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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIL_site-of-whites-mill_Rock-Hill-SC.html
About 1 ½ miles south of here on Fishing Creek were a house and mill mentioned on a 1766 royal land grant to Hugh White. British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Legion were encamped at White's Mill for several days in September 1780, during…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIK_clinton-junior-college_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Clinton Junior College, affiliated with the A.M.E. Zion Church, was founded in 1894 by Revs. Nero Crockett and W.M. Robinson as Clinton Institute. Named for Bishop Isom C. Clinton, it featured primary and secondary courses as well as a two-year co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIJ_emmett-scott-school_Rock-Hill-SC.html
[Front]:This school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957), a prominent educator who was then secretary of Howard University, Emmett Scott School included all twelve grades unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGII_st-annes-parochial-school_Rock-Hill-SC.html
[Front]:St. Anne's Church, the first Catholic church in York County, was founded in 1919 by the Rev. William A. Tobin of Columbia. The first building, erected on Saluda Street in 1920, closed in 1961. St. Anne's opened its first parochial school i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIH_standard-cotton-mill-highland-park-manufacturing-co_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Standard Cotton MillThe Standard Cotton Mill, built in 1888-89, was the second textile mill in Rock Hill. It was promoted by John R. London and financed entirely by local citizens, including schoolchildren, who bought stock for 50? a week. Built b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHX_east-town-neighborhood_Rock-Hill-SC.html
When the White family began selling off their farm, new neighborhoods sprang up in the place of cotton fields. North Confederate Avenue (originally called Pine Street, later called Academy) was first opened in the early 1890s. In 1904 the White fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHW_the-white-home_Rock-Hill-SC.html
Located across East White Street, the White Home sheltered five generations of a pioneer Rock Hill family. George Pendleton White and Ann Hutchinson White made their home here after their marriage in 1838. Most likely, a small house was built on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHV_water-trough_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The water trough which has been placed here is the only known surviving example of troughs once located at several entrances to the Old Town area of Rock Hill. They provided a convenient place for farmers and travelers to water their horses, mules…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHU_the-3cs-railroad_Rock-Hill-SC.html
The rail line which passes just north of this site was the second railroad to serve Rock Hill. Part of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (known locally as the 3C's), the first train on this line arrived here in 1888. The 3C's opened …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHT_upper-lands-ford-road_Rock-Hill-SC.html
There was a limited system of roads in eastern York County prior to the creation of Rock Hill in 1851. One of the main routes was the Upper Land's Ford Road, which passed this site on generally the route of present-day East White Street and Charlo…
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