City Directories and History: 1908 – Rock Hill Opera House, 1913 – Rock Hill Opera House, 1917 – NA, 1936 – York Whiskey Store, 1938 – Moore and Rast Garage, 1946 – Edger Brandon Liquor, 1920 – Rock Hill Livestock Company, W.B. Good, 1926 – H.T. Neely Feed Company, 1963 – Same
This was approximately the location of the Friedheim’s Livery and Rock Hill Opera House, across the street from what became Good Motor Company in the 20th century.
The Herald reported, Dec. 20, 1919 – “That B&M Motor Company, partners Wilson Barron and Robert Mobley, have a garage building under construction opposite Friedheim’s Hall. The cost is between $10-15,000.”
The Herald reported on Oct. 7, 1894 – “That Louis Friedheim returned to Toronto Veterinary College to complete a course in veterinary science.” (His veterinary clinic was housed on the first floor of Friedheim Hall.)
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Comment: R&R user, Mr. James Young posted the following information, 1.25.17.
One of my distant great uncles was one Milnes Levick. He was a very popular Shakespearean actor in the U.S. from the 1850s until the 1890s. He was part of different theater groups that toured the circuit in America at that time.
I know that he performed with Edwin Booth, but I can not positively find him on a play bill with John Wilkes.
In his later years, Milnes managed a theater in NYC that was owned by a famous actress of the day. I can’t recall her name right now, but I have it in my files somewhere. This actress was in Ford’s Theater the night that Lincoln was assassinated. She went to Lincoln’s side at the boarding house where he was taken. Her dress was stained with his blood, and the dress is now in a museum somewhere.
The play Lincoln was attending was “Our American Cousin.” Milnes was not in the performance that night in Ford’s Theater, but he appeared in that play many times in his career.
When Milnes died, he left a small fortune to his son, or step son, Gustavus. Gustavus was also an actor and was once called the most handsome man on Broadway. According to the news accounts, Gus was not a nice man. One of his wives divorced him because he beat her. When Gus inherited the money, he never set foot on stage again. He apparently drank the money up and died a pauper within ten years of his father.
Gus and his first wife, also an actress, had a son they named Milnes Levick. He became a popular water color artist and naturalist in California. There is a museum of sorts dedicated to his memory and works somewhere in CA.
When we lived in Wilmington NC, I often wondered if my ancestor appeared on the stage of the Thalian Hall there. It was one of Ford’s theaters and was built from the same plans as his theater in D.C.
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