Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex, also known as the Nicholas Colvin House and Durham House, is a historic home and farm complex and national historic district located near Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. The district encompasses six contributing buildings.”
Wikipedia article Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Chester County · listed in 1992 · category: District.

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

The listing

Listed as. Colvin--Fant--Durham Farm Complex - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. SC 22 E side, approx. 1 mi. W of jct. with SC 16, Chester, 29706
When was it listed? July 1992
Category. district
Census division. Chester
National Register reference number. 92000961 - 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex between 1992 and 2017, burning about 597 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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	32
Debris and open burning	12
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	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
4 September 2017	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Chester County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Colvin-Fant-Durham Farm Complex: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
	Peay Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Gold

Every working recorded in Chester County

Storms near this property

60 of 81 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chester, the town this property stands in, in 81 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 48 thunderstorm wind, 24 hail, 3 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
May 2020	Lightning	Chester	1 killed	County comms reported a 32-year-old man was struck and killed by lightning when getting out of his vehicle on York St.
September 2004	Tornado (F1)	Chester	$100,000	This brief tornado blew down several trees and damaged or destroyed 2 small trailers shortly after touching down. It then moved north and lifted a portion of the roof from a well-constructed home. The garage wall was blown inward about 1 foot at this same location. A carport next to the home was also detroyed. Several trees were blown down and a small trailer destroyed at a hunting club before the tornado lifted.
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$100,000	no account filed
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$75,000	Two outbuildings were destroyed and a cinderblock well house was damaged at Dixie Stockyard along highway 21 near the York Co line. Shingles were torn off a house and a resteraunt on the premises. Two trees were blown down in this area, including a large oak tree that fell on and heavily damaged a vacant house.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$45,000	no account filed
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$15,000	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$5,000	Trees were blown down. One tree fell on a car.
July 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$3,000	Numerous trees snapped off and uprooted around highway 97 northwest of Chester. In addition, some storage buildings were picked up and tossed about 50 feet. The damage was concentrated along a 2 to 3 mile long, one half mile wide swath. A home in the area received some damage to a chimney and an antenna.
March 2002	Flood	Chester	$2,000	Torrential rainfall caused local flooding in Chester. Water entered at least 2 homes within a low-lying area of town.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$1,000	A large tree was blown onto part of a house, causing relatively minor damage.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$1,000	Trees and powerlines were blown down.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	$1,000	A few trees were blown down.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Public reported (via social media) a couple of trees blown down around the city of Chester.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	County comms reported multiple trees blown down between Chester and Great Falls.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	County comms reported trees and power lines blown down on McFadden St.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Amateur radio operator reported trees blown down along Harris and Hardin streets.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Highway Patrol reported trees blown down on Beltline Rd, Brendale Dr in Chester, and on Hardin Strait Rd at York St.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	County comms reported multiple trees blown down on Park Dr.
May 2014	Hail	Chester	-	Public reported nickel size hail.
May 2014	Hail	Chester	-	Public reported up to golf ball size hail north of the Leeds community.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	A tree was blown down on Hillbright Rd close to highway 72. Another tree was blown down nearby on Stringfellow Rd near highway 72.
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees were blown down on the east side of Chester, including on Hardin St and Beltline Rd.
December 2009	Heavy Rain	Chester	-	Saluda Rd was closed at the intersection of Foote St due to urban flooding.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees and power lines blown down across the northern half of the county.
March 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees and power lines blown down across the northern half of the county.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Two trees were blown down on Aiken Creek Rd.
June 2008	Hail	Chester	-	Hail reported from Chester west to near the Union county line.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees were blown down.
June 2007	Hail	Chester	-	Reported near the intersection of Boyd Rd and Great Falls Rd.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Tees blown down along highway 72 near the York County line.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	A few large limbs blown down.
April 2007	Hail	Chester	-	Reported on Yarborough Rd.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees blown down on McCandless Rd and on a golf course.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Seven trees down, some uprooted, some snapped off approximately 8 feet from the ground on Yarborough Rd and West Chester School Rd.
May 2006	Hail	Chester	-	One tree was also downed at highway 97 and Aiken Creek Rd.
November 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Two trees blown down near Chester.
September 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	A few trees were blown down along highway 72. There were also some power outages in the area.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees blown down along highway 215 and highway 72 in the southwest part of the county.
November 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees were blown down at highway 9 and Baton Rouge Rd.
February 2003	Flash Flood	Chester	-	After a night of steady rainfall, heavier early afternoon showers resulted in flooding along several creeks and streams in the eastern half of the county. Some of these overflowing streams flooded adjacent roads.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees were blown down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Highway patrol reported numerous trees down between Chester and Richburg.
July 2001	Flood	Chester	-	Bypass flooded in low spots during slow moving thunderstorms. No known stream flooding.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Trees and power lines blown down halfway between Chester and Rock Hill.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Several trees were blown down.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	Many trees were blown down and one tree fell on a house.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	A number of trees and power lines were blown down in and around the city.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	A severe wind blew a roof off a store and onto a vehicle.
September 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Chester	-	A few trees and power lines were blown down from Chester to the east of town.
August 1994	Tornado (F1)	Chester	-	Tornado touched down near Woods Ferry Road between highways 9 and 72 blowing down trees.
April 1993	Hail	Chester	-	Hail up to golfball-size was reported by the sheriff's office.
April 2011	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
April 2008	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
June 2008	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
June 2007	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
April 2007	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
July 2006	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
June 2006	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Chester	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chester 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

1 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	Property	Distance	Listed
	Cornwell Inn	5.1 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92000961 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chester County	All 19 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.