The Hutchison Home, demolished, in downtown Rock Hill, S.C. constructed by businessman-contractor; Mr. B.F. Rawlinson as a speculative sales project, ca. 1850

Colton’s 1854 Map of York County – Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History

Early 20th century postcard showing the McFadden Motor Co., as part of a promotional piece on Main Street. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017   One of thousands of  historic addresses – sites, in York County, to explore and enjoy on the pages of Roots and Recall!

Rock Hill architect and contractor, Julian Starr and his crew on the front of a project he recently completed in Union County, S.C.

Rock Hill Sanborn Map – Courtesy of the Galloway Map Collection

Tom Mills, a young African American entrepreneur, in Rock Hill, S.C.

Pictured are Ruth Holler – Kimbrell, M.E. Kimbrell and Nell Pickett. Courtesy of the Kimbrell Collection, 2015

The White – Rainey home originally had a handsome picket fence and fine English boxwood lining the front entrance.

Rainey House ca. 1950 by Eliz. Reed – Evening Herald

Picking cotton fields by hand, throughout the South, was a common event in the fall, prior to ca. 1950s. Postcard view in Newberry Co., (it could easily have been photographed in York County as well), courtesy of the Davie Beard Collection – 2017

Picking cotton fields by hand, throughout the South, was a common event in the fall, prior to ca. 1950s. Postcard view in Newberry Co., (it could easily have been photographed in York County as well), courtesy of the Davie Beard Collection – 2017

The Crawford School was constructed just south of the Neely house on the opposite side of the road. Walker’s 1910 Postal Map

Crawford Center – Rosenwald African American School