Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
“Smith's Tavern is a historic building in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.”
Wikipedia article Smith's Tavern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Spartanburg County · listed in 1974 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Smith's Tavern between 1992 and 2019, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smith's Tavern: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairforest Creek Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Tyger River | Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium | Unknown | Placer-Modern-Fluvial |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roebuck, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Roebuck | $330,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | $50,000 | NWS survey found extensive tree damage in the area centered around the intersection of Carolina Country Rd and Old Canaan Rd. One home was significantly damaged by a fallen tree. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | Roebuck | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | $5,000 | EM reported numerous trees and power lines blown down in the Roebuck area, with one tree falling on and destroying a carport along Old Airport Rd. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Spotter reported several trees blown down around Roebuck. Public reported large limbs and a few trees down in Spartanburg, mainly on the south side. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Utility company reported trees blown down on power lines. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down in the Roebuck area. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Public reported nickel size hail on Laurel Hill Dr. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Public reported half dollar size hail near East Blackstock Rd. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Amateur radio reported penny size hail along Old Georgia Rd. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | County comms reported multiple trees down in the Roebuck area. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Public reported golf ball size hail in the Moore area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | County comms and highway patrol reported multiple trees blown down across the south side of the city of Spartanburg. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Public reported quarter size hail in the Roebuck area. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | A small tree and multiple large limbs were blown down along Anderson Mill Rd in the Roebuck area. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Several trees were blown down on Templeton Dr about three miles southeast of Roebuck. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Templeton Dr. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | More than a dozen trees were blown down across roads from the west side of Spartanburg (including two trees down on I-26), across Roebuck and south Spartanburg, and then Pauline. Separate reports of multiple trees and lines down near Pauline were also received. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Several trees were blown down in the central part of the county, including a tree blown down on a house in Roebuck. Trees were also blown down along highway 56 in the Pauline area. Another tree was blown down at Wofford St and Church St in Spartanburg. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Roebuck | - | Hail was reported a little to the north of the town of Moore. |
| January 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Six large trees were blown down in the Old Georgia Rd and Woodruff Ln area. Two of the trees fell on a house. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Powerlines down in two locations on the north side of Roebuck. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Several trees down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | Some power lines were blown down. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roebuck | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Walnut Grove Plantation | 2.5 miles | 1970 |
 | Golightly-Dean House | 3.7 miles | 1988 |
 | Anderson's Mill | 4.0 miles | 1978 |
 | Jammie Seay House | 4.8 miles | 1971 |
 | Walker Hall | 5.1 miles | 1977 |
 | Mary H. Wright Elementary School | 5.2 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 74001878 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Spartanburg County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |
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