Daffin Park-Parkside Place Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

One of 80 National Register listings published here for Chatham County · listed in 1999 · category: District.

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

The listing

Listed as. Daffin Park--Parkside Place Historic District - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Bounded by Victory Dr., Waters Ave., Bee St. and 51st Street Ln., Savannah, 31404
When was it listed? May 1999
Category. district
Census division. Savannah
National Register reference number. 99000554 - 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Daffin Park-Parkside Place Historic District between 1992 and 2016, burning about 258 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism	21
Railroad operations and maintenance	19
Debris and open burning	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Recreation and ceremony	8
Smoking	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	2
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
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2016	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CHATHAM-004
26 July 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 July 1993	Recreation and ceremony	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 June 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 June 2008	Natural	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Chatham County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Daffin Park-Parkside Place Historic District: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Pigment. 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
Douglas Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Savannah Plant Ti	Titanium, Pigment	Plant	1955
Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga.	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer
National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga.	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chatham County

Storms near this property

60 of 182 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Savannah, the town this property stands in, in 182 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 97 thunderstorm wind, 38 hail, 31 flash flood, 11 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths and 7 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
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	1 killed, 1 hurt	1 fatality, 1 injury. High winds knocked tree down on car near the intersection of Eisenhower Drive and Waters Avenue.
June 2001	Lightning	Savannah	1 killed, 1 hurt	Construction foreman was killed while trying to clear his crew from a construction site. After the bolt struck the foreman, it traveled through the ground and struck another worker, coming up through the ground into the leg of a 43 year old male worker.
July 1996	Flash Flood	Savannah	2 hurt, $1,000,000	no account filed
August 1999	Lightning	Savannah	2 hurt	Lightning caused two fires. One near Whitfield Park and one near Skidaway Island. Two firefighters were injured bringing the fires under control.
September 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	1 hurt	Numerous trees and power lines down. One mobile home destoyed 5 miles west of Savannah near U.S. 17 and Highway 307.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$500,000	Numerous vehicles were damaged from wind blown debris and a few apartment chimneys were toppled by thunderstorm winds. Wind gusts of 64 knots were reported by WJCL TV in Savannah. Several trees, power lines and traffic signals were downed throughout Savannah. However, the heaviest concentration of storm damage was on Savannah's south side near the intersection of Georgia Highway 144 and 17. Over 50,000 Savannah residents and businesses were without power for at least nine hours.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$500,000	Thunderstorm winds sank or flipped over ten to telve boats in around Lazeretto Creek Marina on Tybee Island.,
April 1993	Hail	Savannah	$500,000	Baseball-size hail broke several auto windshields and shattered numerous windows on the campus of Armstrong State University in Savannah. Hail covered the ground two to three inches deep at the University. Golfball-size hail broke several home windows and auto windshields in the Savannah Mall area. Baseball-size hail drifted up to 3 feet deep along fences and buildings 8 miles south of downtown Savannah.
October 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$500,000	A large resort ship was blown from its mooring in the Savannah River by thunderstorm winds and damaged as it collided with the New Savannah Bridge. Several large tree limbs and power lines were toppled by thunderstorm winds which caused numerous power outages throughout Savannah.
July 2023	Lightning	Savannah	$100,000	Local broadcast media shared a story of a lightning strike at Central Missionary Baptist Church in Savannah. The lightning strike produced a fire in the building and caused a large portion of the roof to collapse.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled a large oak tree into a house on Whitemarsh Island. The house was split into two parts.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$100,000	Several trees and large limbs fell on an Acura, a Jeep Cherokee, and a Toyota Camry.
August 1996	Flash Flood	Savannah	$75,000	no account filed
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$50,000	Several large trees were blown down onto power lines which left 1600 residents without power for up to eight hours.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$35,000	Trees and power lines down. Power outtage to over 10,000 people.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Savannah	$30,000	Roads were closed due to flooding at East Henry and Waters Ave, 65thand Waters, 52nd and Montgomery, Vine and Anderson, Martin Luther King Blvd and Victory Streets.
August 1996	Lightning	Savannah	$30,000	no account filed
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$25,000	Numerous trees, power lines, stop lights, and signs were reported down across the entire city of Savannah, Georgia.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$20,000	A tree was reported down in the backyard of a residence and damaged the home on Queensbury Street in Savannah, Georgia. Large branches were also reported down.
July 2015	Lightning	Savannah	$15,000	The broadcast media reported that lightning struck a residence on Whitaker Street in Savannah. A fire started in the attic but damage was contained. Seven individuals were relocated due to the fire.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Savannah	$10,000	Law Enforcement and Media reported numerous road closings and a stalled car on Victory Drive, near Waters Avenue.
July 2012	Lightning	Savannah	$10,000	Television station struck by lightning causing damage to electronic equipment. Cost of damage unknown.
March 2011	Hail	Savannah	$10,000	The public reported quarter size hail breaking car windows, 1 mile south of Savannah, Georgia.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Savannah	$10,000	Law Enforcement reported that numerous roads were flooded in downtown Savannah, Georgia, with several cars having stalled out in high water.
June 2009	Lightning	Savannah	$10,000	Law Enforcement reported that lightning struck a transformer and started a fire along Nash Avenue in Savannah, Georgia.
August 2009	Lightning	Savannah	$10,000	Print Media reported that a house was damaged by a fire that erupted from a lightning strike in Savannah, Georgia.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$10,000	Trees and power lines down at intersection of West 34th Street and Ogeechee Road. Trees down near intersection of Ogeechee Road and Chief of Love Road.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$10,000	2 large trees reported down on Hopkins Street. 5 large trees reported down at the corner of East Hall and Lincoln.
July 2007	Flash Flood	Savannah	$8,000	Numerous road closures were reported in Downtown Savannah. High water was reported entering some apartments. Cars floating down the roadway at 65th and Abercorn Street.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$6,000	Law Enforcement reported one tree down on top of three vehicles along east 50th Street. There were no injuries.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$5,000	A large oak tree limb fell on a car near the intersection of East Park Avenue and Waters Avenue.
July 2011	Flash Flood	Savannah	$5,000	The Public reported portions of Water Street near 53rd Street flooded in downtown Savannah, Georgia. Several cars were flooded by the high water.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$5,000	A large tree limb fell on a carport and put a 3 inch hole in the roof of a home.
December 2007	Flash Flood	Savannah	$5,000	One house was evacuated due to flooding on East 33rd street.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Savannah	$5,000	Vehicles stalled on Old Commercial Dr.
July 2006	Flash Flood	Savannah	$5,000	Water in houses at Halcyon Bluff.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$5,000	A few large trees were uprooted in downtown Savannah by thunder- storm winds. One U.S. Postal Service vehicle was damaged by an uprooted tree.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$5,000	Several large trees and power lines were downed in Savannah by thunderstorm winds.
April 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$5,000	Several large trees and power poles were blown down from thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$3,000	The public reported several 7 to 8 feet branches down in Savannah. The branches were 4 to 6 inches in diameter.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$3,000	A trained spotter reported a large limb and power line down on a shed.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,500	Power lines were reported down on MLK Boulevard by the Savannah Dispatch.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,250	A public official reported a tree down over power lines on 37th street.
April 2018	Flood	Savannah	$2,000	The Savannah Fire and Department rescued a motorist who drove through a flooded section of East Henry Street under a rail road bridge.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	A public official reported trees down on 54th Street and Waters Avenue.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	The public reported multiple 5 to 7 feet tree limbs down.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	The public reported several trees and power lines down in the front yard of their residence, 1 mile east of Savannah, Georgia.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	Two trees were reported down by law enforcement, one on Waters Avenue and the other in the 1300 block of Washington Street. Both trees were blocking the roadway making them impassable.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	Large trees down at intersections of 33rd and Dieter, Louisville and West Boundary, and Tuten Avenue and Mell Street. Tree down on 53rd Street.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	Powerlines down on Walberg St.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$2,000	Windows blown out of downtown office buildings.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,500	Several power lines were reported down in Savannah, Georgia.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,250	Chatham County Emergency Management reported a power line down near the intersection of Harry S Truman Parkway and Anderson Street.
April 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,250	An emergency manager reported a power line down on the 1100 block of East 52nd Street.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,000	Chatham County Emergency Management reported one large tree down on Highway 204 near Montgomery Cross Road.
July 2024	Lightning	Savannah	$1,000	Chatham County Emergency Management reported a tree on fire due to a lightning strike on Sandy Point Road.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,000	The Chatham County Emergency Management Agency reported power lines down at the intersection of Skidaway Road and 43rd Street.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,000	Broadcast media reported 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs down in Theus Park.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,000	The public reported a tree blown down on power lines just south of downtown Savannah, Georgia. Dime size hail was also reported.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Savannah	$1,000	The public reported large tree limbs fell and knocked down power lines in front of a residence in Savannah, Georgia.

Every storm recorded in Chatham County

Newspapers printed here

104,574 digitised pages

7 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 12,014 issues, 104,574 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 Morning News	1887 to 1900
The Colored Tribune	1875 to 1876
Savannah Weekly Echo	1879 to 1884
Savannah Morning News	1868 to 1887
The Savannah Morning News	1900 to Current
The Savannah Tribune	1876 to 1960
The Herald	1945 to 1997

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
Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent Historic District	0.8 miles	1985
Two Pierpont Circle	1.2 miles	1990
Eastside Historic District	1.2 miles	2002
Drouillard-Maupas House	1.2 miles	1991
Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District	1.3 miles	1997
Gordonston Historic District	1.5 miles	2001

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99000554 in Record Group 79.
Chatham County	All 80 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.