Greer Mill

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.

From the record

One of 97 National Register listings published here for Greenville County · listed in 2022 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 300 Connecticut Ave., Greer, 29650
When was it listed? June 2022
Category. district
Census division. Greer
National Register reference number. 100007764 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Greer Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 297 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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	33
Debris and open burning	14
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
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 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	2.8 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
1 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 July 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Greenville County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Greer Mill: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
	H L Shelton Deposit	Mica	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Greenville County

Storms near this property

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greer, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 23 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 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
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	1 killed, 3 hurt, $100,000	no account filed
February 2020	Flood	Greer	$1,000,000	Although rainfall rates steadily decreased across Greenville County through the evening hours flooding persisted within the Saluda Enoree and Reedy River basins well into the overnight hours. Major flooding developed along the Saluda River during this time from west Greenville to Piedmont to West Pelzer with water inundating several homes and numerous roads flooded. This was the most significant flooding along that portion of the Saluda since October 1964, while Reedy River flooding in the Greenville area was the worst since September 2004. Flooding ended in most areas during the pre-dawn hours of the 7th although river flooding persisted along the Saluda River through the evening of the 7th.
June 2010	Flash Flood	Greer	$20,000	Some apartment units at Poplar Place Apartments were flooded due to Maple Creek overflowing its banks as well as drainage issues.
May 1999	Lightning	Greer	$20,000	no account filed
August 2003	Flash Flood	Greer	$10,000	Several inches of rain fell in just over an hour, resulting in flooding in and around Greer. Numerous roads were flooded. In Pelham, damage was done to a highway that was under construction.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	$5,000	Several trees were blown down throughout the city.
August 1998	Lightning	Greer	$5,000	Gusty winds or lightning, most likely lightning, caused a tree to split in downtown Greer. The tree fell on a storefront awning.
March 2016	Hail	Greer	-	NWS employee reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2014	Hail	Greer	-	Spotter reported penny size hail in the Blue Ridge community.
April 2012	Hail	Greer	-	Quarter size hail fell near Greer High School.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Large tree limbs were blown down in the Greer area.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Trees were blown down along highway 14 in the Greer area.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	A tree was blown down near the intersection of Batesville Rd and Old Spartanburg Rd in Greer. Two other trees were downed on Roper Mountain Rd in the Five Forks area, and a tree was downed on Piney Mountain Rd in Greenville.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Multiple trees were blown down, some onto power lines, northwest of Greer.
February 2007	Hail	Greer	-	Reported on highway 14 near Barry Hill Rd.
August 2007	Hail	Greer	-	Reported at the intersection of Suber Rd and Brushy Creek Rd.
April 2006	Hail	Greer	-	Reported on Wade Hampton Ave.
April 2006	Hail	Greer	-	Nickel size hail at the intersection of highway 14 and I-85.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Shingles blown off a utility building and several large limbs down.
June 2006	Hail	Greer	-	Hail lasted about 10 minutes.
August 2006	Heavy Rain	Greer	-	Urban flooding of several flood-prone intersections on Wade Hampton Bvd in Greer. Some of the intersections were covered with more than a foot of water.
June 2005	Hail	Greer	-	Reported at intersection of Ansel School Rd and highway 14.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	A couple of trees were blown down near the intersection of Bulls Rd and highway 290.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down along highway 290.
May 2003	Hail	Greer	-	Hail accumulated to depths of 6 to 12 inches.
May 2003	Hail	Greer	-	Hail fell in the Glassy Mountain area.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Some large trees were blown down.
April 2001	Hail	Greer	-	Storm spotter reported dime-sized hail in downtown Greer.
October 2001	Hail	Greer	-	Police reported dime-sized hail fell in Greer.
May 2008	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
May 2007	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
February 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	no account filed
July 2000	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	no account filed
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	no account filed
June 1996	Lightning	Greer	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	no account filed
January 1995	Hail	Greer	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenville 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

6 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Louie James House	0.4 miles	1996
Greer Downtown Historic District	0.5 miles	2019
Davenport House	0.7 miles	1999
Greer Depot	0.7 miles	1987
R. Perry Turner House	0.9 miles	1999
Robert G. Turner House	0.9 miles	1999

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100007764 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.