BlockFrom the record
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Macon County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
DeVaughn-Lewis House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 510 S. Dooly St., Montezuma, 31063
- When was it listed? May 1985
- Category. building
- Census division. Montezuma
- Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
- National Register reference number. 85000937 - 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
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of DeVaughn-Lewis House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 903 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 125 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON005 |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON003 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of DeVaughn-Lewis House: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville Works | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Outcrop | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montezuma, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $30,000 | Public and newspaper reports indicated thunderstorms winds tore the roofs off a calf barn and a dairy barn. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $25,000 | The Citizen and Georgian of Montezuma reported that a large tree was blown down onto a home on Green Street during a strong thunderstorm. The tree left a whole in the house about the size of a watermelon. Considerable damage was noted to the roof, the attic, and the laundry room as a result. |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $7,000 | The Macon county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in Montezuma and the National Weather Cooperative observer in Marshallville reported that several power lines were down there. |
| February 2009 | Lightning | Montezuma | $5,000 | The Schley County Regional 911 Center reported that lightning struck an outbuilding. The structure was completely destroyed from the resulting fire. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $5,000 | The Macon county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down along Georgia Highway 26 East in Montezuma and also near Tom Adams Road in Montezuma. Two power lines were also blown down along Georgia Highway 49 about halfway between Montezuma and Marshallville. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $5,000 | The Macon county Sheriff reported trees and power lines down. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $4,500 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $3,000 | The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were down between Montezuma and Marshallville. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Montezuma | $2,000 | The public reported golfball size hail and a large oak tree down. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $1,500 | Amateur radio operators reported that a few trees were blown down in Montezuma. One fell on power lines along north Dooly Street, another was on Old Perry Road, and another on Highway 127 on Marvis Chapman Road. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $1,000 | The Macon County Sheriff's office reported that four trees were blown down near Georgia Highway 224 between Shiloh Church Road and Mennonite School Road, just east-northeast of Montezuma. A funnel cloud was also observed by the public in this area at the time. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged trees in the area of Georgia Highway 128 and within the city of Montezuma. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | $500 | A few large trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | - | Reports of multiple trees down near GA 26 and Spaulding Rd. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Montezuma | - | The 911 center relayed a report of water flowing over the roadway along Highway 26 E. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain fell over the area, with isolated amounts as high as 10 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Montezuma | - | The Schley County Regional 911 Center relayed a report of penny-sized hail along Georgia Highway 126 in the far southeast part of Macon county. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Montezuma | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in eastern Macon county between Montezuma and the Houston/Dooly county line. The Macon County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were also blown down about five miles southeast of Montezuma. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Montezuma | - | The Macon County 911 Center reported that heavy rain resulted in minor street flooding in the Montezuma area and the southeast part of the county. |
| October 2003 | Hail | Montezuma | - | Radio Station W4MAZ in Macon relayed a report from the public of penny to quarter-sized hail on Georgia Highway 224 near the Macon/Bibb county line. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Montezuma | - | Dime size hail was reported in the Five Points area. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Montezuma | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montezuma | - | 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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Montezuma Depot | 0.5 miles | 1980 |
| Montezuma Historic District | 0.7 miles | 2003 | |
 | Macon County Courthouse | 1.7 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85000937 in Record Group 79. |
| Macon County | All 17 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.