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FRANKLIN-006
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019FRANKLIN001
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FRANKLIN007
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FRANKLIN-012
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-FRANKLIN-002
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FRANKLIN-010

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vickery House: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway DepositsMicaOccurrence
Weldon MineMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this property

26 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLavonia$25,000no account filed
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLavonia$10,000County comms reported numerous trees and power lines blown down in the Lavonia area, with one tree down on house.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindLavonia$10,000A tree was blown onto a house, while several other trees were blown across roads. A few powerlines were also blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLavonia$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Tugaloo State Park and in the city of Lavonia. One tree fell on a vehicle.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLavonia$1,000Three trees were blown down and a carport was damaged.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLavonia$500A few large trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing an outage in the Gumlog community.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Public reported multiple trees blown down in the Gumlog and Tugaloo State Park areas.
April 2021HailLavonia-Public reported (via Social Media) quarter size hail in the Gumlog community.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLavonia-County comms reported multiple trees down, especially along Poplar Springs Rd in the extreme northeast part of the county.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Multiple trees were blown down in the area near Gerrard Rd and highway 328.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Two trees were blown down on highway 328 in the northeast corner of the county.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindLavonia-A tree was blown down on Rainbow Dr in Lavonia.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Numerous trees were blown down in extreme northern Franklin County. Affected roads incldued Laurel Circle and Mountain View Rd.
July 2008HailLavonia-Hail was reported near the intersection of Hillshore Rd and Lake View Dr.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindLavonia-A tree blown down on highway 59 in Lavonia, and another down on Clarks Creek Rd.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLavonia-A tree was blown down on Clarks Creek Rd and another was blown down on Stone Bridge Rd.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Roof blown off of a shed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLavonia-Trees down across several roads in and around Lavonia.
July 2001HailLavonia-Dime-sized hail reported at Interstate 85 exit number 173.
May 2004HailLavonia-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindLavonia-no account filed
April 1999HailLavonia-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLavonia-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindLavonia-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindLavonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Cason Houseunder 500 feet1983
Beasley House0.1 miles1983
Lavonia Carnegie Library0.1 miles1983
Lavonia Commercial Historic District0.1 miles1983
Lavonia Roller Mill0.2 miles1983
Stevenson House and Brickyard0.2 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83000223 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Franklin CountyAll 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.