Moon-Dominick House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“Moon-Dominick House, also known as the Old Tin House, is a historic home located near Chappells, Newberry County, South Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a frame I-house with Federal style details.”
Wikipedia article Moon-Dominick House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 37 National Register listings published here for Newberry 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 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. NE of Chappells, Chappells, 29145
When was it listed? March 1982
Category. building
Census division. Chappells
Architectural style. Federal architecture
National Register reference number. 82003896 - 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Moon-Dominick House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 9 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	39
Debris and open burning	12
Natural	9
Arson/incendiarism	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Fireworks	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	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
9 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	8.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2014	Other causes	24 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Newberry County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Moon-Dominick House: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Newberry County Mine	Clay	Unknown
	Newbery County Mine	Clay	Unknown	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Newberry County

Storms near this property

25 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappells, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	$40,000	Sheriff reported a tree down on a hous in Chappells. Considerable roof damage occurred with no injuries.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	$33,000	Highway Patrol and SKYWARN spotter reported several trees down in Chappells, two on homes causing minor and moderate damage.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	$4,000	Sheriff reported trees down on Sumpit road and Milner road.
May 2013	Flood	Chappells	$3,000	River Gage on Saluda River at Chappells went around 4 and a half feet above flood causing minor flooding of low lying areas along the river.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	$2,000	Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down at SC Hwy 34 and Old Landfill Road.
January 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	$1,000	Sheriff Dispatch reported a couple of trees down near Chappells.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	SC Highway Patrol reported trees down at the intersection of SC 39 and SC 34. Time estimated by radar.
March 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Chappells Fire Dept reported numerous trees down along Hwy 39 and Hwy 56 north of Chappells.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Trees down on SC 34 and Old Landfill Rd.
March 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	A tree, 2 feet in diameter, was downed at Island Ford Rd and Milner Rd, north of Chappells, partially blocking the roadway.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Trees down blocking roadway on Long Sumpit Rd near Milner Rd. Time estimated.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Sheriff's Dept reported several trees down across NW Newberry Co, including a couple of large trees down near Chappells.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Public reported large tree limbs down near Chappells.
March 2008	Hail	Chappells	-	Public reported quarter size hail.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	DOT reported several trees down in the Belfast area which is along the Newberry/Saluda county line.
April 2006	Hail	Chappells	-	Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail.
January 2005	Tornado (F0)	Chappells	-	Storm Survey found an F0 from a supercell intermittently touched down on SC hwys 56 and 560 taking down trees and breaking others in half.
January 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Storm Survey found some trees down on SC hwy 39.
April 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Sheriff reported several trees down in Chappells.
May 2005	Hail	Chappells	-	Postal carrier reported penny size hail in the Chappels area.
August 2005	Hail	Chappells	-	Public reported 3/4 inch hail on hwy 39.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Chappells	-	Sheriff reported trees down on hwy 39.
September 2004	Funnel Cloud	Chappells	-	Sheriff reported a funnel cloud over Chappells.
April 1999	Tornado (F0)	Chappells	-	Storm survey confirmed an F0 touched down and took some trees down.
April 1999	Hail	Chappells	-	A supercell spread golfball size hail over southwest Newberry county.

Every storm recorded in Newberry 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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82003896 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.