BlockFrom the record
One of 9 National Register listings published here for Dooly County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
William H. Byrom House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Byrom, William H., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. Main St., near the jct. of GA 90 and the Seaboard Coast RR, Byromville, 31007
- When was it listed? February 1997
- Category. building
- Census division. Byromville
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 97000053 - 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
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of William H. Byrom House between 1992 and 2019, burning about 589 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 | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DOOLY-004 |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOOLY-004 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MACON-009 |
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOOLY-002 |
| 13 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DOOLY-001 |
Storms near this property
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Byromville, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Hail | Byromville | $42,000 | Several reports of quarter to golf ball-sized hail were received from the Dooly County 911 Center and the public across northern Dooly county, especially from the Pinehurst area. Hail was observed from Byromville in the west to southeast of Unadilla in the east part of the county. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byromville | $10,000 | The Dooly County Emergency Management Director reported that a strong thunderstorm downburst downed 20 mature pecan trees and damaged another 30 mature pecan trees between Vienna and Byromville. In addition, a 150-year old, six-foot diameter oak tree was blown down in the same thunderstorm wind gusts, falling on and destroying the porch of a home. It was further noted that a field of corn was flattened by the strong winds. |
| December 2008 | Flood | Byromville | $1,000 | The river gage on Turkey Creek at Byromville rose above flood stage at 215 pm EST on December 11th and remained above bank full stage until 910 am EST on December 12th. Minor flooding of low lands and agricultural low lands occurred along the creek in this area. Damage was confined to minor debris cleanup. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byromville | $1,000 | The Dooly County 911 Center reported that five trees were down. Pea-sized hail was also reported in the area. |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byromville | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Byromville | $250 | The Dooly County 911 center reported that lightning struck a tree, knocking the tree down onto a highway. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Byromville | - | Several barns and outbuildings damage due to strong winds in byromville. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Byromville | - | Local business report half inch to quarter sized hail in downtown Byromville near Youngblood Ave and Main St. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Byromville | - | A tornado rapidly developed and intensified near Pinehurst- |Byromville Rd and Nelleville Rd east of Byromville destroying five|large, strongly anchored grain bins. Most of the 4 foot long, 1 |foot wide concrete anchors holding the bins in place were ripped |out of the ground and a 6 inch steel beam that was still attached |to another concrete anchor still in the ground was bent to a 20 |degree angle. The bins were less than 5 years old and each bolted |to concrete foundations, yet were ripped out of their foundations |and thrown 20 to 30 yards away. Some of the steel paneling of the |bins were thrown 1/2 mile east into trees in a nearby field. A |semi- tractor trailer at this intersection was ripped from its rig|and thrown 30 feet across Nelleville Rd. A University of Georgia |Mesonet weather station also located at this intersection was |damaged but continued to report wind and pressure data (the cup |anemometer did not appear damaged), measuring a maximum gust of |129.3 mph. The intensity of damage decreased as the tornado traveled east- |northeast uprooting or snapping numerous trees and rolling over at|least 6 irrigation towers along the path. Some barns and |outbuilding were also destroyed. Towards the end of the almost 6 |mile path, a home on Collins Rd east of Old National Highway |received minor roof damage. The tornado lifted near Collins Rd |west of Indian Boundary Rd, about 2 miles west of I-75. [4/5/22: Tornado #6, County #1/1, EF-2, Dooly, 2022:009]. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Byromville | - | The Dooly County 911 Center reported nickel-sized hail in Byromville and the public reported nickel-sized hail in Vienna. |
| December 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Byromville | - | The Dooly County 911 Center received numerous reports of funnel cloud sightings from the public. |
| June 2004 | Heavy Rain | Byromville | - | The Dooly County 911 center reported that a vehicle stalled out in high water on Georgia Highway 90 between Byromville and Lilly. Up to two inches of rain had fallen in this area in 1 to 1 1/2 hours. |
| June 2001 | Flood | Byromville | - | The Dooly County 911 center reported that Georgia Highway 230 was under one foot of water just west of Byromville. |
| March 2000 | Flash Flood | Byromville | - | Dooly county 911 reported flooding of city streets in Byromville and Georgia Highway 230 in the 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
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lilly Historic District | 4.0 miles | 1998 |
| Dooly County Campground | 7.4 miles | 2024 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97000053 in Record Group 79. |
| Dooly County | All 9 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.