Laney-Walker North Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

One of 51 National Register listings published here for Richmond County · listed in 1985 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Bounded by D'Antignac, 7th, Twiggs, Phillips and Harrison Sts., Walton Way and Laney-Walker Blvd., Augusta, 30901
When was it listed? September 1985
Category. district
Census division. Augusta
National Register reference number. 85001976 - 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Laney-Walker North Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 47 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	52
Arson/incendiarism	47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	47
Misuse of fire by a minor	30
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	5
Natural	3
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	1
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
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-015
6 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-RICHMOND-002
2 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-RICHMOND-012
2 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Laney-Walker North Historic District: 6 occurrences, 6 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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	Recorded
Clay Preparation Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Foster's Lane Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Horse Creek	REE	Past Producer
Merry Companies Mine	Clay	Producer
Merry Pit 4	Clay	Producer
North Augusta Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Richmond County Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Unidentified Mine	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified Mine	Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified Mine	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this property

60 of 92 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augusta, the town this property stands in, in 92 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 54 thunderstorm wind, 27 hail, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 44 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
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	1 killed, 4 hurt	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down. One man died when storms swept across the area. 40-year-old Robert Walker was riding his bike when a tree fell, killing him.\|Nearby, there were four others trapped in a store on the corner of 11th and Dugas Street. Inmate crews were out for hours today cleaning up the mess.\|The tree that leveled the corner store was completely uprooted. Two men and two children were inside the building and were injured when it collapsed.\|
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	24 hurt, $12,000	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down around the Augusta area. About 24 soldiers at Ft. Gordon were injured from debris crashing into their tents and were taken to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center for treatment.
December 2000	Tornado (F2)	Augusta	8 hurt	An F2 tornado intermittently touched down along a 2 mile path. Extensive damage was done to the Timberidge subdivision and to other homes and mobile homes along its path. Eight people were injurred, one seriously. There were no deaths.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	4 hurt, $2,000	Thunderstorm winds knocked over several large tree limbs. Four people suffered minor injuries when a large limb fell on their car.
July 2012	Lightning	Augusta	3 hurt, $160,000	Lightning struck the roof of SunBelt Auto Center in Augusta. The lightning rippled through the interior of the facility injuring a few people. Then the wind blew out the cracked windows. Ken Harris, the general manager, was blead out of his arm and a little bit on his head. Harris said he couldn't believe the devastation.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	1 hurt, $18,000	A tree fell on a vehicle with a woman inside who had minor injuries. The car was totalled. The event occurred on Walton Way.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$120,000	EM, Sheriff, and SKYWARN spotters reported numerous trees and powerlines down in the Augusta area. Several homes and vehicles had trees on them and 2 people were injured when a tree fell on them.
May 1993	Tornado (F0)	Augusta	$50,000	A short lived tornado touched down on old trail road along the Richmond-Columbia county line. One home and two cars were damaged by toppled trees.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$50,000	Numerous large trees were blown down along Interstate 20 with damage to one vehicle and a house.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$40,000	Augusta Chronicle reported a downburst damaged the Homechoice Partners building on Washington road and also damaged a couple of vehicles.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$24,000	WRDW reported a tree fell on a home causing some damage.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	South Augusta	$18,000	Thunderstorm winds blew large limbs and several utility poles down throughout the city. A field light pole at May park was nearly sheared in half by thunderstorm winds. Electricity was knocked out for nearly 6,300 customers for two hours.
February 2012	Hail	Augusta	$15,000	WJBF reported golf ball size hail in Augusta and the surrounding area.
April 1997	Hail	Augusta	$10,000	no account filed
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$6,000	SKYWARN spotters reported trees and powerlines down around Augusta, especially on Lumpkin road on the south side of town.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$5,000	Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$5,000	Numerous trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Barton Chapel and Deans Bridge Roads.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$5,000	Several large trees were blown down near Augusta National Golf Course along Interstate 20.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$5,000	Numerous large trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 78.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$4,000	Sheriff reported trees down around the city, especially on the north and east side.
December 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$4,000	Sheriff reported trees down in many loactions.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$2,000	TV 26 in Augusta reported large limbs down on Broad Street and some trees down on Green street.
December 1997	Flash Flood	Augusta	$2,000	Flash flooding along several creeks flooded several highways including Richmond Hill road.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Augusta	$1,000	Public reported flash flooding on Broad and 4th streets temporarily closing them.
July 2023	Flash Flood	Augusta	$500	Laney Walker Blvd Ext at E Boundary St, and E Boundary St and Sibley St, were closed due to flooding. Time estimated.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees reported by a storm spotter.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked trees and powerlines down within McBean.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Richmond County dispatch reported trees down at the intersection of 2nd St and Broad St. Time estimated by radar.
September 2017	Hail	Augusta	-	Dime to quarter size hail reported by the public. Report relayed via adjacent NWS office.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	A social media report through the media indicated large trees down along the 300 block of Broad Street in Augusta.
September 2014	Heavy Rain	Augusta	-	An automated rain gage at Augusta reported 1.53 inches of rain in an hour.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Augusta Chronicle reported large limbs down in the downtown area.
July 2010	Hail	Augusta	-	SKYWARN spotter reported nickel size hail on Reynolds Road.
August 2009	Hail	Augusta	-	EM reported penny size hail downtown.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	A downburst took the roof off a building and damaged several others. The roof at Josey High School was damaged. There were also took down trees and powerlines. There were no injuries.
May 2008	Hail	Augusta	-	Public reported half dollar size hail in downtown Augusta.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Augusta.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	EM reported trees down on vehicles in the Country Club Hills area.
June 2007	Hail	Augusta	-	Public reported quarter size hail in the Augusta metro area.
February 2007	Hail	Augusta	-	SKYWARN spotter reported nickel size hail.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	GA Power reported powerlines down near Martinez.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Public reported trees and powerlines down.
February 2005	Hail	Augusta	-	SKYWARN spotter reported nickel size hail.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	TV26 reported several trees down around the city.
April 2005	Hail	Augusta	-	Public reported 1/2 inch hail on Peach Tree road and Peach Pond road.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Public reported couple of trees down and shingles blow off roof.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Sheriff reported a couple of trees down just east of Daniel Field.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	EM reported trees and powerlines down in Augusta.
November 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	TV meteorologist reported large limbs and power lines down in south Augusta.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	EOC reported trees and powerlines down in west Augusta.
May 2003	Hail	Augusta	-	DOE employee reported 1 inch hail on Gordon Highway.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	SKYWARN spotter reported large branches down on Tobacco road in Augusta.
May 2003	Flash Flood	Augusta	-	SKYWARN spotter reported high water covering one area of US 1 and Bobby Jones Highway.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Sheriff reported trees down on Brown road.
August 2003	Flash Flood	Augusta	-	Sheriff reported 2 residences flooded on Jennifer Court. Street flooding also occurred throughout the city.
March 2002	Hail	Augusta	-	Spotter reported golf ball size hail in west Augusta.
March 2002	Hail	Augusta	-	General public reported dime size hail in Augusta.
March 2002	Hail	Augusta	-	Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail in Augusta.
June 2002	Hail	Augusta	-	HAM operater reported golf ball size hail in northwest Augusta.along Riverwatch Parkway.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Augusta	-	Spotter recorded gust to 70mph at home.

Every storm recorded in Richmond County

Newspapers printed here

46,873 digitised pages

8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 5,683 issues, 46,873 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
The Augusta Courier	1946 to 1974
The Weekly Loyal Georgian	1867 to 1868
The Colored American	1865 to 1866
The Loyal Georgian	1866 to 1867
The Loyal Georgian	1867
The Augusta Union	1889 to 19??
Trench and Camp	1917 to 1919
The Georgia Baptist	1880 to 1???

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
Cauley-Wheeler Memorial Building	0.5 miles	2008
Church of the Most Holy Trinity	0.6 miles	1997
United States Post Office and Courthouse	0.6 miles	2000
Meadow Garden	0.6 miles	1976
First Baptist Church of Augusta	0.6 miles	1972
Greene Street Historic District	0.6 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85001976 in Record Group 79.
Richmond County	All 51 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.