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One of 38 National Register listings published here for Georgetown County · listed in 2017 · category: Building · built in 1950.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Parrish's Motor Court
Built in 1950. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 5098 US 17 Bus., Murrells Inlet, 29576
- When was it listed? October 2017
- Category. building
- Census division. Waccamaw Neck
- When was it built? 1950
- National Register reference number. 100001748 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Parrish's Motor Court between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,144 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Storms near this property
37 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murrells Inlet, the town this property stands in, in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 waterspout. The reports record 1 death and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Rip Current | Murrells Inlet | 1 killed | Strong rip currents caused by the swells from Hurricane Jeanne resulted in a drowning. Five other people had to be rescued by lifeguards. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | Murrells Inlet | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Lightning | Murrells Inlet | 2 hurt | Emergency manager reported that two people were struck by lightning. The extent of the injuries is unknown. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | $3,000 | Hail up to the size of nickels was reported. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | $2,000 | Hail up to the size of quarters was reported on Hyatt Avenue. The hail stopped and started several times over a half hour period. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | $1,500 | A tree was down across Higway 17 near Wachesaw Road. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | $1,000 | Flash flooding along Parsonage Lane near the US-17 Business intersection. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | $1,000 | Flash flooding along Wachesaw Road in Murrells Inlet. Mesonet reports show that over 4 inches of rain had fallen in that area over the previous 5-6 hours. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | $1,000 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | $1,000 | Hail to the size of pennies was reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Morse Drive. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across New River Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| November 2012 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | $500 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported along Pendergrass Avenue. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | $500 | Three to four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down on Hyatt Avenue. The wind was estimated to 50 to 60 mph. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | $500 | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | - | Flash flooding occurred along Belair Avenue in Murrells Inlet. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | - | Structural damage to roof and sunroom at a home on South Marlin Circle in Murrells Inlet. |
| December 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | - | Tree uprooted in Murrells Inlet. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | Ping pong size hail was reported. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | - | There was a partial washout of the road in front of Big Dave's Tackle. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | Hail to the size of quarters was reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | - | A large tree was down on Pendergrass Avenue. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | - | Wind felled a light pole onto a car along US Highway 701. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | Nickel size hail was reported at the fire department in Pleasant Hill. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | Penny to nickel size hail was reported at the International Golf Club. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| September 1999 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | - | Heavy rains associated with hurricane Floyd accumulated 9 to 15 inches in the eastern part of the county, causing flooding 3 feet deep in some areas...especially around Murrells Inlet. The City of Georgetown was also flooded. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Murrells Inlet | - | Heavy rains from slow moving thunderstorms measuring 3 to 5 inches caused overflowing ditches and flooding along roadways. |
| August 1998 | Waterspout | Murrells Inlet | - | Residents from Murrells Inlet to Litchfield Beach reported waterspouts developing from showers and thunderstorms off the coast. The waterspouts remained off the coast and caused no damage. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | Reported by Skywarn Spotter |
| May 1997 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | Reported by Fire Chief 1/2 mile north of Murrells Inlet |
| May 1998 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Waterspout | Murrells Inlet | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Murrells Inlet | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Murrells Inlet | - | no account filed |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Atalaya | 2.3 miles | 1984 |
| Murrells Inlet Historic District | 2.7 miles | 1980 | |
 | Brookgreen Gardens | 3.0 miles | 1978 |
| Sandy Island School | 4.4 miles | 2020 | |
| Holy Cross Faith Memorial School | 6.1 miles | 2024 | |
 | Cedar Grove Plantation Chapel | 6.7 miles | 1991 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001748 in Record Group 79. |
| Georgetown County | All 38 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.