Phillips-Sims House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Troup County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Phillips--Sims House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. GA 54, Hogansville, 30230
When was it listed? April 1986
Category. building
Census division. Hogansville
National Register reference number. 86000791 - 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Phillips-Sims House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 900 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 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	99
Arson/incendiarism	26
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Smoking	13
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	4

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
7 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	3.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-TROUP-010
24 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-TROUP-003
20 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-TROUP-001
19 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-TROUP-001

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Phillips-Sims House: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Lone Oak/Post/Wilkes	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Post	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Wilkes	Gold	Prospect	Vein

Every working recorded in Troup County

Storms near this property

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hogansville, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2006	Hail	Hogansville	$550,000	A thunderstorm producing very large hail affected much of far eastern Troup county. The thunderstorm entered the county just north of Hogansville and exited just southeast of Mountville. A number of reports of very large hail were received from the county 911 center, storm spotters, and the public as the storm traveled through the county. Golf ball, baseball, and even tennis ball-sized hail were observed from Hogansville to Mountville. A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service the following day confirmed that roofs of homes in the area sustained significant damage and trees in the area were stripped of leaves by the large hail.
May 2008	Tornado (EF2)	Hogansville	$50,000	A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that a second tornado touched down in Troup county. This was spawned by the same thunderstorm that earlier spawned the first tornado south of Louise. This second tornado was also rated an EF2, touching down initially 4.5 south-southeast of Hogansville along the 1100 block of Perkins Road. The tornado tracked about one mile east-northeast across Troup county before crossing into Meriwether county. At the point of the initial touchdown on Perkins Road, a house was damaged and two trucks were destroyed as they were lifted up and tossed approximately 50 feet. Just before the tornado crossed into Meriwether county, near the intersection of Perkins Road and Duchesne Lane along the Troup/Meriwether county line, it completly lifted the roof off a brick home and partially destroyed a cinder block outbuilding. The path length within Troup county was approximately one mile with a maximum path width of 300 yards.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$50,000	The Troup County 911 Center reported that approximately 20 trees were down from Hogansville to LaGrange. Several power lines were down throughout this area as well. One tree was down on a home in Hogansville causing moderate damage.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$20,000	Over 20 reports of trees down in the area of Hwy 54 West of Hogansville.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$5,000	The Troup County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down across the northeast part of the county around Hogansville.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$3,000	The public reported that thunderstorm winds caused roof and structural damage to a building, while the Troup county 911 center reported that three trees were blown down.
December 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$2,000	The Troup County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Hogansville area. WSR-88D radar indicates that a developing mesoscale circulation was evident in this area, which subsequently moved rapidly northeast and spawned a brief EF1 tornado in south central Coweta county, just southwest of Moreland.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$1,000	Report of a tree down on the 200 block of hightower rd.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$1,000	Tree down near intersection of Mobley Bridge Rd and Hightower Rd per em.
December 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$1,000	Tree down at the intersection of Holland and Hightower.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$1,000	Emergency Manager reported a tree down at Hogansville Rd near Hogansville Pump Station Rd.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$1,000	The Troup County Fire Department reported that a large tree was blown down onto a power line.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$1,000	A storm spotter and the Troup County 911 Center reported that two to three trees were blown down. One tree was down along U.S. Highway 29 county of Hogansville, while at least two more trees were down along Georgia Highway 54 near the Meriwether county line.
October 1997	Lightning	Hogansville	$1,000	Troup county 911 reported a fire at a residence caused by lightning.
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	$800	Troup county 911 reported 6 to 9 trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Highway 54 and Blue Creek road.
June 2023	Hail	Hogansville	-	Quarter sized hail reported by emergency manager in Hogansville.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	-	Multiple trees down with some on houses in the town of Hogansville.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	-	Emergency manager reported multiple trees and powerlines down, with some trees on houses throughout the town of Hogansville.
February 2009	Hail	Hogansville	-	The Troup County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
June 2007	Hail	Hogansville	-	A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail on Georgia Highway 54 at the Troup/Meriwether county line.
April 2005	Hail	Hogansville	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail for a period of around 10 minutes. The hail covered the ground in some places.
July 2005	Hail	Hogansville	-	The Troup County 911 Center reported penny-sized hail.
December 2004	Hail	Hogansville	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
March 2004	Hail	Hogansville	-	The Troup county 911 center reported penny-sized hail.
July 2004	Hail	Hogansville	-	The Hogansville Police Department reported penny-sized hail.
July 2004	Hail	Hogansville	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
March 2003	Hail	Hogansville	-	The Meriwether county 911 center relayed reports of nickel size hail from Hogansville to near the Meriwether county line.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Hogansville	-	An off duty National Weather Service employee reported pea size hail.
August 2002	Hail	Hogansville	-	The Troup county 911 center reported quarter size hail in LaGrange and the public reported dime size hail in Hogansville.
June 1999	Hail	Hogansville	-	The sheriff reported quarter size hail.
October 1997	Hail	Hogansville	-	The public reported quarter size hail on Blue Creek road.
January 1993	Hail	Hogansville	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Troup 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

3 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
East Main Street-Johnson Street Historic District	2.6 miles	2000
Stark Mill and Mill Village Historic District	2.8 miles	2000
Royal Theater	3.0 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000791 in Record Group 79.
Troup County	All 35 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.