Peter M. and Alice Oliver House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023.

From the record

One of 56 National Register listings published here for Lexington County · listed in 2023 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Oliver, Peter M. and Alice, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 295 West 1st St., Swansea, 29160
When was it listed? January 2023
Category. building
Census division. Swansea
National Register reference number. 100008531 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

410 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 410 fires within 5 miles of Peter M. and Alice Oliver House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,321 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 17 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	192
Debris and open burning	119
Misuse of fire by a minor	32
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Arson/incendiarism	17
Natural	15
Smoking	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Other causes	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
9 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2018	Natural	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2004	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Peter M. and Alice Oliver House: 1 unknown, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Copper. 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
	(Facility) Gaston Copper Smelter	Copper	Plant
	Congaree Creek	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium	Unknown	Placer , Modern , Fluvial

Every working recorded in Lexington County

Storms near this property

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swansea, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 30 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	1 killed, $12,000	Sheriff reported one person killed when his pickup truck was hit by a falling tree. Several trees were taken down in the Swansea area.
September 2016	Flash Flood	Swansea	$5,000	Media reported Jones Wire Road was washed out.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$5,000	no account filed
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$3,000	SCE&G reported powerlines down between Dixiana and Gaston with outages on Busbee Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$2,000	Post Office reported a couple of trees down in Swansea.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$2,000	DOT reported a few trees down on U.S 321 from Swansea to Woodford.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$2,000	Aiken Electric reported large branches and a couple of power linds down in the Swansea area which produced some minor power outages.
January 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$1,000	SC Highway Patrol reported a couple of trees down along I-26 near the Lexington/Calhoun county line.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$1,000	DOT reported a couple of trees down on hwy 321 near the Orangeburg county line.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	$500	Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway near SC 6 and Sardis Church road.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	An NWS Survey Team determined a strong macroburst with winds of 90 mph caused numerous uprooted and snapped trees along and around Pine Plain Rd near Swansea. One home was damaged due to a fallen tree, but no injuries were reported.
September 2024	Tornado (EF0)	Swansea	-	The tornado, which began in Calhoun County and produced EF1 damage, continued into Lexington County and crossed St Matthews Rd near Chaplin Rd where EF0 tree damage occurred. The tornado continued to the northwest and continued in Calhoun County.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	MPing report of wind damage.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Trained Spotter reported trees down blocking intersection of Cartin Road and Basil Road.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	SC Highway Patrol reported tree down along I-26 near Miler Marker 130, east bound.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	SCHP reported trees down near Jones-Wire Rd and Martin Neese Rd. Time estimated.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Trees down on US Hwy 321 near border of Lexington Co and Orangeburg Co.
July 2016	Hail	Swansea	-	Law enforcement reported pea size hail near Swansea.
March 2012	Hail	Swansea	-	Nicke size hail reported by a fireman who lived east of Swansea.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Highway Patrol reported trees down along W E Jeffcoat Road near Burns Road.
July 2012	Hail	Swansea	-	Post Office reported nickel size hail in Swansea.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	DOT reported large branches down on hwy 6 a couple miles east of Swansea.
May 2008	Hail	Swansea	-	Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Reported large limbs down on the south side of Swansea.
March 2008	Hail	Swansea	-	Off duty employee reported quarter size hail.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Sheriff reported several trees down on powerlines in the Swansea area.
June 2007	Hail	Swansea	-	Post Office reported penny size hail on the northeast side of town and dime size hail in town.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	SKYWARN spotter reported damage to Sandhills Intermediate school. Metal flashing removed from building. Time estimated.
August 2007	Hail	Swansea	-	EM reported golf ball size hail.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Aiken Electric reported large limbs down on powerlines.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	NWS employee reported a tree and large branches down.
June 2005	Hail	Swansea	-	General public reported half dollar size hail in downtown and golf ball size hail northeast of town.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Sheriff reported trees down in Swansea.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Sansea.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Sheriff reported several trees down in the Swansea area.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Swansea police reported large branches down around town.
December 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	Highway dept. reported several trees down in the Swansea area.
January 1997	Hail	Swansea	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	no account filed
May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	no account filed
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Swansea	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lexington 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100008531 in Record Group 79.
Lexington County	All 56 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.