This Building Has History ™
Name: Rock Hill City Hall
Architect: Sadler and Kent
Builder: UN
Constructed: 1970s with additions
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Jan. 23, 1879 – “There are seven barrooms in Rock Hill. They pay the town council 41,400. for the privilege of selling whisky.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Nov. 12, 1890 – “Mr. W.C. Whitner has been engaged by the City Council to make a survey and map of the town, showing streets and locations and size of each lot. He will be paid $150.”
This entire block, was originally a residential area of fine turn of the century homes, some of Rock Hill’s oldest. The original city hall stood along Hampton Street in the first block, as did the Rock Hill Fire Department. In the 1970s, then Rock Hill Mayor Dave Lyle worked with Vernon Grant to redesign traffic flow in downtown Rock Hill and create a new block of municipal buildings: The Rock Hill City Hall, The York County Library and the Rock Hill Police Department.
In creating this new government complex, dozens of buildings and homes were leveled. The current city hall entrance sits approximately where the Tom Crawford House was located and next to the location of the original Baptist Church in Rock Hill. Please click on the links below to visit a few of the sites demolished to make room for the current Rock Hill City Hall.
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