City Directories and History: This listing is an attempt to document all known buildings designed by architects in York County. The principal source is The South Carolina Architects: 1885-1935 by John E. Wells and Robert E. Dalton, 1992. This excellent work provides each architect known to work within the state and a list of the buildings attributed to him or her. We have identified additional attributions through newspaper articles, documents, and correspondence. These are noted on the list by a source citation. Roots and Recall contains a number of additional attributions for architects, but only those for which we have discovered printed sources are listed here.
As noted by Wells and Dalton, the first legal definition of the profession and registration of architects did not take place in South Carolina until 1917. “Before that time, anyone could advertise or be described as an architect, regardless of training, experience, or other qualifications” (page xiii). Their listing for the early years includes anyone who claimed to be an architect. Other sources may credit contractors, engineers, real estate agents, or property owners with the preparation of plans. We are listing anyone who was identified as an architect from any source, following the practice of Wells and Dalton.
The following format will be used for citations:
- Name of the architect
- Name of the building and identification of addition or renovation
- Current street address, if known. This will be the address used in Roots & Recall. Many buildings no longer exist. We will list the address of the original building, and if moved, the current address.
- Date of construction or completion (No buildings listed after 1935)
- Cost of construction, if known
- Name of architectural partnership, if the architect was in a firm
- Source of information (in italic) if it is not listed in The South Carolina Architects: 1885-1935.
Buildings are in Rock Hill, unless noted otherwise.
Compiled by Paul Gettys, December 2016. We welcome additions and corrections to the list.
Norma N. Bonniwell
Samuel T. Frew Res., 215 Hampton Street, 1896 (Source: Rock Hill Herald, May 27, 1896)
Alexander Campbell Bruce
Tillman Building, Winthrop University, 1893-95, Bruce and Morgan Architects
Margaret Nance, Winthrop University, 1894-94
McBride Cafeteria Kitchen, Winthrop University, 1895
Crawford Health Center, Winthrop University, 1896
Avery Carter
Rock Hill City Fire Department House, Hampton Street, 1905, $8,500, (Carter &Pringle)
Rock Hill Municipal Building, Hampton Street, 1905, $5,140, (Carter & Pringle)
Joseph Huntley Casey
St. John’s Methodist Church, 1923
C. Chadwick
Manchester Cotton Mill, 1896 (Source: The Rock Hill Herald, March 18, 1896)
William Augustus Edwards
Unidentified Building, Winthrop University, 1903 (Edwards & Walter)
Mrs. C. G. Parrish, Hotel, Yorkville, 1903 (Edwards & Walter)
Tillman Hall, Dining Room Addition, Winthrop University 1909, $32,000 (Edwards & Walter)
Withers Training School, Winthrop University, 1910-11, $125,000 (Edwards & Walter)
Unidentified Building, Winthrop University, 1912
York County Courthouse, 1914, $74,000
Johnson Hall, Winthrop University, 1914
Thomas F. McDow Residence, York, 1917
Dormitory, Winthrop University, 1919, $ 100,000
Student Activity Building, Winthrop University, 1919, $110,000 (Edwards, Sayward & Leitner)
School in York, Addition, 1919, $77,665 (Edwards & Sayward)
Teachers’ Dorm, Winthrop University, 1923, $75,000 (Edwards, Sayward & Leitner)
Dorm, Winthrop University, 1923, $100,000 (Edwards, Sayward & Leitner)
Teachers’ Dorm, Winthrop University, 1926. $63,500 (Edwards, Sayward & Leitner)
Classroom Building, Winthrop University, 1926, $113,280 (Edwards, Sayward & Leitner)
Residence, Winthrop University, 1929, $25,000
Dorm Addition, Winthrop University, 1930, $80,000
Dining Hall Addition, Winthrop University, 1931, $35,000
Alfred D. Gilchrist* The Herald reported on April 15, 1942 – “A.D. Gilchrist became a citizen of the US in Greenville yesterday.” (The RH City Directory of 1936 list him as living at 933 College Avenue)
*** See extensive list of projects by A.D. Gilchrist via WU Pettus Archives Collection and List
Winthrop University President’s Home, Renovations, 1916 (Hook & Gilchrist) (Source: Pettus Archives)
School, Unidentified, 1920, $40,000
Ebenezer Avenue Grammar School, 1921, $55,500
Church, Fort Mill, 1921, $18,000
Addition to Grammar School, 1922
Addition to Rock Hill High School, 1922 (also Rock Hill Record, October 6, 1924)
First Presbyterian Church, Sunday School Building, 1922, $42,000
York Wilson Residence, 505 Oakland Avenue, 1923-4, $20,000 (also Herald Feb. 21,1924)
Northside School, 1924, $26,778
Sam Johnson Residence, 515 Oakland Avenue, 1924-5 (Source: Herald, Feb. 21, 1924)
First Presbyterian Church Manse, 311 East Main Street, 1925 (Source: Herald, June 9, 1925)
A. Pappas & James Dionisopoulos Store, 1926, $14,665
L. Phillips Drug Store, 109-111 East Main Street, 1927 (Source: Record, April 21, 1927)
James S. White Business Bldg., East Main Street, 1927
York Furniture Store, Corner Oakland Avenue & Southern St., 1929, $12,500
First ARP Church Educational Building, 201 East White Street, 1929, $65,000
School, Red River, 1930
Belk Brothers Store, 138-142 East Main Street, 1930, $100,000
Library, Alterations, moved to 925 South Oakland Avenue, 1931, $12,400
Auditorium, Winthrop University, 1937-39 (with James B. Urquhart)
Conservatory of Music, Winthrop University, 1939 (with James B. Urquhart)
York General Hospital, 1420 Ebenezer Road, 1940, $219,000, (Associate Architect with James Urquhart) (Source: Herald, May 10, 1940)
YC Courthouse Annex, York, S.C. 1941 – Source: Rock Hill Herald Sept. 2, 1941
Helen Yarn Mill Renovations, Lee Street, Rock Hill, S.C. – Source: Rock Hill Herald Sept. 8, 1941
Charles Conrad Hartmann
Citizens Bank & Trust Company, corner East Main Street & Caldwell St, 1924-25, $110,000
Peoples National Bank, 131 East Main Street, Remodeling and Addition, 1925, $70,000
Charles Christian Hook
S. Poe Residence, 1898
Lee Kerr Residence, 125 North Academy Street (now Confederate Ave.), 1898
First ARP Church, 201 East White Street, 1897-98, $8,000 (Source: Church Session Minutes)
C. Whitner Residence, 201 Oakland Avenue, 1899 (Hook and Sawyer Architects)
Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church, 421 Oakland Avenue, 1911, $25,000
Arts and Sciences Building, Winthrop University, 1911, $60,000
Carolina Hotel, 106 East Main Street, 1911, Remodeling, $10,000
J. Roddey Residence, (156) Oakland Avenue, 1912, $20,000 *** 141 Oakland Ave.
Victoria Cotton Mills, Warehouses, 1912, $5,300
Unidentified Building, Winthrop University, 1913, $17,800
Central School, 414 East Black Street, Addition, 1913, $17,800
Frank Vincent Hopkins
Senior Hall, Winthrop University (Hopkins, Baker & Gill)
Home Economics Building, Winthrop University
Lockwood Green
Mill Addition, Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Co., West White Street, 1935
D. McCullough
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, 144 Caldwell Street, 1872
James M. McMichael
W. Boyce Residence, 149 North Academy St. (now Confederate Ave.), 1905, $5,000
Carnegie Library, Winthrop University, 1905
Dr. W. G. Stevens Residence, 1906, $10,000
Flint Hill Baptist Church, Fort Mill, 1908
Frank Pierce Milburn
East Dorm, Winthrop University, 1900, $40,000
Frank MacHenry Niernsee
York County Courthouse, York, 1893, $25,000
Infirmary, Winthrop University, 1896
Charles M. Robinson
Mrs. S. McNeel Store and Office, York, 1917, $17,522
Willard G. Rogers
First Baptist Church (now Freedom Temple Ministries), 215 East Main Street, 1918-19
Orphanage, York, 1911, $8,000 (Sayre & Baldwin)
Gaston Edwards Shand
Peoples National Bank, 131 East Main Street, 1909, $40,000
Joseph Emory Sirrine
Blue Buckle Cotton Mills (previously the Manchester Mill), 100 Residences, 1919
William W. Smith
Afro American Insurance Company Building, 558 South Dave Lyle Blvd, c. 1909
Julian Stewart Starr
321 Chatham Ave. Residence (Starr’s home) 1903 – Herald July 4, 1903
Mrs. Lillian Adams Residence, 313 North Wilson Street, 1905
Neely’s Creek ARP Church, YV Enquirer Oct. 10, 1905
Stokes Residence, 353 Oakland Avenue, c. 1908
Carlisle High School – Carlisle, S.C. 1909 – $4,800.
Arnold Friedheim Residence, 306 East Main Street, 1909
J. Kimball, two residences, 1909
B. Cook, Residence, 1909
Rock Hill High School (First Building), 1909
M. Fewell Residence, Renovations, 331 East Main Street, 1909 (Source: William B. White)
M. McNeel Store and Office Building, Yorkville, 1910
J. Thorn Neely House – Oakland Ave. (Drawing 1910 – Source May 17, 1910 the Herald Paper)
T.C. Duncan – Improvements to Union, S.C. Herald May 17, 1910
H.M. Devaga – Improvements to his Chester S.C. house. Herald May 17, 1910
V.B. Blankenship Home – Booth St., Fort Mill, S.C. (Remodeling – Yorkville Enquirer Feb. 17, 1910), $2000. (Booth St. was renamed Tom Hall Street.)
T. Quantz Residence, 325 College Avenue, 1910
John Williams Residence, Oakland Avenue, 1910
S. Hannah Residence, 1911, $4,000
Albert Whitesides Residence, 421 Park Avenue, 1911, $5,000
First ARP Church, Renovations, 201 East White Street, 1911, $6,000
School, Sharon, 1911
E. Finley Residence, Yorkville, 1911, $7,000
Barron Steele Residence, 334 Oakland Avenue, 1911
E. Stowe Residence, 411 East White Street, 1912 (Source: Rock Hill Record, April 8, 1912)
Pride Ratterree Store Building, 1912, $20,000
Mrs. Julia Campbell Residence, 1912
Mrs. D. Hutchison Store and Office Building, 1912
Sidney Adams Residence, Oakland Avenue, 1915
D. Leseman Residence, 411 Park Avenue, 1924
Mrs. J. M. Williams Residence, McConnellsville, 1925, $20,000
G. Reid & Son Store Building, 114-116 East Main Street, 1929, $20,000
A. Green Residence, Fort Mill, 1928 ($12,000)
Graham – Steed Home 143 Reid St., Rock Hill, S.C.
Home at 205 East White Street (UN Owner)
Hill’s Store in Sharon, SC (J.L. West Article)
Harold Tatum
Ross Cannon Residence, remodeling and addition, York, 1923, $45,000
James Knox Taylor
S. Post Office (moved in 1930 to 325 South Oakland Ave.), 1905, $32,500
James Burwell Urquhart
Byrnes Auditorium, Winthrop University, 1935-40
York General Hospital, 1420 Ebenezer Road, 1940, $219,000 (Source: Herald, May 10, 1940)
Nat Gaillard Walker
Neely and Moore Stables, 1908
Charles S. Cobb Business Building, 1909
Carhartt Cotton Mills, School Building, 1909
L. Sturgis Residence, 1909M. London Business Building, 121-123 Hampton Street 1909, $12,000
First National Bank Building, Sharon, 1909, $10,000
York County Jail Remodeling, Yorkville, 1909, $4,100
Rock Hill Water & Electric Co. Office Bldg., 1910 (Jones & Walker)
A. Niven Residence, 1911
Efird’s Department Store, 117 East Main St., Renovations, 1913 (Source: Rock Hill Record,
March 26, 1913)
City Hall, Remodeling, 120 Hampton Street, 1915
School, Clover, 1921, $30,000
A.W. Huckle Residence, 1924
Rock Hill Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 153 East White Street, 1925 (Source: Herald, March 19,
1925)
Parish House of Church of the Holy Comforter (Episcopal) Sumter, S.C. 1925, $11,990. (Source: Rock Hill Record, Aug. 27, 1925)
The Reid – Martin House at Richburg, S.C. – 1915
Walker & Hunter
Grace Lutheran Church, 426 Oakland Avenue, 1925, $30,000
Frank C. Walter
Carolina Hotel, Remodeling, 106 East Main Street, 1901 (Walter & LeGare)
James Alphonso Wetmore
Post Office and Federal Building (now Gettys Center), 201 East Main Street, 1931, $275,000
Hugh Edward White**
John E. Roddey Residence, 241 East Main Street, 1893 (Source: Hood)
Richard T. Fewell Residence, 405 Oakland Avenue, 1895 (Source: Hood)
Alex. E. Smith Residence, 503 East Main Street, 1895 (Source: Hood)
Dr. J. E. Massey Residence, 321 Chatham Ave., 1896 (Source: Herald, Oct. 17, 1896)
James M. Cherry Residence, 200 Oakland Avenue, 1897 (Source: Hood)
Wylie and Co., Chester, S.C. Addition (1897), and 1901 New facade to building.
Friedheim Brothers Store, 113 East Main Street, 1898, $15,000
John G. Anderson Residence, 227 Oakland Avenue, 1898 (Source: Hood)
Dr. T. A. Crawford Residence, 1899, $3,000
Mrs. R.J. Brice Residence: Oakland Ave., 1899
Office Building and Store, Unidentified, 1900
Ratterree Building, 100 East Main Street, 1900 (Source: Hood)
James S. White Building, 135-137 East Main Street, 1901 (Source: Hood)
Chester County Courthouse – Renovations, 1901 (The Herald March 6, 1901)
L.C. Harrison Residence – 372 East Main Street, 1901 (Source: Herald, April 17, 1901)
J.E. Pryor Residence – 400 Block of Park Ave., 1901 (Source: Herald, April 17, 1901) Uncertain if constructed.
R.S. Hanna Residence – 352 Hampton St., 1901 (Source: Herald, April 17, 1901)
McLauren Hall, Winthrop Univ., 1901 (Supervising Architect) (Source: Hood)
C. Willis Residence, Yorkville, 1901 (Source: Rock Hill Herald, September 7, 1901)
Hirsch Brothers Store, 1028 Broad St., Camden, S.C. (R&R.com)
L. Johnston Residence, 158 Johnston Street, 1902 (Source: Rock Hill Herald, March 12,
1902)
School Building, Yorkville Graded School (Source: Rock Hill Herald, May 24, 1902 and Hood, $12,500.)
Capt. E. B. Mobley Residence, 140 Johnston St., Improvements, 1902 (Source: Rock Hill
Journal, July 15, 1902)
Roddey Mercantile Co., 106 East Main Street, Renovations, 1902 (Source: Rock Hill Herald,
July 23, 1902
The W.B. Horne and J.F. Horne Home, Saluda St., Chester, S.C. (Source: Rock Hill Herald, Oct. 18, 1902)
The Misses Roach House – 114 Caldwell St., Rock Hill, S.C. $2,000. (Source RH Herald Feb. 4, 1903)
The C.E. Martin Home – White Street, Rock Hill, S.C. (Remodeling) (Herald June 10, 1903)
The Pryor Hospital – York St., Chester, S.C. (Source: RH Herald March 14, 1903)
The J.L. Moore House – 325 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill, S.C. (Source: Rock Hill Herald May 20, 1903)
M. Kuykendall Residence, 528 East Main Street, 1907
A. Beall Residence, 1907
E. Coker Residence, 702 College Avenue, 1907
M. Kuykendall Residence, 1907 (Source: Hood)
A. Beall Residence, 1907 (Source: Hood)
E. Coker Residence, 1907 (Source: Hood)
Edward Fewell Residence, 419 Oakland Avenue, 1907 (Source: Hood)
A. Neill Residence, 205 Kings Mountain St., Clover, c.1923 (Source: Hood)
Clover High School, Clover, c.1926 (Source: Hood)
Episcopal Church Home Orphanage, porch addition, York, 1926 (Source: Hood)
Clover Methodist Church, Bethany Road, Clover, c.1927 (Source: Hood)
Clover A RP Church Sunday Sch. Bldg, 127 Kings Mountain St., Clover, 1927 (Source: Hood)
Hickory Grove Methodist Church Sunday Sch. Bldg, Hickory Grove, c.1927 (Source: Hood)
High School, Clover, 1929, $50,000
Undated:
Ed Barron Residence, 133 Oakland Avenue (Source: Hood)
John H. O’Neal Residence, 419 East Main Street (Source: Hood)
Fred Nims Residence, Fort Mill (?) (Source: Hood)
Charles W. Wroton Residence, 406 Oakland Avenue (Source: Hood)
Col. John J. Waters Residence, 208 Hampton Street (Source: Hood)
Roof Residence, probably H. E. Ruff, 427 East Main Street (Source: Hood)
James F. Reid Residence, 330 East Main Street (Source: Hood)
J. Roddey Residence, 620 Oakland Avenue (Source: Hood)
Smith Store, 117 East Main Street (Source: Hood)
True Store (The New York Racket), East Main Street (Source: Hood)
Manchester Mill, Addition (Source: Hood)
Murray Mack Residence, Fort Mill (Source: Hood)
Charles Coker Wilson
First Presbyterian Church, 234 East Main Street, 1894, $12,000
B. Cunningham Residence, 640 (630) College Avenue, 1897
Paul N. Moore Residence, York, 1921, $17,400
Andrew Jackson Hotel (now Guardian Building), 223 East Main Street, 1925, $201,389
(Wilson, Berryman & Kennedy)
*A collection of plans drawn by Alfred D. Gilchrist is archived at the Louise Pettus Archives at Winthrop University in Rock Hill. The collection, which includes just over 100 properties in York County, provides a valuable resource on the work of Gilchrist. These drawings provide a resource for identifying additional buildings designed by Gilchrist.
**An excellent source for the work of architect Hugh Edward White is the publication The Works of Hugh Edward White and White, Streeter and Chamberlain, authored by David Foard Hood and published in 2005 by the Gaston County Historic Preservation Commission. This book contains a listing of buildings designed by White and firms with which he was associated. In our listing, if this is the only source crediting a building to White, it is noted with the source identification of “Hood.”
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Angelo Dieguez says
Hello Wade
I need to tap your knowledge. We were under the impression that our house at 630 College Ave. was built circa 1910-1911. We gathered that the house was built by Mr. A.D. Holler. Since while renovating the house, we discovered his penciled signature, under every other interior board. Under your listing of architects, Charles Coker Wilson is shown as the architect of our home. We were aware of that. However, the year shown is 1897. Is that the year of his undertaking to design it or, the actual year that it was built?
Thank you
rradmin says
Hi,
You are certainly astute in your research and upon our review of the information we can only offer three thoughts; 1) the Mr. Wilson designed the house in 1897 and it was constructed at that time as stated in the S.C. Architects Book, but remodeled to appear more contemporary to the 1810s period or 2) there was an earlier house built on the lot for the family, it was destroyed and a new residence was constructed in ca. 1908, or 3) that he book is incorrect!
The house you live in is clearly an early 20th century home, looking nothing like most of C.C. Wilson’s routine plans. So, I don’t have a perfect answer to your excellent question. Hope this helps. I would still like to have photographs and more to add to the website!
Regards, Wade