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Photograph of Pelham Commercial Historic District
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Pelham Commercial Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“The Pelham Commercial Historic District is a 13-acre (5.3 ha) historic district in Pelham, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It included 48 contributing buildings a few of which are Carnegie Library of Pelham, a Carnegie library, Hand Trading Company, an "extraordinary" four-story commercial-style building, and two brick railroad depots.”

Wikipedia article Pelham Commercial Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Mitchell County · listed in 1983 · category: District.

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

The listing

Fires near this property

552 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 552 fires within 5 miles of Pelham Commercial Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,863 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 45 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 burning314
Equipment and vehicle use64
Railroad operations and maintenance64
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking12
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6

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 1998Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MITCHELL-015

Every fire recorded in Mitchell County

Storms near this property

53 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelham, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 35 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 tornado. 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
February 2003Tornado (F1)Pelham$350,000The tornado which initially touched down just south of the Grady-Mitchell county line, continued northeast, and lifted just north of County Road 262. The worst damage occurred from Wade Road to County Road 262. It destroyed three mobile homes and severely damaged three frame homes. Several mobile homes and a few frame homes sustained minor damage. The tornado toppled numerous trees and some power lines. Reported by the Mitchell County EMA.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindPelham$250,000The Mitchell County EMA reported 15 homes damaged.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Pelham$100,000This tornado touched down near Welch St. NW on the west side of Pelham, GA. Damage was mainly confined to snapped or uprooted trees. However, the tornado did remove a large percentage of metal roofing at an auto service building on Curry Street. It also flipped a van at this location. Several trees were uprooted or snapped on Green St. before the tornado damaged a metal awning at a warehouse on U.S. 19 just south of Green St. East. The tornado continued southeast from there, causing some damage to an outbuilding and the roof of a home on Harmony Road before lifting. The damage was consistent with an EF-1 rating with max winds of 95 mph. Many other locations within Pelham were damaged by straight-line winds estimated to be around 80 mph.
October 2002Tornado (F0)Pelham$90,000A small tornado briefly touched down and destroyed a warehouse. Several trees and power lines were toppled. Reported by the Mitchell County EMA.
March 2002LightningPelham$75,000Lightning sparked a fire which destroyed a warehouse on Highway 19 just south of Pelham.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPelham$50,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees, destroying four cars in the area. Also the floorboards to a home were buckled by the winds.
November 2002LightningPelham$20,000Lightning struck the roof of a home, and severely damaged the attic and adjacent bedroom. Reported by the Pelham Journal.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPelham$20,000Large pine trees blown down onto power lines and homes within a three-square block area in east Pelham. Reported by the Pelham Journal.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindPelham$10,000Numerous trees were reported down over southern Mitchell county with power outages also reported. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindPelham$10,000Several trees down on two transformer power lines caused scattered outages. Reported by the Pelham Journal.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindPelham$7,000Trees and power lines were blown down county wide with the majority of the reports focused in the southern part of the county, including Pelham. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2006LightningPelham$5,000A lightning bolt struck the ground outside a fast-food restaurant, and knocked out the telephone system and seared the transformer which operates the drive-through system. It left a large hole in the ground and shattered the pipe connected to the sprinkler system.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindPelham$4,000Trees were blown down around downtown Pelham and the rest of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindPelham$3,000Trees were reported down at 2100 Spence Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindPelham$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Pelham.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindPelham$2,000Power lines were down on Highway 65 both directions at Rawson Circle.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindPelham$2,000A tree and a power line were blown down on Old Georgia Highway 3 as reported on the Mitchell County scanner.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPelham$2,000The county dispatch reported both a tree and a power line were blown down in the town of Pelham. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPelham$2,000Several utility poles were down. Power outages were reported in the Harmony and Cotton communities.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPelham$1,000A large branch fell onto a power line, resulting in sparks.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPelham$1,000A tree was blown down west of Pelham near SR-112.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindPelham$1,000A SKYWARN storm spotter reported several trees down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPelham$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down along Georgia Highway 65 and along Georgia Highway 93, which is east of Cotton.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindPelham$500A tree was blown down at the intersection of Highway 19 and Microwave Road.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindPelham-Tree limbs were reported on the roadway on Highway 93 near Pelham.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindPelham-A pine tree was blown down along Forty Niner Road.
April 2024Flash FloodPelham-Lakeview Road was flooded and closed.
April 2024Flash FloodPelham-Locast Road at the dump was flooded and closed.
April 2024Flash FloodPelham-Ballfield Road was flooded and closed.
March 2024Flash FloodPelham-Flooding was reported on Old Pelham Road.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindPelham-Several trees were blown down around Pelham.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindPelham-A few trees were blown down in Mitchell County.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPelham-Trees were blown down on Railroad Street.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down onto Glausier Street.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down on John Collins Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down on Old Thomasville Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPelham-Multiple trees were blown down over road southwest of Pelham.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree fell on a power line near 466 Kierce Road.
July 2022FloodPelham-Minor flooding was reported along Mt Olive and Wade Roads.
July 2022Flash FloodPelham-There were several reports of flooding in the Pelham area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down across Dixie Highway.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down onto Highway 262N.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down and resulted in a power outage along Concord Street NE in Pelham.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPelham-Two trees were blown down on Old Thomasville Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPelham-A tree was blown down onto Highway 3 heading towards Meigs.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindPelham-A large tree was blown down on Back 9 Road.
July 2007HailPelham-Penny size hail was observed north of Meigs in southeast Mitchell County.
April 2006HailPelham-The Mitchell County Sheriff reported golfball size hail just east of Pelham.
December 2005Tornado (F0)Pelham-The Mitchell County Sheriff reported a brief tornado touchdown near U.S. Highway 19. No damage was observed.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindPelham-Thunderstom winds knocked over several trees. The worst damage was caused by a fallen tree which destroyed a mobile home. Several tree limbs were down across the county-wide area.
June 2020HailPelham-no account filed
May 2011HailPelham-no account filed
March 2011HailPelham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mitchell 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 PropertyDistance Listed
James Price McRee House7.8 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83000238 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Mitchell CountyAll 10 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.