Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
One of 62 National Register listings published here for York County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.
Sources: 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 141 fires within 5 miles of Bethel Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 334 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | NEW SCHOOL |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Bethel Presbyterian Church: 17 unknowns, 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Quarry | Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1976 | |
| Clover Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mary Mine | Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite | Unknown | 1850, 1856 | |
| Nanny Mountain Mine | Iron | Unknown | 1760, 1820 | |
| Rhodes Mine | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1850 | |
| Barnett Mine | Gold, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Beaver Dam Creek Brook Corundum Prospect | Corundum | Unknown | 1900 | |
| Jingles Mine | Gold, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Little Wilson Mine | Gold, Iron, Sulfur, Copper | Unknown | 1904, 1905 | |
| Rickard Mine | Corundum | Past Producer | Metamorphic |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clover, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 3 tornado, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Lightning | Clover | 1 killed | Lightning struck a tree, which fell on and killed a bicyclist. |
| March 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Clover | 1 hurt, $500,000 | Tornado developed near North Carolina/South Carolina border and moved into North Carolina within a short distance from where Highway SC49 crosses North Carolina line at 1844 EST. One mobile home in the Lake Wylie Mobile Home Park along Stateline Road was completely destroyed with debris scattered in a cyclonic pattern. Several other mobile homes were heavily damaged, an outbuilding completely disappeared, many trees were downed and one person injured. The tornado apparently developed from the same storm that earlier had caused spotty damage across the County. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $500,000 | Downburst winds during a thunderstorm destroyed a mobile home, damaged a nearby residence and destroyed outbuilding and felled trees on C.E. Stewart Road about 7 miles WSW of Clover. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $50,000 | Trees down, 2 barns destroyed, power lines down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $10,000 | Tornado moved from SC46-43 in southwest York northeastward to U.S. 321 in northern York. The tornado was mostly a "tree-topper" with four separate touchdowns. The first touchdown blew trees on a home, flattened a garage onto a car with total damage of 20K, The second touchdown destroyed a large lumber storage building at ACE Hardware and partially deroofed another causing a loss of $15,000. The third touchdown took down a grove of trees and sheared off the top of others. The last touchdown took half the roof off a building with a loss of $10,000. Thunderstorm blew down trees and power lines in Clover. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $5,000 | Numerous trees down in the Clover and Lake Wylie areas. In the Rock Hill area, a large tree fell on a vehicle, trapping the occupant inside. |
| March 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $5,000 | Trees down, considerable minor damage to roofs, chimneys, etc. Heaviest damage immediately northeast of Clover. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $3,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| November 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $2,000 | A storage trailer was blown over. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | $1,000 | A couple of trees and some power lines were blown down. |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Clover | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Emergency manager reported multiple trees blown down on Lawrence Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Public reported multiple large tree limbs snapped and a large tree uprooted. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | County comms reported several trees blown down in the Clover area. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Clover | - | Public reported nickel sized hail in the Clover area. |
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down in and around Clover. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Clover | - | County comms reported 3/4 inch hail near Clover. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | PD reported a tree blown down at Faulkner Rd and Neely Rd. County comms reported a tree down on Westland Dr in the same area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | A tree was blown down on the northeast side of Clover. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | Two inch diameter hail fell near the intersection of highway 55 and Kingsbury Rd. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | Hail up to the size of a softball was measured on Cedar Hill Rd. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | A second severe thunderstorm produced another round of very large hail near the Kingsbury Rd and highway 55 intersection. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Clover | - | A third hail storm affected the county with a swath of hail up to golf ball size affecting areas from Clover to York. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Several trees were blown down in and around Clover with some trees blocking roads. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Several trees and power lines blown down in the Clover area. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees and power lines blown down in Clover. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees and power lines down on Crossland Rd. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Numerous large tree limbs blown down, mainly along Ridge Rd. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Large limbs down on St Paul Church Rd. |
| May 2005 | Lightning | Clover | - | Lightning struck a tree and a barn, igniting a fire. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Clover | - | Water flowed over several roads in the Clover area, including highway 321 and Fox Rd and Gabbie Ford Rd in York. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Some large limbs and brush were blown into a road. A vehicle was also forced off the road by the high winds. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Several six-inch diameter pine trees blown down. A SKYWARN spotter measured a wind gust to 62 mph. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees were blown over onto Highway 55. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | Trees and power lines were downed and a few fires were sparked. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Clover | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Clover | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Heavy Rain | Clover | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clover Downtown Historic District | 4.2 miles | 1999 |
 | Laurelwood Cemetery | 7.5 miles | 2008 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80003714 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| York County | All 62 listed properties in this county. |
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