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Photograph of Providence Methodist Church
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Providence Methodist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

From the record

“Providence Methodist Church, also known as Providence United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Holly Hill, Orangeburg County, South Carolina, USA. It was designed by the architect Charles Coker Wilson and built in 1919-1920.”

Wikipedia article Providence Methodist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Orangeburg County · listed in 2009 · category: Building.

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, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4833 Old State Rd., Holly Hill, 29059
  • When was it listed? September 2009
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Elloree
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 08001395 - 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Providence Methodist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,419 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined123
Debris and open burning119
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Orangeburg County

Storms near this property

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holly Hill, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 16 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodHolly Hill$500,000Orangeburg County EM reports street flooding in multiple locations in Holly Hill and Santee. One road is washed out.
August 2023Flash FloodHolly Hill$250,000Orangeburg County Emergency Manager reported multiple flooded and impassable roads in and around Holly Hill. 6 inches of water covering roadways.
October 2016Flash FloodHolly Hill$20,000Orangeburg County EOC reported Old State Road in Holly Hill closed due to flooding. Also, flooding occurring in some buildings in Holly Hill. Water estimated to be 2 to 3 feet deep.
October 2015Flash FloodHolly Hill$14,000EM reported roads in Holly Hill covered with water, some impassible. There were also several rural roads flooded and one washout.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill$8,000Hwy Dept. reported power outages in Holly Hill and the surrounding area from several trees and powerlines down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down on Hwy 453 near Hwy 176 in Holly Hill.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill$2,000EM reported several trees down in the Holly Hill area.
April 2022HailHolly Hill$10Pea sized hail reported in Holly Hill. Time estimated.
August 2024Flash FloodHolly Hill-County Emergency Management reported street flooding in downtown Holly Hill. Several reports of flooded roadways with some areas seeing water up to the door handle of cars.
August 2024Flash FloodHolly Hill-Video shared via social media of flooding on Bennett Circle with water covering parts of the road and adjacent front yards.
August 2024Flash FloodHolly Hill-SCDPS website reported flooding at the intersection of Bunch Ford Road (SC-314) and Gator Drive.
August 2023Heavy RainHolly Hill-NWS Cooperative Observer at the Holly Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant reported storm total rainfall of 13.55 inches in 24 hours.
April 2022HailHolly Hill-Dime to nickel sized hail reported in Holly Hill. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-Trees down on Camden Rd in Holly Hill. Time estimated.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-Tree in roadway at the intersection of Gilway St and Gum St. Time estimated.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-Report, received via social media, of a large tree down on Boyer Rd in Holly Hill. Time estimated.
April 2017Heavy RainHolly Hill-CoCoRaHS station SC-OR-5 reported 1.06 inches of rain within 1 hour, with minor flooding.
September 2017Heavy RainHolly Hill-COOP observer near Holly Hill measured a total rainfall amount of 7.18 inches.
August 2011Heavy RainHolly Hill-Spotter reported 3.70 inches of rain and winds of 30-40mph at 715pm.
May 2009HailHolly Hill-Public reported penny size hail on Old State road.
May 2009HailHolly Hill-Public reported nickel size hail on Old State road.
May 2009HailHolly Hill-Target United Methodist Church reported penny size hail and estimated wind gusts to 50 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-Several large limbs down across Holly Hill Country Club.
June 2008HailHolly Hill-Sheriff reported penny size hail.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-Emergency manager reported many trees down from Holly Hill to Eutawville.
April 2006HailHolly Hill-Highway dept. reported 3/4 inch hail.
May 2006HailHolly Hill-Public reported nickel size hail.
June 2005HailHolly Hill-SKYWARN spotter reported that 3/4 inch hail fell for about 5 or 6 minutes.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Holly Hill-An F0 tornado intermittently touched down from Connors to Bayview taking down trees and powerlines.
July 2003HailHolly Hill-General public reported nickel size hail.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-EOC reported trees down in Holly Hill and Eutawville.
April 2000HailHolly Hill-NWS Coop observer reported nickel size hail.
August 1999HailHolly Hill-EOC reported nickel size hail.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-Highway Patrol reported trees and powerlines down.
March 1999HailHolly Hill-Police reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 1998HailHolly Hill-Post Office reported 1 inch hail.
September 1998Tornado (F0)Holly Hill-EPD reported two small tornadoes rotating around each other in the swamp east of highway 453.
September 1998HailHolly Hill-Postal carrier reported nickel size hail in north Holly Hill.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHolly Hill-no account filed
May 1995HailHolly Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Orangeburg 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

1 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Dantzler Plantation2.6 miles2007

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 08001395 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Orangeburg CountyAll 42 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.