105 East Liberty Street – Historic Lewis Home

City Directories and History:  1958 – Frances Lewis, 1966 – Frances S. Lewis

Built in 1899 by Colonel W.W. Lewis, a prominent lawyer, this building with a hip roof is 2 1/2 stories high and features two wings, a bay with dormer, a one-story open porch with Ionic

Image ca. 1912 – Courtesy of the YC Historical Society

columns, balcony, beaded clapboard under siding, an entablature over the main doors, lug sills under 1/1 windows, and a corbeled belt. Past owner-occupants are Mr. & Mrs. Peter Cumbie. Current owners are the Inman family. [Courtesy of the Yorkville Historical Society – 2002]  The Rock Hill Record reported of Feb. 19, 1904 – “The cotton mills in York are flourishing.  Capt. W.W. Lewis is Pres., of the York Cotton mills, managed by P.M Grimes, Supt.,”

This handsome dwelling is very similar to thousands having been constructed throughout the region from circa 1897 – 1915 during which time the re-emerging prosperity of the south was on display for everyone in the United States to witness. The Historical Center of York County, housed at the McCelvey building on East Jefferson Street houses images of the family and house.

On June 9, 1916 the Herald reported – “Dr. E.E. Gillespie announced yesterday that plans drawn by Charles M. Robinson, an architect of Richmond, Va., have been accepted for building a Sunday School Annex to the First Pres. Church of Yorkville.  The building will be two story with a basement and will have 25 rooms at a cost of about $22,000. It is a gift of Mrs. S.M. McNeel of Yorkville, who has also donated a lot of 28ft on West Liberty Street. The office of W.W. Lewis, Esq., is currently situated there and this building will be torn down. The new building will have a kitchen and auditorium.”

*** Historically, it was listed as 103 East Liberty Street.

Informative links: Neoclassical Revival Architecture, Historical Center of York County

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