City Directories and History: 1908 – J.G. Johnston M.D. Office @147 Main St., A.M. Wylie M.D. also listed at this office address.,
This lovely Queen Anne style home was constructed in circa 1895 and the house has been reported to have been moved in about 1920 and relocated from the corner of Walnut and York Street. According to the historic survey the property belonged to L.E. Brown who purchased the lot the home now resides on from J.G. Johnston in 1915. The 1917 Sanborn Map shows this house at the corner lot. J.R. Patton moved the house and by 1926 the Sanborn Map shows the house on the smaller lot, (100-200 ft., cut from the lot facing York Street) and and new home on the corner lot.
It was this new home that was designed by Rock Hill architect, Alfred D. Gilchrist for the Brown family in 1921. Alfred D. Gilchrist was born and educated in Manchester, England and came to America in 1900. In 1912 he arrived in Rock Hill and began practicing architecture. Several building can be attributed to him; Ebenezer School – 1921, Stevenson Theater, Oakland Avenue Pres. Church, and several buildings at Winthrop University. His son, William P. Gilchrist worked as a designer and draftsman with the firm. Following WWII, Gilchrist associated with W. Lewis Cook in the firm Gilchrist and Cook. That firm had buildings including: Woodland Un. Methodist Church, Park Baptist Church and homes and schools. Ms. Bessie L. Garrison, Rock Hill Historical Research Papers #10 – 1952.
The home is commonly referred to as the Patton home. In 1940, the house was lived in by Janie F. Patton the widow of J.P. Patton.
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