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
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.
Tom Mills as 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
Keesler – Kimball House on the corner of East Main and Oakland Avenue. The Rock Hill Record of June 11, 1908 reported that Mr. T.O. Flowers, Chief of the Fire Dept., suggests that the City Council go to work at once and have the old cisterns cleaned out and put into commission. One is in front of S.J. Kimball’s house, and the other on the National Union Bank corner. The cisterns were used in the past as a source of water for fire protection and they are needed as present for the system now does not provide adequate water.”
Following the fall of the Confederate capital, Richmond, Va., President Jefferson Davis traveled south and spent one night at the home of John Springs and two days later passed the Russell house on his way to the Pinckneyville Ferry.
A shell of the once lovely home owned and cherished by both the community and the Rev. R.Y. Russell – 2013
A National Register district, image ca. 1979, showing North Congress Street. The Yorkville Enquirer contained an ad on May 10, 1893 for W.B. Moore and Co., offering coffins, caskets, and robes.
The Rock Hill Record reported on April 5, 1909 carried an article from the Yorkville Enquirer stating – “Ms. Rosa Lindsay will open a photography studio in Rock Hill. She will spend about half her time in Yorkville and half in Rock Hill. She has mastered ever detail of modern photography and has hundreds of pleased patrons in Yorkville and surrounding area.”
It was only natural that after the success of the Charleston to Hamburg, South Carolina railroad that the Charleston promoters should look to a link to the north. So, they were not averse to lending an ear to ideas and saw fruitful advantages in meeting which was set for interested parties June 12, 1847, in Hibernian Hall, in Charleston. Resulting in the following meeting.
Attending from Columbia were Robert Latta (Robert Latta was the son of James Latta of York. He owned stores in York, Camden and Columbia.) Col. Wade Hampton, Col. R. R. Goodwin, Dr. J. N. Parker, Dr. Edw. Sill, Jos. A. Black, James D. Tradewell, John Eryce, John S. Preston, James Martin, J. W. Bradley, B. Reilly, and J. F. Marshall.
Camden men were – W. K. Johnson, Col. W. J. Taylor, C. Matheson, J. R. Cureton, James R. McKain and C. J. Shannon. Chester’s representatives were – John A. Bradley, James Pagan and Samuel McAliley…… Later, it turned out, the Fairfield county’s representative that day would E. G. Palmer, who at that time was fighting for the route to Charlotte via Columbia.
Latta cotton shipping platform on East Liberty Street. Courtesy of the AFLLC Postcard Collection – 2017
Latta House as pictured in ca. 2014 *** (BELOW) Receipt for goods purchased by David Hutchison via Robt. Latta….1811 – 1812
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
The Chester and Lenoir Railroad line was an attempt by York and other regional towns to have regular railroad service. It allowed large quantities of agricultural products to be shipped from the western areas of N.C. into the S.C. Railroad system and find the way to S.C. factors in Charleston, S.C. Printed in the Yorkville Enquirer newspaper, Oct. 31, 1895.
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
