The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Oct. 20, 1886 – “Mr. John Ratterree is rebuilding the stables on his lot on Railroad Street. On the lot where the stables once stood, he will build three cottages to rent.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Oct. 24, 1888 – “Mr. J.E. Poag has purchased a lot adjoining the RH Cotton Factory upon which the stable of Mr. John Ratterree was burned, and expects to erect a large building to be occupied by him as a sale and feed stable.” (It was never completed, he built on Main Street later.)
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Oct. 1, 1890 – “There has been a fire at the large frame stable building of John Ratterree on Railroad Street. The stable was destroyed and the fireman worked to save the surrounding buildings. Neely and Fewell, also occupied this building with their livery business. Their animals, buggies, and wagons were saved from the fire.”
John B. Ratterree (1824 – 1897) During the middle of the Civil War, John Ratterree and his wife, Martha Workman Rattarree, with their children, moved to the village of Rock Hill, which had become an important place for troop transfers and the storing of war supplies (away from the scenes of battle). On September 12, 1863, for $1600, John Ratterree bought the Neely property. This southeast corner of Main Street and Depot Street was known for the next hundred years as ―the Ratterree corner. Ratterree and his family occupied the residence and he at once entered into the business life of Rock Hill. He was
Diagram courtesy of the Sanborn Maps – 1884
successful, acquiring wealth and political power. One writer has called him ―the political lord of the community during the years from 1866 to 1890.
It is likely that, in the 1870‘s and 1880‘s, other frame buildings stood on the front of the lot, next to the old frame store building. Certain it is that John Ratterree had his smokehouse, his barn, a large stable, and several other outbuildings on the back of the lot, behind the house. 14 He later acquired the triangular lot just to the west of his original lot. This triangle faced Depot Street (now Dave Lyle Blvd.) on the long side and Church Street (now Black Street) on the short side.
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