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One of 227 National Register listings published here for Charleston County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Host of America Motel
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 3245 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, 29405
- When was it listed? September 2020
- Category. building
- Census division. North Charleston
- National Register reference number. 100005609 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Host of America Motel between 1994 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Fireworks | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2015 | Natural | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 May 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Host of America Motel: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Thorium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airco Alloys | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Charleston County Mine | REE, Thorium | Producer | ||
| Cross Country Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cross Creek Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mt Pleasant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ware Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Ware Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Charleston, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 8 flash flood, 3 lightning. The reports record 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | 3 hurt | Emergency Management reported a large concrete commercial building at Goer industries experienced a 40 X 40 foot section of collapsed roof. 3 people had minor injuries. |
| September 1998 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | $413,500 | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $80,000 | Winds blew a 60-foot yacht off its stand and into a shed causing considerable damaga to the yacht. |
| September 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $50,000 | At Parc Circle in North Charleston, trees down, bleachers damaged, fence mangled, and scoreboard destroyed. The damage was $25,000. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $10,000 | Wind damaged observed at the Hess Terminal near the base of the Don Holt Bridge. Hess sign bent parallel to the ground. SC DOT portable lighted sign blown down. Rail crossing gate damaged. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $10,000 | 60 foot tall oak tree fell and crushed car and did damage to small shed at Midland Park on Stall Road. Numerous large trees down on buildings at midland park. Powerlines down on Stall Road. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $10,000 | Numerous large trees down on Rivers Ave. Sign down on Dunlap Street. Pool furniture blown into pool at Summit Place Apartments. One trailer blown over. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $10,000 | A 40x80 foot section of the roof at the ABF Freight System, Inc was blown off . |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $5,000 | Trees down on several homes in the Park Circle area. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | $5,000 | Large tree down in bank parking lot at intersection of Rivers and Ashley Phosphate. Street light pole down at Northwoods mall. |
| May 2006 | Hail | North Charleston | - | Near intersection of Dunlap Street and Rivers Avenue. |
| May 2006 | Hail | North Charleston | - | Ocurred at NWS office on South Aviation Ave. |
| May 2006 | Hail | North Charleston | - | Penny hail near the Ashley Phosphate and Pepperidge areas. |
| May 2006 | Hail | North Charleston | - | Large hail and a tree down on a house at Merrimac Street off 526. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | - | Numerous cars stranded and flooded at the intersection of East Montague and Piedmont. Other heavy flooding at McMillan near the old navy base gate. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Large branches down on frontage road. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Power lines down near intersection of Highway 52 and Rivers Ave. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | - | 2 to 3 feet of water in parking lot and across roads in Northwoods Estates. Cars stalled in water. |
| August 2005 | Lightning | North Charleston | - | Lightning struck a house and nearby light pole. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | A severe thunderstorm produced estimated 70 to 80 mph wind gusts in the Forest Hills 2 subdivision. Numerous trees were snapped off, shingles were blown off around 25 homes, and wooden fences were damaged. One tree fell into a persons living room. One inch diameter hail also fell in Hanahan. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | - | Heavy rainfall caused flooding across the Charleston metro area. Hawthorne trailer park on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston was completely flooded with some cars under water. Many roads were flooded in downtown Charleston which caused some cars to stall out. Several roads were also flooded in the Hanahan area. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees along Ashley Phosphate road. |
| July 2004 | Hail | North Charleston | - | Penny size hail occurred at the intersection of Ashley Phosphate and Interstate 26. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Two trees were blown along the 52 Connector. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Several trees were blown down near the intersection of Ashley Phosphate and the Frontage Road. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down large limbs. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Several trees were down across Rutledge Ave near Hampton Park. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| October 2002 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | - | Very heavy rain across the area produced flooding in low lying places and areas with poor drainage. Some streets became impassable. |
| October 2002 | Lightning | North Charleston | - | Lightning struck a McDonald's restaurant around 1 a.m., causing a fire that did extensive damage to the roof. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | An unoccupied mobile home flipped over and was thrown against another mobile home. The unoccupied mobile home was not tied down very well. Approximately 50 other mobile homes had skirting damage or skirting torn away. |
| December 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Limbs and power lines down. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Large limbs and power lines down. |
| June 1998 | Lightning | North Charleston | - | Lightning struck a church. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Trees and powerlines down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Charleston | - | Powerlines down |
| May 1995 | Hail | North Charleston | - | Large tree limbs down. |
| July 2004 | Hail | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | North Charleston | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | North Charleston | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Naval Hospital | 0.5 miles | 2021 | |
 | Charleston Navy Yard Historic District | 0.7 miles | 2006 |
| Marine Barracks, Charleston Navy Yard | 0.7 miles | 2020 | |
 | Charleston Naval Hospital Historic District | 0.8 miles | 2010 |
| Engineering-Management Building | 0.9 miles | 2020 | |
 | Charleston Navy Yard Officers' Quarters Historic District | 1.2 miles | 2007 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005609 in Record Group 79. |
| Charleston County | All 227 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.