Photograph of Arlington United Methodist Church — Photograph by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Built in 1908 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“The Arlington United Methodist Church is the only Methodist church in Arlington, Georgia. The church congregation was founded in 1873 and met in a small schoolhouse, then built a white wooden church in 1876.”
Wikipedia article Arlington United Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 2 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1908, Romanesque Revival architecture.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Pioneer Rd. at Dogwood Dr., Arlington, 39813
When was it listed? April 1990
Category. building
Census division. Arlington
When was it built? 1908
Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 90000572 - 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church, South between 1992 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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	107
Equipment and vehicle use	24
Arson/incendiarism	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Smoking	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
8 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-EARLY-003
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-EARLY-013
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-EARLY-012
14 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Spring Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this property

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flood. 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 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$250,000	Numerous trees were blown down on homes in Arlington. Damage was consistent with winds around 75 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2024	Tornado (EF1)	Arlington	$50,000	This is a continuation of the EF2 tornado from Early county. The Calhoun county portion of the track is rated as EF1. The tornado touched down in a heavily wooded area along Daniels road in Early County causing minor damage to trees. The tornado travelled north and intensified as it crossed agricultural fields and Clower Road where it toppled several center pivot irrigation systems. An unreinforced concrete block home was also destroyed along this road in Early county, consistent with an EF-2 rating. EF-2 damage was also noted just to the northeast along Highway 45 where two homes were badly damaged. An older two story home was shifted off its foundation several feet. Another newer brick home suffered significant roof damage. The intensity peaked at this location with an estimated maximum wind speed of 120 mph. Tree damage continued along the track to the northeast across Highway 216 and Nantze Spring Road before the tornado moved into Calhoun County. The tornado continued through wooded portions of Calhoun County, causing EF-1 consistent damage to trees. Damage was also noted to a railroad crossing gate along State Road 82. The tornado continued northeast through Calhoun County across Boggy Creek Road and Highway 37. The tornado crossed Highway 234 causing roof damage to a home before damaging a double-wide manufactured home on County Road 120. The tornado dissipated in a rural area just northeast of Highway 55. Thanks to Early and Calhoun County Emergency Management for assistance with this survey.
January 2005	Tornado (F1)	Arlington	$5,000	After crossing the Early-Calhoun County line, the tornado weakened slightly as it plowed through a pine forest. It blew several large trees across a railroad track before dissipating over an open field west of Arlington. The ground assessment was conducted by a SKYWARN storm spotter. The aerial assessment was conducted by the Georgia State Patrol.
September 2004	Tornado (F0)	Arlington	$5,000	Brief touchdown of a tornado downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Calhoun EMA.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$5,000	Calhoun County EMA reported several large trees and high tension power lines down.
December 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$2,000	Sporadic power outages occurred in Arlington as gusty winds from a line of storms moved through the area.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$1,000	Downed trees blocked several roads. Reported by the Calhoun County EMA.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	$500	Thunderstorm winds knocked several large tree limbs down on Georgia State Road 45.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	-	A tree was down on Hwy 216 at mile marker 3.
February 2020	Flood	Arlington	-	A picture of flooding was posted on social media on John McMurria Road near Arlington.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Arlington	-	Trees were reported down in Arlington.
May 2000	Funnel Cloud	Arlington	-	Public sighted funnel cloud.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 90000572 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Calhoun County	All 2 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.