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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAXR_rock-hill-high-school_Rock-Hill-SC.html
[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 first used in 1907-08 for a boys' school housed in the former Presbyterian High School. A property dispute clo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAXP_black-plantation-hampton-campaign_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Black PlantationThis area was once part of the 448.5-acre plantation of Alexander Templeton Black (1798-1875), for whom Church Street was renamed Black Street. In 1851 Black deeded land for a right-of-way and depot to the Charlotte & S.C. Railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWY_rock-hill-cotton-factory_Rock-Hill-SC.html
[Front]:This textile mill, built in 1881, was the first in Rock Hill and the first in S.C. to use steam power. A.E. Hutchison, J.M. Ivy, W.L. Roddey, and A.H. White founded the Rock Hill Cotton Factory to boost the city's status as a cotton market…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWX_rock-hill-depots-rock-hill-street-railway_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Rock Hill DepotsThe first of six railroad depots nearby was built in 1851 on the Charlotte & S.C. RR, after the citizens of Ebenezer objected to a new railroad yard proposed there. The town that grew up here was named Rock Hill after the flint hil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWV_sims-home-site_Rock-Hill-SC.html
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 which led to the surrender of Lee's forces at Appomattox, He later was S.C. Senator for Lancaster County, 1868-70…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAWT_mccrorys-civil-rights-sit-ins-friendship-nine_Rock-Hill-SC.html
McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-insThis building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory's lunch counter b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAUP_andrew-jackson-hotel-vernon-grant_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The Andrew Jackson Hotel The Andrew Jackson Hotel, built in 1926, was funded with more than $250,000 raised by citizens of Rock Hill. Designed by Charles Coker Wilson, it is a fine example of the Beaux Arts style and has been called one of the cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAUL_u-s-post-office-and-courthouse-citizens-building_Rock-Hill-SC.html
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseThis building was described as "handsome in every respect" when it opened in 1932. It replaced a 1906 post office and housed a new district court and federal offices. It served as a post office until 1986 and provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAUJ_village-of-rock-hill-city-of-rock-hill_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Village of Rock HillMain Street was laid out on Alexander Templeton Black's land by Squire John Roddey in 1851. The post office was established in 1852. The village was incorporated by the General Assembly in 1870 with an area of one mile square; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM743_first-presbyterian-church-church-leaders_Rock-Hill-SC.html
First Presbyterian ChurchThis church was begun in 1854 as Antioch Chapel ofEbenezer Church under the leadership of Rev. JohnG. Richards, on land of the Steeles and Workmans,3 mi. south of Rock Hill. Mission moved in 1858 tothis site, obtained from…