Burroughs School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

From the record

“Burroughs School, also known as Burroughs Graded School, is a historic school located at Conway in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. It was built in three phases between 1905 and 1923.”
Wikipedia article Burroughs School (Conway, South Carolina), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 38 National Register listings published here for Horry County · listed in 1984 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 801 Main St., Conway, 29526
When was it listed? August 1984
Category. building
Census division. Conway
National Register reference number. 84002047 - 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

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Burroughs School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,066 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 89 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	96
Arson/incendiarism	89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	83
Misuse of fire by a minor	26
Natural	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Fireworks	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
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	11 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2013	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2006	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Horry County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Burroughs School: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Wacca-Dee Materials Company Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
West Mine	Limestone, General	Unknown	Sedimentary
Godwin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown	Sedimentary
Godwin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant Number 9	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Horry County

Storms near this property

60 of 93 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conway, the town this property stands in, in 93 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 39 hail, 37 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
April 1997	Tornado (F1)	Conway	1 hurt, $20,000	ONE INFANT HOSPITALIZED TO HAVE SPLINTERS REMOVED, TWO HOUSES SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES, NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN
June 2007	Lightning	Conway	1 hurt	An 18 year old male was struck by lightning while inside his house on Jacksonbluff Rd. He was transported to the hospital for observation and was alert and breathing.
November 1995	Tornado (F2)	Conway	$1,500,000	Estimated five tornado touchdowns ran a track in 10 minutes from near the Conway Raceway northeast along U.S. Highway 378 to Little River area on S.C. Highway 90. Major damage was done to 50 residental and five commercial buildings. Minor damage was done to 85 residental and 20 commercial. Hundreds of large trees were twisted and snapped.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$1,200,000	no account filed
October 2016	Flash Flood	Conway	$1,000,000	Numerous roads in Conway and throughout Horry County were barricaded and closed through the night. Many structures were severely impacted by the flooding. The report was relayed by WMBF News.
July 1998	Lightning	Conway	$75,000	LIghtning struck the county 911 center, causing damage to electronics. Also, a lightning-caused fire caused heavy damage to a manufactured home on Old Railroad Road.
May 2011	Hail	Conway	$55,000	Hail to the size of softballs damaged vehicles and homes near Highway 501. The hail covered the ground and lasted for 5 minutes.
September 1998	Heavy Rain	Conway	$50,000	As a cold front generated thunderstorms, lightning caused equipment failure. Brief torrential downpours were blamed for a multi-car accident in Conway at US 378 and 501, and another accident in Myrtle Beach at US 17 Bypass and 38th Ave N.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$50,000	no account filed
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$40,000	An emergency manager reported trees down and a single-wide trailor destroyed on Hwy 501.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$20,000	A tree was blown down on a house on Lockwood Lane near Monti Drive.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$10,000	A tree was blown down on Buttercup Lane. Several trees were blown down near Country Club Drive. A tree was blown down on a car and a mailbox was blown over.
September 2018	Flash Flood	Conway	$10,000	Long Avenue extension closed due to flooding.
May 2011	Hail	Conway	$10,000	Hail to the size of baseballs was reported. The report was relayed via WMBF.
May 2011	Hail	Conway	$10,000	Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported downtown.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$10,000	A large tree was blown down on a house. At least 2500 people were without power due to fallen trees on power lines. Damage estimated.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$10,000	A downburst moved through an area near Pauley Swamp Rd. , downing or uprooting many trees. Two buildings also sustained minor damage. Nickel to quarter size hail was also reported.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$10,000	The roof was blown off and a wall caved in at Grand Strand Millworks, at Old Woodward Rd and Business US 501.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$10,000	Thunderstorm gust downed 20'x40' billboard structure at intersection of highways US 501 and SC 165.
July 1996	Lightning	Conway	$10,000	no account filed
October 2010	Hail	Conway	$5,000	Hail to the size of golf balls was reported.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$5,000	Law enforcement reported sheeting from a building under construction was blown down.
April 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$5,000	Power company dispatch reported branches knocking power out and the top of a tree falling on the roof of a house.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$3,000	An estimated 70 mph straight line wind gusts from the SE blew apart 2 east-facing post and sheet metal construction horse stables on Hodges Road. 2 of the 6 horses in the stables sustained minor cuts. There was no damage to nearby double-wide and single-wide trailers, with minor damage to a shed.
May 2014	Hail	Conway	$2,000	Golf ball size hail was reported on Racepath Avenue.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$2,000	Wind gusts blew down the framing of a house under constuction.
May 2014	Hail	Conway	$1,000	Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported.
May 2012	Hail	Conway	$1,000	Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
May 2012	Hail	Conway	$1,000	Hail to the size of quarters was reported. The hail lasted for 5 minutes.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	$500	Large branches reported broken and down.
May 2014	Hail	Conway	$250	Nickel size hail was reported. The hail covered the ground.
July 2014	Hail	Conway	$250	Hail up to the size of quarters was reported.
May 2014	Hail	Conway	$200	Nickel size hail was reported.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	A tree fell on power lines at Erskrine Drive and Singleton Road.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Multiple reports have been received of trees down in Conway, South Carolina.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Multiple trees and large tree limbs down on 9th Avenue.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Public call reported a large limb down at a home in Conway.
December 2023	Flash Flood	Conway	-	City of Conway reports multiple road closures around the city due to flash flooding, including portions of Highways 701, 501, and 378.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	A tree was blown down onto a fence in Conway.
July 2014	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of nickels was reported.
May 2012	Hail	Conway	-	Hail up to the size of nickels was reported.
June 2009	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of nickels was reported. The hail reportedly lasted for 3 minutes.
June 2009	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of golf balls was reported.
June 2009	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of nickels was reported.
June 2009	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of quarters was reported.
June 2009	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of nickels was reported.
June 2009	Hail	Conway	-	Hail to the size of pennies was reported.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Trees were reportedly down along Highway 501 Business.
June 2008	Heavy Rain	Conway	-	Heavy rain produced standing water on Hwy 501 and Coltura Road, making them impassable. Highway 701 was also impassable south of Hwy 65 near Homewood.
July 2008	Hail	Conway	-	A motorist reported nickel size hail as he was driving through town.
May 2007	Hail	Conway	-	Quarter size hail was relayed by the media.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	The police department reported trees down on Hwy 378 and El Bethel Rd.
May 2006	Hail	Conway	-	Penny size hail fell.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Trees down on Country Club Road and Hwy 905.
May 2006	Hail	Conway	-	Quarter size hail covered the ground near the intersection of Hwy 90 and 22.
May 2006	Hail	Conway	-	Quarter size hail reported on the east side of town.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Winds were estimated near 65 mph. Nickel size hail was also reported.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Trees down.
May 2005	Hail	Conway	-	Penny size hail was reported.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Conway	-	Trees down at the intersection of Hwy 501 and 544.

Every storm recorded in Horry 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Conway Residential Historic District	0.2 miles	2010
J. W. Holliday Jr. House	0.2 miles	1986
Arthur M. Burroughs House	0.3 miles	1986
Beaty-Little House	0.3 miles	1986
W. H. Winborne House	0.4 miles	1986
Conway Post Office	0.4 miles	2009

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 84002047 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Horry County	All 38 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.