Bracknell's Store Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2026.

From the record

One of 22 National Register listings published here for McCormick County · listed in 2026 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. 101, 103, & 105 S. Depot Street, Plum Branch, 29845
When was it listed? January 2026
Category. building
Census division. Parksville
National Register reference number. 100012507 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Bracknell's Store Complex between 1992 and 2020, burning about 515 acres in total. 2 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	76
Debris and open burning	29
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
Natural	2

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 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2017	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2019	Smoking	3.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in McCormick County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Bracknell's Store Complex: 7 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Barium-Barite, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Abernathy and Kehaya/Dorn Mine	Manganese	Past Producer	1942
Barite Hill	Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Pyrite, Gold, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Butler Prospect	Barium-Barite, Gold, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1860
Jennings Mine	Gold, Copper	Unknown	1860
Plum Branch Quarry	Stone	Unknown	Metamorphic
Self Mine	Gold, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	1860
Barite Hill	Gold	Past Producer	1984, 1991
Butler Prospect	Gold	Occurrence
Jennings Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Searl's Mine Or Searles Mine	Gold	Past Producer	1860

Every working recorded in McCormick County

Storms near this property

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plum Branch, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	$38,000	McCormick Messenger reported many trees and powerlines were taken down in the lower half of the county. A couple of trees fell on a carport damaging a vehicle.
July 2012	Hail	Plum Branch	$15,000	Sheriff reported golfball size hail.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	$10,000	Sheriff reported trees down in the Plum Branch area. The McCormick Messenger Newspaper also reported a boat shed destroyed on Landam Creek Road in Plum Branch.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	$4,000	Dispatch reported a couple of trees down on Hwy 221.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	$1,000	Public reported a couple of trees down on SR 283 near Upper Miller road.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Multiple trees down along Harmony Road, New Hope Road, and Whitetown Road in Plum Branch. Time estimated via radar.
August 2025	Flash Flood	Plum Branch	-	Emergency Manager reported roadway closure due to flooding on Whitetown Rd at Stevens Creek which overflowed its banks. New Hope Rd just south of Whitetown Rd was also closed due to flooding.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Report and photo, observed on social media, showed a pine tree down on a vehicle in Hawe Creek Campground, site number 30. Damage to the vehicle appeared minor. \| Time estimated.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	A tree was downed at Hwy 28 S and Ga Ln, just south of Plum Branch. Time estimated.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	A tree fell onto a house on Hwy 283 east of Plum Branch, trapping one person inside, who was rescued and not injured. Time estimated.
April 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Trees reported down near Plum Branch. Time estimated.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Tree down across roadway near the intersection of Liberty Hill Rd and Harmony Rd.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Tree fell along Upper Mill Rd, blocking the roadway.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Tree down across Whitetown Rd near Stevens Creek, blocking the roadway.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	A tree and power lines fell along Lethe Rd.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	WJBF in Augusta reported thunderstorm wind damage near Plum Branch Yacht Club. Trees were downed and a dock off of Split Oak Rd was damaged. Time estimated.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	McCormick Co dispatch reported trees down at 284 Old Augusta Rd near Plum Branch. Time estimated.
March 2020	Hail	Plum Branch	-	Photo submitted over social media showed quarter size hail near Plum Branch.
July 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Trees fell on power lines near Hwy 283 and Upper Mill Rd, causing a power outage.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	McCormick dispatch reported power lines down on Holiday Rd. Time estimated.
July 2012	Hail	Plum Branch	-	Public reported quarter size hail on Saddle Club Road.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Sheriff dispatch reported trees down along Troy West Rd.
May 2008	Hail	Plum Branch	-	Public reported quarter size hail.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	DOT reported several trees down on hwy 202 near Plum Branch.
January 2005	Hail	Plum Branch	-	Emergency Managers assistant reported brief 1 inch hail in Plum Branch.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Sheriff reported trees down in Plum Branch and Clarks Hill.
January 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Post Office reported trees down between Plum Branch and Parksville on highway 28.
June 2001	Hail	Plum Branch	-	Sheriff reported 1 inch hail in the Plum Branch area.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on hwys 283 and 21. Confirmed by spotter.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Plum Branch	-	Sheriff reported trees down.
April 1997	Hail	Plum Branch	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCormick 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
M. L. B. Sturkey House	4.7 miles	1985
McCormick County Courthouse	4.8 miles	1985
McCormick Train Station	4.8 miles	1985
McCormick County Office Building	4.8 miles	2024
Hotel Keturah	4.8 miles	1985
Farmer's Bank	4.8 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100012507 in Record Group 79.
McCormick County	All 22 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.