Old Colleton County Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“Old Colleton County Jail is a historic library building located at Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was built in 1856, and is a stuccoed brick building in the Gothic Revival style.”
Wikipedia article Old Colleton County Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Colleton County · listed in 1971 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. Jeffries Blvd., Walterboro, 29488
When was it listed? May 1971
Category. building
Census division. Walterboro
National Register reference number. 71000766 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

801 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 801 fires within 5 miles of Old Colleton County Jail between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,602 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 102 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	353
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	301
Arson/incendiarism	102
Misuse of fire by a minor	19
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Natural	4
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	1
Other causes	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
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Colleton County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Old Colleton County Jail: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay. 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
Consolidated Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary
Consolidated Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay	Past Producer
Jeter Sand Pit #3	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Pinkney Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sedimentary
Mine 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Nettles Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Nettles Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Walker Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Walker Waterboro Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Walkerboro Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Colleton County

Storms near this property

60 of 202 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walterboro, the town this property stands in, in 202 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 156 thunderstorm wind, 31 hail, 4 tornado, 4 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
October 2015	Flash Flood	Walterboro	$507,720	Law enforcement reported Ivanhoe Road closed between Forest Hill Road and West Washington Street due to flooding.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500,000	Widespread wind damage across the Walterboro area from Supercell thunderstorm. Wind estimates of 60 to 70 mph throughout town with numerous reports of trees down some of which fell on homes. Numerous power lines and power poles down as well.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$30,000	Emergency Manager relayed reports of 33 trees and 17 power lines down in and around Walterboro.
July 2009	Lightning	Walterboro	$10,000	Law Enforcement reported that lightning started a structure fire on Lakewood Drive near Walterboro, South Carolina.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$10,000	Trees and powerlines down.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$10,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$8,000	Trees and limbs down. Damage done to an irrigation plant and two other businesses.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$6,000	Multiple trees and power lines down near the intersection of Robertson Boulevard and Bells Highway.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$5,000	Colleton County Fire and Rescue reported a tree down on a residence on Dandridge Road. Very heavy rain and saturated soils, in addition to gusty winds, likely contributed to the fallen tree.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$5,000	Trees were reported down in 5 locations in Walterboro, SC.
May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$5,000	Trees down and a tree fell on a car.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$3,500	A law enforcement official reported trees down in and around the city of Walterboro, South Carolina. Trees were reported down at the intersection of Poplar Sixth Street, at 639 Bay Street, and in the 200 block of Wilkey.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$3,000	Dispatch Center reported a car that hit a downed tree down on Jefferies Blvd in Walterboro.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$3,000	A public report was received of trees and power lines down at the intersection of Cane Branch Road and Cavanaugh Road in Walterboro, South Carolina.
November 1994	Hail	Walterboro	$2,000	Heavy snow fell over the black hills of South Dakota with heaviest reported accumulations of 11 inches at Custer and 10 inches at Deadwood.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	South Walterboro	$2,000	no account filed
December 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,500	Law enforcement reported two trees down in Walterboro, South Carolina. One was reported to be blocking the road at 2500 Ritter Road, and the other was blocking the road at 100 Lambert Road.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,500	A public report was received of trees down on Forks Road in Walterboro, South Carolina.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,250	A report via social media indicated a power line down.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Hiers Corner Road.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down along the 2600 Block of Hendersonville Highway due to thunderstorm outflow.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down blocking both lanes on Sandy Dam Lane.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Lands End Road.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down on Longleaf Drive near Jefferies Highway.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down and blocking both lanes in the 100 Block of Bailey Street.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Colleton County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 900 Robertson Boulevard.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	A tree was reported down at Churchill Road at Overhill Road.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Law Enforcement reported trees in the roadway near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Dantzler Land.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Three trees were reported down in Walterboro, near Interstate 95.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	The South Carolina Department of Highways reported a tree down near the intersection of Peniel Road and Hendersonville Highway.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	An emergency manager reported a tree down at the 600 block of Green Pond Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	The Colleton County 911 center relayed a report of a tree down near the intersection of Hiers Corner Road and Forest Circle.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	A tree was reported down along Interstate 95, near Beach Road.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Ivanhoe Road in Walterboro.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	A member of the public reported 1 tree blown down with partial damage to the front porch of a home.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	The public reported a large oak tree down on Hudson Mills Road.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Law enforcement reported a tree down on Mt Carmel Road.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Law enforcement reported trees down and blocking the road near the intersection of Ritter Road and Cooks Hill Road in Walterboro, South Carolina.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Trees down near intersection of Ritter and Cheyenne Roads.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Trees down near mile marker 51 on I-95.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Trees down near intersection of Hickory and Hampton Roads.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Trees uprooted on Grayson Street.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$1,000	Several trees down at Ritter Crossroads.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	Colleton County 911 Center reported a tree down along Interstate 95, near mile marker 54.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway on Kimbrell Street.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	Law Enforcement reported a tree in the roadway on Interstate 95 at mile marker 42 northbound.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	South Carolina Highway Patrol reported a tree down on Rodeo Drive near Poor Farm Road.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	South Carolina Highway Patrol reported one tree down near the intersection of Jefferies Boulevard and Oakland Drive, 1 mile southwest of Walterboro, South Carolina.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	Law Enforcement reported 1 tree down near the intersection of Great Swamp Road and Hendersonville Highway, 4 miles South-Southwest of Walterboro.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	Law enforcement reported a tree down on Live Oak Road, 2 miles east of Walterboro, South Carolina.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	A trained weather spotter reported a large tree down on I-95 near mile marker 51. Dime sized hail was also reported.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	A trained weather spotter reported a large tree down on Hendersonville Highway 5 miles north of Hendersonville, South Carolina.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$500	One tree was reported down near the intersection of Lafayette and Jeffrey Road.
October 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	$30	The public reported a large limb down that was blocking a side street off of Wichman Road in Walterboro, South Carolina.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down in the 200 Block of Gruber Street.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down on Mable T Willis Boulevard.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	-	A Colleton County emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking both lanes on the 1500 Block of Wichman Street.
August 2025	Flash Flood	Walterboro	-	An emergency manager reported Ireland Creek Drive and Ivanhoe Road closed due to water on the roadway.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	-	An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Hendersonville Highway and Icey Lane.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Walterboro	-	An emergency manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Dandridge Road and Gloria Street.

Every storm recorded in Colleton 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
Hickory Valley Historic District	0.3 miles	1980
Walterboro Library Society Building	0.3 miles	1971
Colleton County Courthouse	0.3 miles	1971
Hotel Albert Commercial Block	0.4 miles	1999
Walterboro Historic District (Boundary Increase)	0.5 miles	1993
Walterboro Historic District	1.0 miles	1980

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 71000766 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Colleton County	All 12 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.