Rock Hill Downtown Historic District
Appearance
Rock Hill Downtown Historic District | |
Location | Roughly, S. Oakland Ave. from S of Peoples Pl. to E. Main St., Rock Hill, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 34°55′31″N 81°1′30″W / 34.92528°N 81.02500°W |
Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Commercial block, Other |
MPS | Rock Hill MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91000828[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 24, 1991 |
Rock Hill Downtown Historic District consists of twelve contiguous buildings built between 1870 and 1931 in downtown Rock Hill in York County, South Carolina.[2]
The twelve buildings are:
- Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, 144 Caldwell St.
- First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 201 E. White St.
- First Baptist Church, 215 E. Main St.
- St. John's United Methodist Church, St. John's Court
- Old Post Office Building, 325 Oakland Ave.
- Post Office and Federal Building, 102 E. Main St.
- Andrew Jackson Hotel, 223 E. Main St.
- Citizens Bank Building, 157 E. Main St.
- McFadden Building, 212 E. Main St.
- Bass Furniture Company, 208-210 E. Main St.
- Fink's Department Store 206 E. Main St.
- Rock Hill Supply Company, 202 E. Main St.[3]
In 1931 the Old Post Office Building was moved about a block from its original site where the new Post Office now stands. The Old Post Office then served as a library, until 1974, and now serves as a private office building. It was built in 1906 and designed by James Knox Taylor, the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Rock Hill Downtown Historic District, York County (Rock Hill) South Carolina Department of Archives and History, accessed October 13, 2012
- ^ a b NRHP nomination, Paul M. Gettys, September 1990.
Categories:
- Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
- Gothic Revival architecture in South Carolina
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Rock Hill, South Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Rock Hill, South Carolina
- Midlands South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs