Ashley-Willis House

Built in 1833 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Ashley-Willis House, located in the town of Williston, South Carolina is notable as one of the few intact, gable-front Greek Revival residences in the state. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2004.”
Wikipedia article Ashley-Willis House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Barnwell County · listed in 2004 · category: Building · built in 1833, Greek 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.
Listed as. Ashley--Willis House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 312 W. Main St., Williston, 29853
When was it listed? June 2004
Category. building
Census division. Williston
When was it built? 1833
Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
National Register reference number. 04000650 - 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Ashley-Willis House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,312 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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	95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	72
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Arson/incendiarism	14
Natural	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	4.7 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2011	Natural	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Barnwell County

Storms near this property

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williston, the town this property stands in, in 47 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 28 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 3 tornado, 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
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$12,000	Williston City Police had multiple reports of trees and powerlines down including Janet Street. Dime size hail also occurred.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$7,000	Sheriff reported trees down in Williston, one fell onto a liquor store.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$4,000	Utility Company reported some outages due to large limbs on lines near the town of Williston.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$3,000	Augusta TV station reported trees down in Williston.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$3,000	Savannah River Site reported trees down near the Williston barricade.
April 1999	Tornado (F1)	Williston	$3,000	KC4JMV and damage survey confirmed an F1 tornado took down numerous trees and powerlines along a 2 mile path. Minor damage was also done to a home.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$2,000	Sheriff reported trees down on Moonlight road in Williston.
June 2013	Flood	Williston	$1,000	Local police reported minor flooding in the town of Williston.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	$1,000	Sheriff reported a tree and large limbs down on Patterson Road. Penny size hail also occurred in the same area.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Numerous trees were downed in the Williston area. Time estimated.
April 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Williston	-	A strong, long-track tornado began in Aiken Co SC, within the boundaries of the Savannah River Site, then moved in a general northeast direction. While in Aiken Co, the tornado was rated EF-3. The tornado then crossed into Barnwell Co SC, NW of the town of Williston near Davis Bridge Rd. In Barnwell Co, the tornado was rated as EF-1. The tornado continued to snap and uproot countless trees as it crossed Davis Bridge Rd, and New Forest Rd in N Barnwell Co. The tornado continued moving NE and crossed into Orangeburg Co SC.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Trees down on Springfield Rd and Elko St. Time estimated.
April 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Trees down in roadway Fellowship Rd at Moonlight Rd. Time estimated.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Power lines down on US Hwy 278 near Hwy 39.
June 2013	Hail	Williston	-	Williston police reported 3/4 inch hail downtown.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Sheriff's Dispatch reported trees down in Williston.
June 2011	Hail	Williston	-	Sheriff's Dispatch reported dime to quarter size hail in Williston.
June 2009	Hail	Williston	-	Public reported quarter size hail.
July 2008	Hail	Williston	-	Nickel size hail reported by law enforcement in Williston.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Spotter reported multiple trees down in the town of Williston.
March 2008	Hail	Williston	-	Sheriff reported golf ball size hail between Blackville and Williston on hwy 78.
March 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Williston	-	Survey found a brief touchdown along hwy 78.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	EM reported trees down in Williston on two homes doing minor damage.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Utility company reported trees down on line
October 2006	Hail	Williston	-	Sheriff and Williston police reported pea to penny size hail in and around Williston.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Pilot reported numerous trees and powerlines down from Williston to Blackville.
May 2005	Hail	Williston	-	Public called in a report of quarter size hail.
June 2004	Hail	Williston	-	WAGT TV reported penny size hail in Williston.
December 2004	Hail	Williston	-	Emergency Manager reported dime size hail in Williston.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Sheriff reported trees down on powerlines on hwy 39.
March 2003	Hail	Williston	-	Public called and reported dime size hail near Williston.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Several trees down on hwy 78.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Williston police reported trees down near Elko.
July 2002	Hail	Williston	-	Public reported nickel size hail near Williston
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Newspaper reported several large trees down in Williston.
July 2002	Hail	Williston	-	Newspaper reported quarter size hail in the Williston area.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Sheriff reported trees down in the Williston area.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Highway Maint. dept reported several trees down in the Williston area.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Sheriff reported trees down.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	HWY DEPT reported trees down on hwy 39.
April 1999	Hail	Williston	-	County EOC reported golf ball size hail along path of supercell.
July 1999	Hail	Williston	-	Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Utility company reported trees and powerlines down on highways 78 and 781.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	Sheriff reported trees down on highway 13.
April 1998	Hail	Williston	-	Sheriff reports one inch hail.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	no account filed
April 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Williston	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barnwell 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 04000650 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Barnwell County	All 6 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.