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Photograph by Bill Fitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Still Hopes

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Still Hopes, also known as the Gabriel Alexander Guignard House and South Carolina Episcopal Home, is an historic home located in West Columbia, South Carolina, Lexington County, South Carolina. It was built in 1910, and is a two-story, brick, Georgian Revival mansion with a truncated hip roof.”

Wikipedia article Still Hopes, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 56 National Register listings published here for Lexington County · listed in 1983 · 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. Off 7th St., Cayce, 29169
  • When was it listed? November 1983
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Lexington County MRA
  • Census division. West Columbia-Cayce
  • Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 83003921 - 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Still Hopes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined93
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Lexington County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Still Hopes: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 3 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Congaree RiverZirconium, Thorium, Titanium, IronUnknownPlacer , Modern , Fluvial
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883
Dixiana MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unidentified MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lexington County

Storms near this property

20 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cayce, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCayce$24,000Several TV stations reported multiple trees down on Sandy lane in Cayce. One fell on a home causing damage.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCayce$18,000TV station reported a large tree down on a car in the Edenwood neighborhood of Cayce.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCayce$7,500Social media report with photos and video showing a commercial garage door to a warehouse failing and collapsing inward. Based on analysis of the video, and input from wind damage researchers, the peak wind gust was estimated to be around 45 knots.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCayce$6,000Sheriff reported several trees down on Cayce Riverwalk closing the walk.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCayce$2,000Sheriff reported trees down at Indigo Ave. and 9th St.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCayce$2,000NWS employee reported trees down along I-26 near mile marker 116.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCayce-NWS employee estimated winds gusting to 60mph in a downburst near Airport Blvd and I-26.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCayce-Public reported trees down on Platt Springs road and Taylor street.
June 2008HailCayce-Police reported quarter size hail near hwy 321 and I-26.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCayce-NWS employee found many large trees down on hwy 1 and a very large sign blow down on I-26 between hwy 1 and hwy 378.
June 2007HailCayce-DOD weather observation reported 1 inch hail.
July 2007HailCayce-Public reported quarter size hail.
July 2005Flash FloodCayce-Police reported 1-2 ft of water flooding several roads which were closed to traffic.
July 2005HailCayce-Public reported 3/4 inch hail.
August 2003Flash FloodCayce-Several roads flooded and closed in the Lloyd Woods subdivision. Hwy 321 near Busbee road closed with several vehicles submerged. Water also got into some businesses.
May 2002HailCayce-WIS TV reported quarter size hail in Cayce.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCayce-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in Cayce and Pinegrove.
April 1998HailCayce-Spotter reports 1inch hail in Cayce.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCayce-Weather observer reports power outage due to trees taking down powerlines.
November 1995Tornado (F0)Cayce-Tornado caused damage to a couple of homes and businesses. Trees were knocked down.

Every storm recorded in Lexington 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
Professional Building0.2 miles2025
Gunter-Summers House0.4 miles1987
New Brookland Historic District0.7 miles1978
Guignard Brick Works0.7 miles1995
Gervais Street Bridge0.8 miles1980
William J. Cayce House0.9 miles1975

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 83003921 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lexington CountyAll 56 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.