Built in 1920. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“The Gifford Rosenwald School is a historic school building at 6146 Columbia Highway in Gifford, South Carolina. It was built in 1920 with funding from the Rosenwald Fund for the education of African Americans.”
Wikipedia article Gifford Rosenwald School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Hampton County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1920.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Gifford Rosenwald School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 962 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 46 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gifford Rosenwald School: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unidentified Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gifford, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $2,000 | Trees down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $1,500 | Two trees were reported down along Highway 363 near Lake Warren State Park. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $1,000 | A picture of a fallen tree was shared on social media by a local broadcast station. The tree fell on a powerline on Thomas Hamilton Road. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $1,000 | The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Luray Highway near Hope Well Road. |
| November 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $1,000 | The Hampton County Warning Point reported 2 trees down on Deer Road, 2 miles northeast of Luray. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $500 | Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway at Thomas Hamilton Road. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $500 | Tree was reported down along Hope Well Road. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | $500 | Power lines were reported down on Hopewell Road in Gifford. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Gifford | - | The National Weather Service in Charleston South Carolina confirmed a weak, brief tornado just east of Gifford in Hampton County, South Carolina on 04/03/2017. A National Weather Service storm survey team found that a tornado touched down about 2.7 miles east of Gifford, SC, then traveled approximately one third of a mile east-northeast before lifting near Thomas Hamilton Road. The damage was limited to uprooting of small soft and hardwood trees. Maximum wind speeds were estimated to be 80 mph. More widespread tree damage was just south of the tornado, associated with straight-line winds. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | - | A Hampton County emergency manager reported around 20 trees down on Thomas Hamilton Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down and in the roadway on Hope Well Road near the intersection with Deer Road. South Carolina Department of Transportation is responding to the downed tree. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | - | South Carolina Highway Patrol reported that a tree was blown down onto Murdaugh Street at the Walters Place intersection. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gifford | - | Trees and powerlines down along Thomas Hamilton Road. |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Oak Grove | 3.7 miles | 1976 |
 | Hampton Colored School | 6.8 miles | 1991 |
 | American Legion Hut | 7.0 miles | 2000 |
 | Hampton County Jail | 7.4 miles | 2011 |
 | Bank of Hampton | 7.5 miles | 2001 |
 | John Lawton House | 7.5 miles | 2009 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001720 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hampton County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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