126 Hampton Street – Frew Boarding House / Local KKK Activities

The Rock Hill Herald reported on April 29, 1916 – “Mr. R.H. Hope, who for some years has conducted a popular boarding house at the corner of Black and Hampton will give up the house the first of next week, and will shortly moved to Waynesville, N.C. where she has rented a house for the summer.”

City Directories and History: 1908 – J.C. Lindsay – Olive M., Bleka, John C. Jr., Pauline, Albert N. Whiteside, 1917 – Charles G. Watkins, later the Frew’s Boarding House, 1922/23 – J.H. Beach and U.C. Carroll,

The Rock Hill Herald reported on Oct. 20, 1900 – “Mr. Wilson Moore and Mr. J.G. Sadler have changed places.  Mr. Moore went to Cheste to take charge of the office of the New Chester Hotel and Mr. Sadler will return to Rock Hill and take Mr. Moore’s place with the New York Racket.”

R&R HISTORY LINK: J.C. Lindsay Meat Market

“On the northwest corner of Hampton and Black streets stood a large two-story house owned and occupied by Mr. Green Sadler, who was a brother of Rufus E. Sadler and the husband of Della (Moore) Sadler, sister of Heyward and Wilson Moore. At one time the Lindsays lived in this house and also the Stevens family (Dr. W. G. Stevens’ mother and sisters).”    The Herald reported on Sept. 19, 1900 – “Dr. W.G. Stevens has moved into the Green Sadler house on Hampton Street. His father and mother will live with him.”

[Robbins – White Tour Booklet]

Mr. Charles G. Watkins and wife Minnie are listed as a machinist in 1913, hold an account with the McElwee Store in 1915. At this time they are living at the boarding house.

1905 – Sanborn Map diagram of the Frew Boarding house.

Also the location of Rock Hill’s Walking tour site #17 – Historic marker to Alexander T. Black and Gen. Wade Hampton, III

Originally the area housing the Frew’s Boarding house gave way later to commercial development of Hampton and Black Streets. By the 1950’s the area housed a number of small businesses from loan companies to the Hege Jewelry Company. in the fall of 1961 the area was being demolished to make room for city improvements.

July 16, 1902 – The Herald reported that this lot was one of a number offered for sale for the location of a proposed post office.  This lot was identified as having been owned by Paul Workman, known as the Sadler lot where Mrs. M.A. Adams currently lives.  It had a frontage of 128 ft., on Hampton Street and 200 ft., on Black Street.

The RH Record reported on Fe. 18, 1909 – “Mr. Woods M. Steele has sold to Mr. J.C. Lindsay of this city, the Steele Spring Bottling Works, located on East Black Street near the Graded School.  Mr. Steele wants to spend more time with the spring and the sale of mineral water and developing the grounds around the spring.”

Click HOME to return to the numbered site tour of Rock Hill’s downtown.

Stay Connected

Explore history, houses, and stories across S.C. Your membership provides you with updates on regional topics, information on historic research, preservation, and monthly feature articles. But remember R&R wants to hear from you and assist in preserving your own family genealogy and memorabilia.

Visit the Southern Queries – Forum to receive assistance in answering questions, discuss genealogy, and enjoy exploring preservation topics with other members. Also listed are several history and genealogical researchers for hire.

User comments welcome — post at the bottom of this page.

R&R HISTORY LINK: WADE HAMPTON VISITS ROCK HILL SC

R&R HISTORY LINK: Samuel T. Frew Home, built in 1896

Please enjoy this structure and all those listed in Roots and Recall. But remember each is private property. So view them from a distance or from a public area such as the sidewalk or public road.

Do you have information to share and preserve? Family, school, church, or other older photos and stories are welcome. Send them digitally through the “Share Your Story” link, so they too might be posted on Roots and Recall.