John J. Kaminer House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

From the record

“Kaminer House is a historic home located at Gadsden, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1880, and is a 1 1/2-half-story, five-bay, frame cottage with a one-story rear ell.”
Wikipedia article John J. Kaminer House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 181 National Register listings published here for Richland County · listed in 1986 · 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.
Listed as. Kaminer, John J., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. Near jct. of SC 48 and SC 769, Gadsden, 29052
When was it listed? March 1986
Category. building
Also known as. Lower Richland County MRA
Census division. Hopkins
National Register reference number. 86000532 - 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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of John J. Kaminer House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,984 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 53 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	101
Debris and open burning	90
Arson/incendiarism	53
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Natural	10
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	2
Other causes	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
30 September 2007	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2012	Other causes	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Storms near this property

20 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gadsden, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 3 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
September 2004	Tornado (F2)	Gadsden	3 hurt, $100,000	NWS survey found 3 mobile destroyed, several others damaged along with a couple of businesses. Three people were injured. Numerous trees and powerlines down.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	$12,000	Congaree National Park Services reported many trees down on the southeast end of the park.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	$2,000	Highway Patrol reported trees down near Gadsden.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	$500	Forestry Service reported a tree down on South Cedar Creek Road in Congaree National Park.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	SC DPS reported tree down on Bluff Rd near Sims Rd. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	SCHP reported a tree down on Old Isaac Rd.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	Trees were reported downed at the Congaree National Park. One at the entrance road to the park and another on the boardwalk from the visitors center.
May 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	SCHP reported trees down on Congaree Rd at Gadsden Community Center Rd just north of Gadsden. Time estimated.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	SCHP reported trees down on Goodwin Rd at Goodwin Way. Time estimated.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	Several trees down within Congaree National Park. A portion of the lower boardwalk was damaged due to fallen trees.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	SCHP reported tree in roadway at Dry Branch Rd at Bluff Rd. Time estimated.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	Law enforcement reported a tree down at the intersection of Clarkson Road and Bluff Road.
October 2015	Heavy Rain	Gadsden	-	Mesonet Station 6 SW Eastover, GDNS1, reportged 6.70 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Event total so far 7.36 inches.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	Congaree National Park Ranger reported large limbs fell and damaged the boardwalk in the park.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	Park Rangers at the Congaree National Park reported several large limbs fell and damaged the boardwalk.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gadsden	-	Park service reported a couple trees and several large limbs down on the boardwalk at the Congaree National Park.
May 2006	Hail	Gadsden	-	Public reported 3/4 inch hail in the Gadsden area.
March 2003	Hail	Gadsden	-	Post Office reported 3/4 inch hail.
April 2003	Hail	Gadsden	-	Post Office reported dime size hail just south of Gadsen.
May 1999	Hail	Gadsden	-	Post Office reported nickel size hail.

Every storm recorded in Richland 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
Richland Presbyterian Church	3.5 miles	1986
Oakwood	4.2 miles	1986
J. A. Byrd Mercantile Store	4.4 miles	1986
Farmers and Merchants Bank Building	4.4 miles	1986
Grovewood	4.9 miles	1986
Claudius Scott Cottage	6.0 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 86000532 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Richland County	All 181 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.