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Unity Baptist Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

From the record

“Unity Baptist Church is a historic African American Baptist church at Sumter and Hart Streets in Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was built in 1910, and is a Late Gothic Revival style frame church building.”

Wikipedia article Unity Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 29 National Register listings published here for Lancaster County · listed in 1990 · 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 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Sumter and Hart Sts., Kershaw, 29067
  • When was it listed? February 1990
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Lancaster County MPS
  • Census division. Kershaw
  • National Register reference number. 90000098 - 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Unity Baptist Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 522 acres in total. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1999Natural1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Lancaster 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 Unity Baptist Church: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Granite. 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
Haile MineMica, Silver, Gold, Sulfur, Tin, MolybdenumUnknown1827, 1828, 1992
Haile MineSilver, GoldPlant1827, 1829
Unidentified Clay PitClayUnknownSedimentary
Carolina Mahogany QuarryGranitePast Producer
West MineGranitePast Producer
Faulkenberry Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Faulkenberry Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hilltop MineMicaProducer1981
Kershaw MineMicaUnknownMica
Kershaw MineMicaProducer

Every working recorded in Lancaster County

Storms near this property

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kershaw, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail. 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
April 2011HailKershaw$30,000Storm chaser and meteorologist reported 1.5 inch hail in the town of Kershaw.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindKershaw$10,000Public reported large road signs down and a few trees.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindKershaw$10,000SKYWARN spotter reported damage to a church steeple.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindKershaw$8,000EM reported several trees and powerlines down around the town of Kershaw, especially on Country Club Bypass.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKershaw$4,000Sheriff reported trees down near the town of Kershaw.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindKershaw$4,000Sheriff reported a couple of trees and powerlines down with power outages.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindKershaw$2,000Reports received of some power outages in and around the town of Kershaw from large limbs on powerlines.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindKershaw$1,000Kershaw County Country Club reoprted a couple of trees down on the course.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Numerous trees were downed across the county.
May 2024HailKershaw-Public report with video of ping pong ball sized hail at Andrew Jackson High School northwest of Kershaw. Time estimated by radar.
May 2024HailKershaw-Public report of quarter sized hail with photos on the north side of Kershaw.
April 2024HailKershaw-Small hail was reported by a trained spotter in Kershaw. Time estimated.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Lancaster County dispatch reported three trees down in the town of Kershaw. Time estimated by radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindKershaw-County Emergency Manager reported a tree down along Kershaw Country Club Road.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Emergency management reported trees down in Kershaw on Marion Street and North Matson Street. Time estimated by radar.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindKershaw-A tree fell on a house along Matson Rd in the town of Kershaw.
May 2020HailKershaw-Public reported, via social media, a photo indicating penny size hail near the town of Kershaw.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindKershaw-An NWS Storm Survey determined that a very strong downburst occurred just east of the town of Kershaw along Arbor Dr, just before Woodhaven Rd. The damage was primarily to trees between Arbor Dr and Woodhaven Rd, with many trees uprooted and some snapped. Peak wind gusts were estimated to be near 105 MPH.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Trees down on Fork Hill Rd at Rob Neal Rd. Time estimated.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Public reported, via social media, roof damage to a barn in the town of Kershaw, and downed trees and power lines on Blackmon Circle.
March 2012HailKershaw-Sheriff reported nickel size hail on Hwy 341 5 miles east of the town of Kershaw.
June 2008HailKershaw-Public reported nickel size hail in the town of Kershaw.
May 2007HailKershaw-Public reported 3/4 inch hail at Flat Creek road and hwy 265, and Midway Crossroads.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Kershaw police reported trees down.
May 2005HailKershaw-Public reported penny size hail in and around the Midway Community.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Sheriff reported trees and powerlines down in the town of Kershaw.
May 2003HailKershaw-Newspaper reported 3/4 inch in east Kershaw.
May 2000HailKershaw-Sheriff reported dime size hail.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKershaw-Sheriff reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Lancaster 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
Whitfield Hotelunder 500 feet2025
Kershaw Depot0.1 miles1990
East Richland Street-East Church Street Historic District0.3 miles1990
Matson Street Historic District0.3 miles1990
Clinton AME Zion Church0.4 miles1990
Dr. William Columbus Cauthen House3.5 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 90000098 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lancaster CountyAll 29 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.