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Photograph of Pegues Place
Photograph by Bill Fitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Pegues Place

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

From the record

“Pegues Place, also known as the Claudius Pegues House, is a historic home located near Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It was built about 1770, and is a two-story Georgian white frame house with a one-story, full façade porch.”

Wikipedia article Pegues Place, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Marlboro 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

  • Address. N of Wallace, off U.S. 1, Wallace, 29596
  • When was it listed? January 1971
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Wallace
  • National Register reference number. 71000790 - 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Pegues Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,097 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism48
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceCOUNTRY ACRES TRAILER PARK
30 September 2017Debris and open burning3.4 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceMCGEE RD. PILE
30 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceDEAD BATTERY FIRE
15 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use25 acresNorth Carolina Forest ServiceNASH RD.
14 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Marlboro County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pegues Place: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marlboro Shale PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Frank Estridge Clay MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Frank Estridge Clay MineClayPast Producer
Gin Creek Shale PitClayPast ProducerMetamorphic
Paver MineClayUnknown1983
Phillips MineClayUnknownMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Marlboro County

Storms near this property

38 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 24 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWallace$300,000A few very strong microburts caused widespread damage near the city of|Wallace SC. The width of the entire damage area is approximately 2 to 3 |miles wide and 4 to 5 miles long. All of the damage was aligned nearly|unidirectional at every location damage was observed. The near straight |line swath of damage coupled with evidence of a very wide swath of damage |was indicative of microbursts in this event. ||Most of the winds within this area ranged from 65 to 85 mph with several |locations of 90 to 110 mph winds. Several homes were impacted with roofs |blown off, and an unanchored single wide mobile home was flipped off its |foundation. In addition, hundreds of softwood and hardwood trees|were either snapped or uprooted across a wide area. The most intensive|damage appeared in three areas including: Grants Mill Rd W near Hwy 9|east of Wallace, the Garden Rd area near Old Wire Rd., and along sections|of Hwy 177 northeast of Wallace.
October 2016Flash FloodWallace$200,000An earthen dam was compromised by the excessive rainfall and washed out a portion of train track near Highway 9, west of Wallace. This led to a train derailment.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWallace$50,000Off of Rt 177, strong winds blew trees, a mobile home and a shed over.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWallace$25,000Winds blew the top off of a trailer and wrapped the trailer around a tree.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindWallace$15,000Strong winds blew power lines down, uprooted trees, and blew the roof off a house.
August 2004Tornado (F1)Wallace$10,000A tornado downed trees and destroyed a wooden fence. There was roof and siding damage to many homes.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWallace$10,000Damaged occurred to the dugout and concession building of the Wallace ballfield.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWallace$5,000Hwy patrol reported a tree down on Hickory Grove Rd and SC 9. Trees down on Aaron Temple Church Rd and Old Wire Rd.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWallace$5,000Trees were reportedly down and blocking the roadway.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWallace$5,000Several large trees were reported down along English Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWallace$4,500Several trees were reported down near Highway 9 and Old Wire Road. The time was estimated based on radar data.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWallace$4,000Trees were reported down. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWallace$3,000Trees were reported down along Highway 9.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWallace$3,000ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWallace$2,000Trees were reportedly down near the intersection of Oak Grove Church and Highway 177.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWallace$1,000Trees down near Wallace, SC.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWallace$1,000A fallen pine tree was blocking Highway 177 about 2 miles north of the intersection with Highway 9. The time was estimated based on radar data.
July 2012HailWallace$1,000Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
April 2011HailWallace$1,000Hail up to 1 inch was measured. The hail covered the wooden deck.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWallace$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down on a firehouse, and snapped several trees near Ebenezer Church.
June 2014HailWallace$500Quarter size hail was reported on Roosevelt Avenue.
June 2014HailWallace$500Quarter size hail was reported on Dodge Street. The time was estimated based on radar data.
May 2022HailWallace-One inch hail occurred along Highway 9 in the Wallace area.
July 2008Heavy RainWallace-Heavy rain produced flooding on Grants Mill Rd, Old Wire Rd, and Ebenezer Rd.
September 2008Heavy RainWallace-Heavy rain caused side ditches to overflow across Ebineezer Road.
May 2008HailWallace-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of nickels.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWallace-Trees were reportedly down along Highway 1. The report was relayed via the Marlboro County 911 Center.
July 2008Heavy RainWallace-Rainfall in excess of five inches caused flooding on Hwy 79.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindWallace-Large trees were reported down around the intersection of Kollock Road and Grants Mill Road W.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindWallace-Marlboro 911 reported trees down on State Route 177.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWallace-The highway patrol reported trees down.
August 2001HailWallace-Spotter reported quarter size hail.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWallace-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
March 1998HailWallace-HAIL REPORTED COVERING THE GROUND
July 1998Flash FloodWallace-Heavy rains measured 3 to 5 inches during the early evening, causing flooding and difficult navigation at the intersection of highways US 9 and NC 177.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindWallace-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWallace-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWallace-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marlboro 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 recordThe nomination case file for reference 71000790 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Marlboro CountyAll 13 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.