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One of 97 National Register listings published here for Greenville County · listed in 2018 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Spring Park Inn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress, 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 301 Old Buncombe Rd., Travelers Rest, 29690
- When was it listed? February 2018
- Category. building
- Census division. Travelers Rest
- National Register reference number. 100002085 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Spring Park Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 408 acres in total. 2 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 | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Spring Park Inn: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabun Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Crushed Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Unknown | Metamorphic | |
| Westmoreland Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein Some Placer Work | |
| Westmoreland Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
35 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Travelers Rest, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | $5,000 | Public reported a large tree limb fell on and damaged the roof of a home on Kimberly Dr. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines and causing multiple power outages between Travelers Rest and Tigerville. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Law enforcement and the public reported multiple trees blown down from east of Travelers Rest to the Blue Ridge community. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | Public reported (via Social Media) 2-inch diameter hail reported off Mosteller Rd. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Highway Patrol reported a tree blown down on State Park Rd and another tree down at Jackson Grove Rd and Walker Rd. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | County comms reported quarter size hail in Travelers Rest. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Travelers Rest | - | Very heavy rain fell across northwest Greenville County during the late evening hours. An NWS employee located 3 miles south of Tigerville reported 4.63 inches of rain during the course of the evening. The heavy rain caused deep pooling of water in many locations in this mainly rural part of the county as ditches filled with water. Some roads were briefly closed and many were at least partially covered, including highways 25 and 441. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down along the highway 25/276 corridor from just south of Travelers Rest to the Furman area. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Travelers Rest. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | Quarter size hail fell at Southcreek Dr. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of highways 25 and 276. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls fell across the west side of Taylors. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of highways 290 and 253. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, as well as large limbs blown down. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Trees down in several areas south of Travelers Rest. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | A couple of trees were blown down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Numerous large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | City and county officials reported numerous trees down in northern Greenville County. One tree damaged a fence at North Greenville College. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | Trees blown over onto U.S. 25. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Paris Mountain State Park Historic District | 3.0 miles | 1998 |
 | George Salmon House | 5.2 miles | 1988 |
| Greenville Pepsi-Cola Bottling Plant | 6.3 miles | 2023 | |
 | Hugh Aiken House | 6.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Monaghan Mill | 6.7 miles | 2005 |
 | Greer Post Office | 6.7 miles | 2011 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100002085 in Record Group 79. |
| Greenville County | All 97 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.