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Holy Cross Episcopal Church

A National Historic Landmark. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

From the record

“The Church of the Holy Cross is a historic Anglican church at 335 North Kings Highway in Stateburg, South Carolina. Built in 1850-52 to a design by noted South Carolina architect Edward C.”

Wikipedia article Church of the Holy Cross (Stateburg, South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 28 National Register listings published here for Sumter County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · a National Historic Landmark.

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

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. SC 261, Stateburg, 29154
  • When was it listed? November 1973
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Shaw AFB-Horatio
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 73001732 - 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Holy Cross Episcopal Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,173 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 33 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 burning125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2014Other causesunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Holy Cross Episcopal Church: 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium. 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
Wateree RiverIron, Zirconium, Thorium, TitaniumUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial (Gravel Bar)
H M Mclaurin ProspectIronProspect
Victor Moise ProspectIronProspect
Wedgefield MineClayUnknownSedimentary
Wedgefield Waterree PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this property

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stateburg, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Tornado (EF0)Stateburg$45,000A brief, but wide, EF-0 tornado associated with Hurricane Helene |began near Squaw Valley Road north of Wedgefield in Sumter County |at 532 AM. The tornado uprooted multiple trees and snapped large|branches as it moved north across Cane Savannah Rd and eventually|Route 76/378. It continued into a neighborhood causing additional|large tree damage, with a tree falling across Brookland Drive.|One home on Brookland Drive suffered damage from a large|tree falling on it, while other yards had multiple large limbs|snapped and/or trees uprooted. The tornado continued northwest|causing a large tree to uproot and fall across powerlines and|North Kings Highway which caused traffic delays. The tornado|turned slightly more northward where it uprooted trees and|snapped large limbs near the Beech Creek Golf Club before it|lifted around 538 AM.
June 2025Flash FloodStateburg$10,000Sumter Sheriff office reported multiple stalled vehicles over the past hour on Hwy 261 near Raccoon Rd where Beech Creek had flowed out of its banks across the road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindStateburg$5,000Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of Hwy 261 and Deveaux Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindStateburg$4,000Sheriff reported trees down near Racoon and Sam Gillespie roads.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindStateburg$2,000SKYWARN spotter reported powerlines down near hwys 378 and 261.
June 2018HailStateburg$100Pea to dime size hail was reported between Wedgefield and Shaw AFB. Time estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindStateburg-Sumter Fire Dept reported a tree on power lines at the intersection of Hwy 261 and Mine Hill Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindStateburg-Sumter County dispatch reports a tree down along 378 and North Kings Highway. Time estimated by radar.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindStateburg-A tree fell on US Hwy 378 and Hwy 261 just west of Shaw AFB. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindStateburg-Trees down on US Hwy 378 and Foxville Rd near Stateburg. Time estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindStateburg-A tree was downed and was blocking a roadway near Stateburg and Shaw AFB. Time estimated.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindStateburg-SCHP reported tree down on Squaw Valley Rd at Hwy 261 and another tree down on Bronco Rd at Cane Savannah Rd. Time estimated.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindStateburg-SCHP reported trees down on Hwy 378 at Patriot Pkwy.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindStateburg-DOT reported large branches down on secondary roads in the Oakland and Statesburg area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindStateburg-SKYWARN spotter reported trees down from Stateburg to Wedgefield.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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

4 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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Borough House Plantation0.2 miles1972
Stateburg Historic District1.5 miles1971
Lenoir Store5.1 miles1997
Magnolia Hall7.5 miles1999

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73001732 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sumter CountyAll 28 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.