York
Afro-American Insurance Company
Rock Hill, SC
This building, constructed ca.
Allison Creek Presbyterian Church/Clay Hill Graveyard
York, SC
ALLISON CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Front) This church was founded in 1854 by residents of the Clay Hill community on Allison Creek, who...
Andrew Jackson Hotel/Vernon Grant
Rock Hill, SC
ANDREW JACKSON HOTEL (Front) The Andrew Jackson Hotel, built in 1926, was funded with more than $250,000 raised by citizens of Rock Hill.
Barnett Brothers Circus 1929-1945/Bennett Brothers Circus 1929-1938
York, SC
BARNETT BROTHERS CIRCUS 1929-1945 (Front) This site was the winter quarters of the Barnett Brothers Circus, briefly known as the Wallace...
Battle of Stallings’ Plantation
(Front) In 1768 John Stallings purchased 470 acres on Millican’s Branch on Fishing Creek.
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Clover, SC
(Front) This church was founded in 1764 by Rev. William Richardson, who organized ScotsIrish settlers in this area, from both S.C. and...
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Mcconnells, SC
(Front) This church, which held services as early as 1760 about 1 mi. E, gave its name to a ScotsIrish community in this area before the...
Black Plantation/Hampton Campaign
Rock Hill, SC
BLACK PLANTATION (Front) This area was once part of the 448.5-acre plantation of Alexander Templeton Black (1798-1875), for whom Church...
Bratton House Site/Jefferson Davis’ Flight
York, SC
BRATTON HOUSE SITE (Front) Robert Clendinen, Yorkville lawyer and South Carolina senator from York District (1816-30), purchased this...
Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church
Bullock Creek, SC
Under leadership of Dr. Joseph Alexander, pastor 1774-1801, this church, organized in 1769, was a Whig stronghold during the Revolution.
Clinton Junior College
Rock Hill, SC
Clinton Junior College, affiliated with the A.M.E. Zion Church, was founded in 1894 by Revs.
Columbia Seminary Chapel
Rock Hill, SC
This building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansion of Ainsley...
David E. Finley Birthplace
York, SC
(Front) David Edward Finley, Jr. (1890-1977), first director of the National Gallery of Art, was born in this house.
Dickey-Sherer House
Sharon, SC
(Front) A two-story log house built ca.
Ebenezer
Rock Hill, SC
The town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893.
Emmett Scott School
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) This school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill.
Episcopal Church of Our Savior
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) The first services were in private homes and at Rock Hill Academy 1857-1861.
First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church/Dr. Arthur Small Rogers
Rock Hill, SC
1869-1964 FIRST ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Front) This church was organized in 1895 with 26 charter members.
First National Bank of Sharon
Sharon, SC
(Front) This bank, built in 1909-10 by W.W. Blair, was the first bank in the town of Sharon, incorporated in 1889.
First Presbyterian Church/Church Leaders
Rock Hill, SC
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (Front) This church was begun in 1834 as Antioch Chapel of Ebenezer Church under the leadership of Rev. John O....
Fort Mill
(Front) Fort Mill was established on land received in 1787 by Thomas Spratt, one of the first settlers in this area.
Friendship School/Friendship Junior College
Rock Hill, SC
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL (Front) Friendship College, on this site from 1910 to 1981, was founded in 1891 by Rev. M.P. Hall and sponsored by the...
Hickory Grove
Hickory Grove, SC
(Front) The land on which the town of Hickory Grove developed was granted to John McKenney in 1771 by George III of England.
Huck’s Defeat
Brattonsville, SC
On July 12, 1780, at Williamson's Plantation about one-fifth of a mile east from here, Loyalist forces under Capt. Christian Huck were...
James Milton Cherry House
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) The home of James Milton Cherry (1856-1920) stood here until 1974.
Jefferson Davis’ Flight
Rock Hill, SC
Having crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road following the fall...
Jefferson Davis’s Flight South, April 26-27, 1865/Last Confederate Cabinet
JEFFERSON DAVIS’S FLIGHT SOUTH, APRIL 26-27, 1865 (Front) Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, making their way south...
King’s Mountain Battleground
Just N Of York, SC
Twelve miles northwest the Battle of King's Mountain was fought October 7, 1780.
King’s Mountain Military Academy Site/Micah Jenkins
York, SC
KING’S MOUNTAIN MILITARY ACADEMY SITE (Front) Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, graduates of The Citadel in Charleston, founded this...
Lacey’s Fort
Between Bullock Creek And Mcconnells, SC
(Front) Col. Edward Lacey (1742-1813), prominent officer in the American Revolution in the S.C. backcountry, occupied this hill west of...
Laurelwood Cemetery
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) This cemetery, the first municipal cemetery in Rock Hill, was established in 1872 when the city acquired a six-acre tract from...
Mcconnells
McConnells, SC
After the Kings Mountain Railroad was completed in 1852, the McConnellsville Post Office was established here in 1854.
Mccrory’s Civil Rights Sit-Ins/“friendship Nine”
Rock Hill, SC
MCCRORY’S CIVIL RIGHTS SIT-INS (Front) This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory’s Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997.
Mount Prospect Baptist Church
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) This church, founded in 1883, first held services in private homes in Rock Hill.
New Mount Olivet A.m.e. Zion Church
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) This church, organized in 1873, held its first services in private homes and then under a brush arbor on Pond St., near the...
Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) This church, which grew out of First Presbyterian Church, was discussed as early as 1901, with the first definite plans made in...
Rock Hill Buggy Company/Anderson Motor Co.
Rock Hill, SC
ROCK HILL BUGGY COMPANY (Front) In 1886 A.D. Holler, who had long owned a wagon and buggy shop in Rock Hill, founded Holler and Anderson...
Rock Hill Cotton Factory
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) This textile mill, built in 1881, was the first in Rock Hill and the first in S.C. to use steam power.
Rock Hill High School
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) Rock Hill High School has its origins in the Rock Hill Graded School, opened in 1888 for grades 1-9. The name Rock Hill High was...
Sims Home Site
Rock Hill, SC
Near this spot stood the Rock Hill residence of Robert Moorman Sims, Captain, C.S.A., who on April 9, 1865, carried the flag of truce,...
Site of White’s Mill
ABOUT 3.7 MI. SW OF ROCK HILL, SC
About 1½ miles south of here on Fishing Creek were a house and mill mentioned on a 1766 royal landgrant to Hugh White.
Springfield Plantation
(Front) This house was built ca.
St. Anne’s Parochial School
Rock Hill, SC
(Front) St. Anne’s Church, the first Catholic church in York County, was founded in 1919 by the Rev. William A. Tobin of Columbia.
Standard Cotton Mill/Highland Park Manufacturing Co.
Rock Hill, SC
STANDARD COTTON MILL (Front) The Standard Cotton Mill, built in 1888-89, was the second textile mill in Rock Hill.
The Ccc In York County/Tom Johnston Camp (Sc #10), Ccc
Rock Hill, SC
THE CCC IN YORK COUNTY (Front) One of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation...
Town of Clover
Clover, SC
In 1887 the town of Clover was granted a charter by the General Assembly, its city limits to extend "one-half mile in every direction...
Town of Sharon
Sharon, SC
(Front) John L. Rainey, owner of large tracts of land on which Sharon was established, conveyed land to the Presbyterian church in 1889...
Town of Smyrna
Smyrna, SC
This town was named for Smyrna Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, organized ca.
Town of Yorkville/Town of York
York, SC
TOWN OF YORKVILLE (Front) Formerly known as Fergus's Cross Roads, later Yorkville, this county seat was established in 1785 on land...
Trinity M.e. Church, South
York, SC
Organized 1824 by the Reverends Wm.
U.s. Post Office and Courthouse/Citizens’ Building
Rock Hill, SC
U.S. POST OFFICE AND COURTHOUSE (Front) This building was described as “handsome in every respect” when it opened in 1932.
Unity Presbyterian Church
(Front) This church, founded in 1788, predates the present town of Fort Mill and has occupied four sites in the vicinity.
Village of Rock Hill/City of Rock Hill
Rock Hill, SC
VILLAGE OF ROCK HILL (Front) Main Street was laid out on Alexander Templeton Black's land by Squire John Roddey in 1851.
White Home
Rock Hill, SC
About 1839, this former plantation house was built by George Pendleton White (1801-1849) and his wife, Ann Hutchison White (1805-1880).
William Bratton Plantation/Battle of Huck’s Defeat
Mcconnells, SC
WILLIAM BRATTON PLANTATION (Front) In 1766 William Bratton and his wife Martha Robertson purchased 200 acres on the South Fork of Fishing...
Yorkville Female Institute/York Graded School
York, SC
YORKVILLE FEMALE INSTITUTE (Front) Yorkville Female Institute or Yorkville Female College was the first school here, where private...