Osborne Wells House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Osborne Wells House is a historic home located at Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a brick and stucco residence consisting of a piano nobile over a raised basement.”
Wikipedia article Osborne Wells House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 37 National Register listings published here for Newberry County · listed in 1980 · 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.
Listed as. Wells, Osborne, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 1101 Fair St., Newberry, 29108
When was it listed? November 1980
Category. building
Also known as. Newberry MRA
Census division. Newberry
National Register reference number. 80003690 - 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Osborne Wells House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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	114
Debris and open burning	41
Natural	7
Smoking	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Osborne Wells House: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Newberry Quarry	Granite	Unknown	Igneous
Newberry Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Newberry Quarry	Granite, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	Igneous
Unnamed Granite Quarry	Granite, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	Igneous

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this property

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newberry, the town this property stands in, in 72 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 46 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 2 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$75,000	Sheriff reported trees down on 3 homes.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Newberry	$20,000	Sheriff departments widespread flooding along secondary roads where streams overflowed. The fire department reported the highway 34 bridge closed from flooding at the county line. Columbia police reported several roads under 2 to 3 feet of water. Lexington reported a couple of secondary road closures from flooding. Newberry reported four roads closed due to flooding from Scotts Creek.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$16,000	DOT reported a tree on a home in Newberry along with other trees down along Hillbrook Lane.
July 2005	Tornado (F1)	Newberry	$15,000	Storm Survey found an F! tornado completely destroyed a modular building and took down trees and powerlines at SC121 and Belfast road. A wheat field was also laid flat by the tornado.
September 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$12,000	Sheriff reported multiple trees and powerlines down around Newberry College.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$10,000	Dispatch reported numerous trees down countywide, including the city of Newberry.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$8,000	Dispatch reported trees down county wide with power outages in Newberry.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$6,000	Sheriff dispatch reported trees down near Smith and Radio roads.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$5,000	Sheriff reported power outages in Newberry with street flooding and some trees down in Prosperity.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$3,000	COOP observer reported trees down on Belfast Road and a roof partially torn off a shop behind a home.
March 2019	Lightning	Newberry	$2,000	Lightning strike to a home on Main St in Newberry caused chimney damage. No injuries. Time estimated.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$2,000	Sheriff reported a tree fell on powerlines and a large limb caught fire.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$2,000	Sheriff reported trees down on Hwy 76 and Beaver Dam Creek Road.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$1,000	Dispatch reported trees down on Evans Street and McDowell Street in Newberry.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$500	Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down in the town of Newberry.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	$500	Sheriff reported a tree down on Glenn Street.
June 2021	Hail	Newberry	$10	Public reported pea sized hail in downtown Newberry. Time estimated.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Public reports widespread tree and powerline damage throughout Newberry County. Time estimated by radar.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	A tree was reported downed in the city of Newberry. Exact location not given. Time estimated.
January 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	A tree fell on a house at Hunt St and Main St in Newberry. Time estimated.
August 2019	Hail	Newberry	-	Multiple hail reports received, the largest of which being golf ball size, reported by Newberry Co dispatch. Time estimated.
August 2019	Hail	Newberry	-	Public reported quarter size hail in downtown Newberry. Time estimated.
June 2012	Funnel Cloud	Newberry	-	Funnel Cloud spotted in the area of the Newberry County Airport and Lewis Road.
April 2008	Hail	Newberry	-	SKYWARN spotter reported quarter size hail in Newberry.
April 2008	Hail	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported nickel size hail.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down on Jolly Street and Roof Bottom Road.
October 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down on I-26 near the 75 mile marker.
March 2008	Hail	Newberry	-	Public reported penny size hail on the northeast side of Newberry.
March 2008	Hail	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported quarter size hail in Newberry.
March 2008	Hail	Newberry	-	Public reported quarter size hail in downtown Newberry.
March 2008	Hail	Newberry	-	Public reported nickel size hail.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and powerlines down in town from a microburst.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported several trees down on the southeast side of town.
April 2006	Hail	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2006	Hail	Newberry	-	Emergency ops center reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2006	Hail	Newberry	-	SKYWARN spotter reported 1 inch hail in Newberry.
May 2006	Hail	Newberry	-	SKYWARN spotter reported quarter size hail in Newberry.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down
May 2006	Hail	Newberry	-	Fire dept reported penny size hail on Wilson St.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported many trees down in and around Newberry.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	NWS employee reported several trees down on I-26.
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down just north of the city.
March 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported several trees down.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Highway Dept. reported trees down along I-26 from exits 72-74.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down in Newberry.
June 2004	Hail	Newberry	-	Emergency manager reported 3/4 inch hail at Dreher Island.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported powerlines down on Holly Point road.
July 2004	Hail	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail in Newberry.
September 2004	Tornado (F1)	Newberry	-	Roof torn off home with 4 other homes damaged. Several outbuildings destroyed. Damage was on SC34, US 176, and BIg Pine road.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported large branches and powerlines down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	SKYWARN spotter reported trees down in Dreher Island State Park.
January 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down on secondary roads.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 76 between Newberry and Prosperity.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff and public reported a few trees down along I-26 and in Newberry.
June 2000	Hail	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 2000	Hail	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail.
August 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Sheriff reported trees down.
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Newberry	-	Newspaper reported a few trees and powerlines fell in Newberry.
November 1999	Hail	Newberry	-	Spotter reported 3/4 inch hail along I-26 at exit 82.

Every storm recorded in Newberry County

Newspapers printed here

28,609 digitised pages

4 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 4,789 issues, 28,609 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

Newspaper	Published
The Newberry Herald	1865 to 1884
The Tri-Weekly Herald	1865
The Newberry Herald and News	1884 to 1903
The Daily Herald Bulletin	1879

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
College Street Historic District	0.3 miles	1980
Newberry College Historic District	0.4 miles	1976
Newberry Opera House	0.5 miles	1969
Vincent Street Historic District	0.5 miles	1980
Wells Japanese Garden	0.5 miles	1980
Newberry Historic District	0.6 miles	1974

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 80003690 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Newberry County	All 37 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.