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Photograph of Pelzer Presbyterian Church
Photograph by Bill Fitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Pelzer Presbyterian Church

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Pelzer Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at 13 Lebby Street in Pelzer, Anderson County, South Carolina. It was built in 1896, and is a rectangular Akron Plan church building with a gable front roof and sheathed in weatherboard.”

Wikipedia article Pelzer Presbyterian Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Anderson County · listed in 1993 · 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. 13 Lebby St., Pelzer, 29669
  • When was it listed? December 1993
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Williamston-Pelzer
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 93001407 - 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Pelzer Presbyterian Church between 1992 and 2017, burning about 352 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
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
9 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry CommissionELLISON HAY FIELD

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pelzer Presbyterian Church: 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Kyanite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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
River Road PlantSandProducerSedimentary
Beam Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteProspect
Beam Sillimanite ProspectKyaniteUnknownMetamorphic
Delzer DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pearson and Scott Sillimanite PrsptKyaniteProspect
Piedmont DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Saluda River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary

Every working recorded in Anderson County

Storms near this property

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pelzer, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1999Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer1 hurtno account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer$20,000Public reported more than a dozen trees snapped or uprooted in the Piedmont area, particularly in locations around Robinwood Lane. Minor roof damage was also reported to homes, while the roof was blown off one outbuilding and others were damaged by falling trees.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPelzer-County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down in Pelzer and vicinity.
May 2024HailWest Pelzer-Nws employee and the public reported quarter to half dollar size hail in the Piercetown community.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer-County comms reported trees blown down near Midway Rd and Cherokee Rd.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer-Public (via Social Media) and Highway Patrol reported multiple trees blown down near the Saluda River from Pelzer to near Powdersville.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer-Multiple trees were blown down in the West Pelzer area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPelzer-Numerous tree limbs were blown down, some on power lines. A tree also fell on a home on Holiday St.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer-Large tree limbs and two telephone poles were blown down in Pelzer. Shingles were blown off a roof on Beaverdam Rd west of Williamston and several trees were also blown down in the Williamston area, including one on a home on Spring St.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer-Numerous trees and power lines blown down in West Pelzer.
April 2011HailPelzer-no account filed
June 2011HailPelzer-no account filed
September 2009HailWest Pelzer-no account filed
April 2009HailPelzer-no account filed
May 2009HailPelzer-no account filed
June 2009HailWest Pelzer-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindPelzer-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPelzer-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWest Pelzer-no account filed
July 1998HailWest Pelzer-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindPelzer-no account filed
March 1996HailPelzer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anderson 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

2 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
Pelzer Manufacturing Company and Mill Village Historic District0.2 miles2017
Pelzer Community Building0.3 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001407 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Anderson CountyAll 26 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.