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HOME SITE OF DR. JOSEPH ALEXANDER(private)Npur Bullocks Creek Church" ""k County

Dr. Joseph Alexander, minister of Bullocks Creek Presbyterian Church was a staunch Whig and he always entered the pulpit gun in hand, ready for Tories or British. His hor.a was at one time used as a hospital and housed many patients during a snail pox epidemic. (Humanitarianism)

ALLISON PLANTATION(private)SC 211, 4.5 mi. SW of Hickory Grove

The Alii son Plantation, built in j I860 oy Dr. Robert Turner^'^fgner i of tne Ordinance of Secession, is ! a typical Upcountry plantation

house. It has a double tieredportico overlooking a lake.(Architecture)

ARCHEOLCSICAL SITE 38YK1

This site on a bluff on the north bank of the Catawba River was sur veyed by Dr. Wauchope in 1939; it has not been investigated by the USC Institute of Archeology & Anthro pology. (Aboriginal Americans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK2

This site, located one-half mile downstream from 38YK1 was also surveyed in 1939 by Dr. Wauchope. It has not been investigated by the USC Institute of Archeology & Anthro pology, i (Aboriginal Americans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK3

Surveyed by Dr. Wauchope in 1939, this site is located on the bottom lands across the Catav/ba River from site nurr^er 38XY2; it has not been investigated by the USC Institute of Archeology & Anthropology. (Aboriginal Americans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK4

Located near the Catawba River, this site was surveyed by Dr. Wauchope in 1939; it has not been investigated by the USC Institute of Archeology & Anthropology. (Aboriginal Americans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK5

Located on the Catawba River, this site was surveyed in 1939 by Dr. Wauchope, but has not been investi- sc,cec by cr.e ^SC Institute of Archeology i Antnrooology. (Aboriginal Africans)

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ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK6

This site, surveyad by Dr. Weuchope in. 1939, is located or. the southwest bank of Fishing Cre^k; it has not been investigated by the LiSC Insti tute of Archeology & Anthropology.(Abori ginal /taeri cans)

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ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK11 I

|This rock shelter site located-south » of York is a Wofford Rock Shelters Project site. It has not been in vestigated by the USC Institute of Arr'-vology & Anthropology. (A^ori gir.al A^eri cans)

! A.RCHEGLOGICAL SITE 38YK12

This site, also a rock shelter site south of York and a Wefford Rock Shelters Project site, has not been investigated by the USC Institute of Archeology i Arthroplogy. (Aboriginal Africans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK13

Th;s Wofford Rock Shelters Projectsite, located east of 33KY12, hasnot been investigated by the USCInstitute of Archeology & Anthro-polcqy.(Aoonginal Americans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK14

This rock shelter, a Wofford Rock Shelters Project Site north of Whitesides Farm, has not been inves tigated by the USC Institute of Archeology & Anthropology. (Abori gi nal Amen cans)

ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK15

This Wofford Rock Shelters Project . $-.te, nortnedst of 33.<Yi4, has not beer, investigated by tne USC Insti- | tute of Archeology & Anthropology.} (Aboriginal Americans)*I-

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ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE 38YK17

This i* an opar. prehistoric sitG near 3ar.k S'crc-c-t in Rcc< Hill txat has produced sherds -- plain and incised designed, porcelain, and green glass. Tr.e site v/as located oy Teague in 1971. (Aboriginal Americans)

AVERY-WILLIAKS HOUSE(private)1772 Ebenezer RoadRock Hill

This house was originally built ca. 1847 by the Reverend John X.onroe.AnAer The old house has been extensively rerrodeled, but it is in an excellent state of preservation. (Architecture)

BARRO.N-FEWELL-SHURLEY HOUSE(private)1544 Ebenezer RoadRock Hi 11

This building once stood in the field opposite the present Ebenezer Pres byterian Church. The frarre struc ture was originally used as a Pres byterian meeting house. After 1800. it was moved to the present site and was cn1^rc;ea. (Religion/Philosophy)

j BEERSHE3A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (p ri va te) SC 161, 10 mil NW of York

Organized in 1769, Beersheba got its name from the fact that Bullocks Creek Church, which was established in the same year, was originally called "Dan." The same people who established Dan Church pushed farther up Bullocks Creek to establish Beersheba. (xel i gior./?hi tosophy)

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BETHAXY AR? CHURCH(private)St;322TYT mi. W o-f

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Bethany ARP Church originated in 1793

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as a;; outgrowth of Ceersheba Presby terian Church. The first grave in tha churchyard is that of an Indian warrior; ;T\ir.y soldiers of the Revol ution, including those killed at King's Mountain are also buried here. Tne church is a red brick structure with arcaded entrance and belfry with bat elemented parapet.

I (Religion/Philosophy)i, 2ZTKEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1 (private)i SC 447, 4 mi. E of Cloveri

Bethel is the oldest organized church congregation in the county. The ci-.urc.". itself, built, in 1764, is the "ctr.or of seven churches and has prcducec 21 minister from the con gregation. Many soldiers of the Ravolution and the War Between the States arc buried in the churchyard. (Reli gi on/Phi 1osophy)

BETHESCA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH(private)SC 322, 3.5 ni. NE of McConnells

Bethesda, organized in 1769, is the oldest church building still stand ing in the county. (Religion/Philosophy)

DIGGER'S FERRY(private) Catawba River York County

Bigger 1 s Ferry was the scene of askirmish between Lord Rawdon andSumter's troops. All men from thisarea making their way to Washington,of necessity traveled this route asthere was no other at that time.(S.C. in'the American Revolution)

.*rHGXE SITE OF DR. J. RUFUS BRATTONprivate)

; Soutn Congress Street i YorkI

Jefferson Oavis, President of the Confederacy, spent a nic/it here in

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\ April of 1855. Dr. Bratton wasJ a surgeon in trie Confederate Ar.r.y! during the War Between the Statesj and a prominent figure in the Ku Klux| K"ian curing Reconstruction. j! (Political and Governmental Affairs) !

BRATTOKSYILLE (multiple) SC 165, 2 mi.

(NR)

SE of SC 322

Brattonsville is the site of three houses and several other ouiIcings which were occupied by the dratten far.r,y fror. 17SG until tr.e War Eetv:een the States. At Wi Hi arson's Plantation, near this house, in 1730, Colo.-.el Bratton and 75 rr<rr, surprised er.d defeated the infamous Captain Christian Huck and the Tories. A marker ereczed by the Daagnters of the American Revolution cox.7,arates the incident. The "horestead" was built ca. 1830; it is an impressive tnree-story plantation house of wood, with a large brick wing at the rear which served as the banquet hall. (S.C. in the American Revolution)

BROOKWGOD (private) SC 104, 2

PLANTATION

mi. NW of York

BroowooG c lantation, built in 1856, is a large two-story Upcountry farmhouse with clapboard siding. (Architecture)

BULLOCKS CREEK ACADEMY(private).5 mi. W of Bullocks Creek Church,off SC 49 at SC 322

Bullocks Creek Academy, the first classical academy in upper South Carolina, was established in 1787. Famous pupils of the academy were: U.S. Senator W. H. Crawford, Georgia; Governor Jetvid Johnson, South Carolina: and Issac Sadler, poet. (Education)

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BULLOCKS CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

SC 49 L S: 322, 9 mi. W of KcConnells

Bullocks Creek Presbyterian Church was organized by foverend Azol Roe and Roverend John Close in 1769. During the Arr-erican Revolution, it served as a Whig stronghold. (Religion/Philosophy)

CLINTON NORMAL & INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE ^private) Craw ford Road Rock Hill

Clinton College was founded by Noah A. Crockett and the Reverend W. M. Robinson in 1394. It began from a gifc of four acres of land. Only one teacher and 25 students were present en the first day of classes. (Education)

SITE OF COATE'S TAVERN(private)Roddey Section, SE of Lesslie, 8 mi.SE of Rock Hii 1

Coate's Tavern was a ccrnr.unity gathering place from anteoellum days until the turn of the century. The old structure was used as a post office, a voting precinct station, anc general gathering place for tne entire section of the county. (Political and Governrental Affairs)

COLUMBIA SEMINARY CHAPEL(public)Oakland Avenue, on Winthrop CollegeCampusRock Hill

The Columbia Seminary Chapel is a small br; ck structure of simple lines; designed by Robert Xills. It served -

a stable and carriage houoe on 1

oftno Airs ley Hall Mansion in before oeco.v.ing the chaoel Colu.r^ia Prosoyteridn Tneo Se.T.ir.ary. Tnis building, the found ing place for Winthrop College, was

noved to the Winthrop campus in Rock Hill in 1926.

(Re 1i gi on/Philosophy)t[ SITE OF THE CAXP OF LORD COR.Y/.'ALLIS j (private)On Brickyard Road, 200 yd. SW ofFort Kill

It was here that Lord Cornwall is, on his retreat from Chariottetcwn, camped during the first week of October, 1730. He later crossed the river twenty miles south in-Lancaster County (S.C. in the American Revolution)

EBENEZER ACADEMY (private) Ebenezer Road Rock Hill

t Built ca. 1860, Ebenezer Academy is | probably the oldest school buiIcing i still standing in the county. The

academy which was once housed here was founded ca. 1300 or earlier and flourished until some years following the War Between the States. The present structure replaces a frame building which was burned. (Education)

EBENEZE? PRESBYTERIM* CHURCH (private) Ebenezer Road Rock Hill

Ebenezer Presbyterian Church was organized soon after the American Revolution by Francis Cunmins, pastor of Bethel Presbyterian. Before 1785, Ebenezer Presbyterian was known as Indian Land Church. (Religion/Philosophy).

EBENEZER TOWN SITE

Ebenezer Road Roc* hill

The Town of Ebenezer was the earliest settlement of w.-.ite .T,en in this sec tion of York County, with permanent

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houses being constructed in the17JGs.(Society: Manners & Customs)

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SIICPAS& j(private)East Liberty StreetYork

The Episcopal Church of the Good Sh.ep^d v.-us erected in 1855. Today two bui Icings and four acres comprise tne physical part of the church. Tne original churcn building is rectang ular in shape with Gotnic arches windows and doors. The remodeled parish house has the addition of an assembly hall in the rear. ( Rel i gi on/Phi losophy )

~GRAVE Or COLONEL PATRICK FERGUSON^,.- ', ^ $/.'* -' ff <*< ~

Mountain National Military Park, 5 mi . W of Clover

Colonel Patrick Ferguson was killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780. His grave is mark ed by a large cairn, in the Scottish tradition, piled high with rocks, and a granite marker erected by the English Speaking Union. (S.C. in the American Revolution)

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OFROCK HILL(private)East Main & Saluda StreetRock Hill

Founded in 1854, the First Presby terian Church was raved to Rock Hill in 1858, making it the second old- est congregation in the city. (Rel i gion/Phi losophy)

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF YORK(private)'.-test Liberty StreetYork

First Presbyterian Church was or- 5«;rr. zc-<.i ".n 1842. Tne present Sanctuary, designed by George E.

V.'allcer, was erected in 1860-1851. ( Rel i gi on /Phi 1 osophy )

FLINT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH(private).5 r.i. E of US 21, 5 mi . N ofFort Mill

Organized in 1792, Flint Hill was the first Baptist congregation in the area. It cecar.e :he rotr.er church | of First Baptist Cnurch in Charlotte,! north Carolina, &nd F;rst Baptist ; in Fort Xill, South Carolina. (Religion/Philosophy)

FRIENDSHIP JUNIOR COLLEGE (private) Alien Street Rock Hill

Friendship Junior College is the first college for blacks in the county. Tne first classes were held in October 1391, in the old iXount Prospect Baptist Church. Today, enrollnrgnt is approximately 210. (Black History) (Education)

GILL AM HOUSE (private) East Jefferson York

& College Streets

The Gillam house is a quaint house dating from, the 1700s and is thought to oe the oldest in York. It is. a raised cottage with latticed porch, white step railing, and a picket fence. (Architecture)

GORDON HOUSE(private)SC 347, 3.5 mi. NE of McConnells

When John Gordon built his house sorr.a 2C3 years aqo, r.e oeiievec tn«t wood would withstand weatnor better if left unpu'ir.tec,, so ur.t'.l a few yeers ago, tr.e clapboard siding was never pair.ted. Tr.i s narrow co-ntry style, two-story hoi-se was origin-

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ally built on a 1,000 acre grant frott King George. A portico with cclu'r.s '..'as adccd in recent years.(Architecture)

HART HOUSE(private)220 East Liberty StreetYork

T.o Hart house was built in the early 137Cs by George W. S. Hart. An unusual feature of the house is that the living quarters are lo cated or,' tne second floor. (Archilecture)

HERKDON HOUSE(private)Vest Kadi son & North Congree StreetsYork

! The Hem don house is a two-storyj fraire resicence designed in the; steamboat Gothic style. It was builtI by Joseph Herndon in the yearst 1825-1830.j (Architecture)

HIGHTC'.-.'ER HALL (private) SC 165. 2 mi E of McConnells

High tower Hall was built in 1850. It is an early Victorian house wi tli a three story tower overlooking the front la:/n. Restrained scroll saw trir. enhances the exterior of the white fro.TO house. A broad back porcr, spans the rear of the structure (Architecture)

SITE OF HILL'S IRONWORKS(private)SC 274 at Allison Creek

Colonel Hill was a famous iron master before and during the A.7,er. can Revolution; ne mace far.r. too's ar.u later caf.nor.s ^r.u cannon- balls for the V.'nigs. The i ronv/orks v/cre Durnod ir, 1730 by the 3ritish. (S.C. in :he A.r.erican Revolution)

r—————————j HGPEWELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHi (p r i vi tej_ N ,. . ' ""-" . . York County

Only the ccrr-etery of Hopowell Presby terian Church ronaini ncre on ap proximately four acres of land. The original church stood on the opposite side of the roaa but was razed in 1398. The church was originally founded ca. l£0o by the '/harry family. (Religion/Philosophy)

HUNTER HOUSE(private)15 West Liberty StreetYork

The Hunter house was built in the la ter 1790s and occupied by both the Witr.erspoon and Hunter families. The two-story house is supported by pegged hand-hev/n beams and contains an ex ceptional carved staircase in the entrance hall. The original brass cr.anceliers are still hanging. (Architecture)

SITE OF INDEPENDENT CHURCH(private-) K>--- % Ll,^, East Liberty Street York

PRESBYTERIAN

6. 7Independent Presbyterian Church, founded by William C. Davis in 1823, was the first church erected inYorkville.(Religion/Philosophy)

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KINGS MOUNTAIN KATIONAPARK AMD BATTLEFIELD/N(public)SC 161 ,M of Bethany

Dispatched by Cornwall is to scour the highlands of South Carolina and en list the Tories, Colonel Ferguson facea tf.e bac'<wood.»iv.or, of South Carolina in tr.e Battle of Xincjs foun tain. Patrick Ferguson fought cne Africans for one r.our and five min utes and was killed along with 339

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others and 716 of his company were I captured. The American losses num

bered only twenty-eight. (S.C. in the American Revolution)

;<I:;GS XOJNTAIN MILITARY SCHOOL(private)Kings Mountain StreetYork

fountain Military School wasKingsfour.cac "in 1S55 by As bury Coward and".;car. Jenkir.s. It is presently the£oiscopal Church Home for Children.

j (Education)

J0h:i,'ori vace) 38Y.<16

SITE

Stor.e artifacts and sherds have been »d on this site near Buster

Bridge on the Catawba River; it has been surveyed by Edwards.' (Aboriginal Africans)

LATTA HOUSE (private) ^ f Scutn Congree'Street York

Of Greek revival style and built by Rooert Latta in the early 1800s, the Latta house is considered one of the fines*- houses in the county. It is a three-story house of brick construction ar.d is enhanced by the detailed woodwork and plaster. (Archi tecture)

LOVE PLANTATION (private)US 321 XcConnells

Love Plantation is an elegant Greek revival dwelling with four massive columns supporting the three-story portico of the white wooden structure, (Arcni tecture)

LOURY HOUSE (pri vatc?) Wright Avenue York

The Lowry house was built in the early 1840s. This two-story house is enhanced by a broad first-story porch supnorted by four columns. An interesting feature of the house is the front windows which extend to the floor. (Architecture)

tfCCORKLE HOUSE (private) North Congress York

Street

The tfcCorkle house was originally built by Joshua Gore as a stagecoach stop and inn in 1820. The Greek revival facade was added in later years to make it a handsome private house. (Architecture)

KA3ION HOUSE (private) North Congress York

Street

Hand-hewn beams support this eight room f»*aTse house built in the 17f*Gs by Judge John Ross. John A. Marion purchased^ ,t i/; 1923 and named it for his iiiniRBMr^General Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox." (Architecture)

MILLER-FEWELL HOUSE(private)1270 Ebenezer RoadRock Hill

Originally built ca. 1818, this structure is probably the second oldest house in Rock Hill. It has Deer, in the rfcwell (Architecture)

family since 1852.

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"^ r><-»rur\J

o'S 2". , 1.5 ,-ni. ?!£ of Rock Hill

QIC! Nations Ford is probably the most ancient spot of historical interest in South Carolina. Tne tress";o ever tne Catav/ba River has been used since the <t*d* Century. (Transportation) / /^

STATE SITE OF THE NAUVASSEE(multiple)Banks Street Extension, S of FortXill

Tiauvassee was the main village of tue Catawod Indians. This area was neavily traveled by early traders and settlers who trekked from thecoastal region mountains.

of the state to the

Americans)

H2XE SITE OF COLONEL THOMAS NEEL &CjLGKEL ANDREW NEEL(pri vate)SC 49, near Buster Boyd BridgeYor'; County

. uhis site stood the house of Colonel Thomas Neel and his son, Colonel Ar.drew Neel ,two famous figures in the campaigns against the Sha-.mse Indians in 1/76-1779. (S.C. in the American Revolution)

NEELYS CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH(private)SC 31, 1.5 mi. S of Lesslie

Neelys Creek Church was organizedca. 1790 and in 1847 became anAssociate Reformed PresbyterianChurch.(Re1i gi on/Ph i1os ophy)

SITE OF NEW AQUISITION SCHOOL &_'- * . I J - P* L

• ir f A — - tO'it- O C-Jt 1

i (private)r-*~ SC 15 tf \* i *j i 1 ;;w of Five Points

Andrew JacV.sc:., the seventh President; of the ur.-.teC States, attended the New Aquisition Scnool in Bethel

Township as a boy. While attending i tne school, ho soarded at the cottage ;of tne V/icow Hov;e. j (EciiCdt;or( )

SITE OF OLD CATAV.'SA INDIA:; .-CRT(private)Brickyard Road, SW of Fort Mill

The Catawbas, plauged by raids fron northern Indians, requested a fort be built in v;hich to nouse their v.'omen and children while the rr.en were at battle. Tne re is no re cord that the work was ever completed. Nothing new remains o" the fort ex cept traces of its surrounding moat and the well located inside. Several granite markers locate tne four corners of the fort. (Aboriginal Africans)

OLD CROSSROADS (pri vate) On the Catawba Nations Ford

River, 1 mi. S of

Old Crossroads was the traditional rr.eeting place of the Catawba Indians and the white men of York County. (Transportation)

OLD FORT KILL •(private)38YK18

This historic fort site, situated outside the Rock Hill town linrits t /;r was located by Teague in 1971. (Aboriginal Americans)

SITE OF OLD PUBLIC SPRING(private)West Liberty StreetYork

The public spring, from which earlyYorkville settlers got their water,was also use a ay wo.ven to washclothes.(Society: Manners & Customs)

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(priva-e)unity a Supers by Streets

The Old Unity Cemetery is enclosed by cho original rock wall with an iron gate at the entrance. This cen;otery contains the graves of rr.any of the first settlers in the fort Mi 11 area (Society: Manners & Customs)

PHILADELPHIA METHODIST CHURCH(private)SC 160, 2 mi. NW of Fort Mill •

The Philadelphia Methodist Church was organized before the War Between the States. The first services were held in a brush arbor. (Religion/Philosophy)

SITE OF ROCK HILL 3UGGY COMPANY(private)Laurel Street & West White StreetRock Hill

Best-known from 1892 until 1920,the ROCK Hill Buggy Company pro- jduced buggies which were recognized jfor their quality and were sold all }over the country.(Transportation)

'"• OF ROCK HILL COTTON FACTORY

West White Street & Chatham Avenue Rock Hill

Originally erected 1360-1881, the ROCK Hill Cotton Factory housed some of the first steam-driven machinery in South Carolina. It was first opened in 1881. (Industry)

SITE OF ROCK HILL DEPOT ! (private)i £as- White Street & West Main Street ! Kock Hill

i. A sr.all depot was established on the , Cnarlotte and South Carolina Rail

road (1851-1852) which signa t'to be-*; 'Inning of tne tcv.-n or Rock Kill. (Transportation)

SITE OF ROCK HILL GRADED SCHOOL(public)East Black Street & ConfederateAvenueRock Hill

Rock Hill Graded School was the town's first puolic, lax-sjppcrtad school. Opened :n 1883, the old structure was later taken down and another building erected v.r.ich has been added to several times since. Today it is Central Elementary School . (Education)

ROSE'S HOTEL(private)South Congress StreetYork

A three-story brick building, Rose's Hotel was erected in 1852 and used as a hotel until World War I, (Conferee)

GIMRILL !tOU5€ (private) Kings Mountain York

Road

The Simrill house dates from the 1340s. It has three two-story - porches with trim reminiscent of Mew Orleans. (Architecture)

SPRINGS HOUSE(private)US 21, 2.5 mi. N of Fort Mill

Springfield was built ca. 1806. It is a two-story white Federal frame house with attenuated colur.r.s. The i wcGG.vork end cecorative plastering i are hancrcdce dnci Beautifully finisned (Archi tecture) I

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AFFAIR AT STALLIONS(private)SC 535, 5 mi. TIE of McConnells

In September of 1730, a party of Tories stopped at this house; there was a skirmish between Tories and l-.'higs, resulting in a Tory sur render. (S.C. in the American Revolution)

THOXASSCK HOUSE(private)SC 49, 2.5 mi. NE of York

Typical Q f the smaller residences of the 1360s, the Thomasson house is a tv;o-story frame house that ttafti.s-Qmiinn*«jfr surrounded by a wrought-i ron fence. (Architecture)

TRINITY METHODIST EPISCCPAL CHURCH(private)East Liberty StreetYork

Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, cri-arized in 1326, was the first

*Eo1nMgttfr Cnurch in York County. Tne Sunday school was the first in the county when it was started in 1329. v2ei i9'ion/Philosophy)

SITE OF TRYCM COUNTY COURTHOUSE (private)Old Lincolnton Road, near the head waters of Allison Creek

In 1769, the Tryon County(N.C.). courthouse was erected near Clover, South Carolina. In the New Aquisition, York County, South Carolina, (1772), oecame a point of importance tc South Carolina. (Political and Governmental Affairs)

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SC C74 f 2 rr.i . ;;E of Fort Mill

!>.ity Prosbyterian Church was the . .rst cr.urch in wr.at is now Fort Xill Township. The original log

structure was built in 1733. Since ]j then, three other structures have been;j built. II (Religion/Philosophy) \

SITE OF WEBB'S KILL(private)SC 270, 1.5 mi. NE of Fort Mill

The mill race which carried the water from che dam uoout 75 yaros upstreaia Can still be seen, althoucjn tr.e cam has disappeared. The mill had a stone foundation on the side of the hill overlooking the creek. (Commerce)

WILSON HOUSE(private)South Congress StreetYork

The Wilson house, built ca. 1820, was originally designed as a jail by Robert Mills. It is a three-story brick structure with very simple lines (Architecture)

WI.NTHROP COLLEGE (p ub 1 i c) Oakland Avenue Rock Hill

Winthrop Normal and Inajstrial College of South Carolina was established by an act of the South Carolina Legis lature in 1891. The first class to graduate consisted of 22 women. . (Education)

WITHERSPOON HOUSE(p ri va te)North Congress StreetYork

The early-Victorian Witherspoon house was built ca. 1852. Considered avant-garde in its day, it originally contained four roo.v.s ana a Ccnier h&ll downstairs; repeated upstairs. Each roo.n iiao a firejil^co an.- rhe intri cately-carvod good. At a "ioter cate, al rooms were added and tne kitcnen

mantel pieces

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i was connected to the main house by aI walkway.j (Archilecture)

'.-.'HUE HOUSE (NR) (private) Fort Kill

This house was built by Colonel White ca. 1820. It is a two-story brick residence of the Georgian style; the grey brick used in the building were rr.ade in England. Jefferson Davis held his last Cabinet rr,eeting here In 1365. Typical of the Upcountry plantation nouses, this house has a two-story portico and large ch",prneys on the gable ends. It is the ola- est rouse 1 n ftoek llilfr and predates the founding of the city, which has grown up around it. (Architecture)