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Photograph of Voorhees College Historic District
Photograph by Bill Fitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Booker T. Washington Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The Voorhees College Historic District is a historic district encompassing the campus of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. Thirteen of the nineteen buildings are contributing properties.”

Wikipedia article Voorhees College Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 13 National Register listings published here for Bamberg County · listed in 1982 · 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 9 buildingss, 2 sitess as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. Voorhees College Campus, Denmark, 29042
  • When was it listed? January 1982
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Denmark
  • National Register reference number. 82003830 - 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Booker T. Washington Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning8.2 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Bamberg County

Storms near this property

39 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Denmark, the town this property stands in, in 39 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDenmark$18,000Sheriff reported many trees down from Denmark to Bamberg.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindDenmark$6,000Dispatch reported trees down across the railroad tracks on Charleston Augusta Roan and Carolina Hwy.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDenmark$3,000Highway Patrol reported trees down along Hwy 321.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDenmark$2,000Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down on Butler Street in Denmark. Penny size hail also occurred on Hommens Bridge Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDenmark$500Highway Patrol reported a tree in the roadway along Hwy 70 west of Denmark.
July 2025Flash FloodDenmark-Bamberg County dispatch reported flash flooding along Heritage Hwy at Carolina Hwy in Denmark, SC.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Bamberg County Dispatch reported trees down on a powerline in Denmark, SC. Time estimated by radar.
September 2017Heavy RainDenmark-CoCoRaHS observer measured a total rainfall amount of 6.80 inches 3 miles WNW of Denmark.
May 2016FloodDenmark-Sheriff office reported minor street flooding with ditches full in Denmark.
March 2012HailDenmark-Crestwood Country Club reported nickel to quarter size hail.
May 2011HailDenmark-Public reported quarter size hail near Denmark.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindDenmark-WIS-TV reported trees and power lines down in the town of Denmark.
April 2009HailDenmark-Dispatch reported nickel size hail on the northeast side of town.
May 2009HailDenmark-Sheriff reported nickel size hail on Driftwood road.
May 2008HailDenmark-Sheriff reported penny size hail.
May 2008HailDenmark-Public reported nickel size hail.
June 2008HailDenmark-Public reported penny size hail in the Denmark area.
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Denmark-Survey found utility poles snapped in half, trees and powerlines down. Moderate damage to several homes.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down countywide.
May 2006HailDenmark-Channel 26 in Augusta reported quarter size hail south of Denmark.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported numerous trees down near and north of Denmark, including Shilly road.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Highway Dept. reported one tree and several large branches down on hwy 321 in town.
June 2005HailDenmark-Hwy Dept. reported penny size hail coming down hard on hwy 321 north of Denmark.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Highway dept. reported a few trees down in the Denmark area.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark.
May 2002HailDenmark-Emergency manager reported quarter size hail in Denmark.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down.
September 2000Tornado (F1)Denmark-Storm survey found a weak F1 touched in Denmark on Lee Rd. It took down 7 pecan trees in an orchard, overturned a doublewide mobile home, and damaged roof to 7 homes.
March 1999HailDenmark-City Hall reported 3/4 inch hail.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Utility company reported trees and powerlines down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Sheriff reported trees down in Denmark area.
April 1998HailDenmark-Sheriff reports dime size hail.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Police reported trees down around town.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindDenmark-Trees and power lines down.
April 1997HailDenmark-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindDenmark-no account filed
May 1995HailDenmark-no account filed
July 1995HailDenmark-no account filed
July 1995HailDenmark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bamberg 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

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.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
American Telephone and Telegraph Company Building1.6 miles1999
Denmark High School1.7 miles2001
Gen. Francis Marion Bamberg House4.8 miles1976
Bamberg City Hall5.6 miles2005
Bamberg Post Office5.7 miles2007
Bamberg Historic District5.9 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 82003830 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Bamberg 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.
  • 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.