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Glencairn Garden
Started as a backyard garden in 1928, Glencairn Garden is now an 11-acre oasis located in Rock Hill. The garden is surrounded by an old residential neighborhood and has sidewalks which connect it to...
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House of Firewood
This one-of-a-kind house of firewood can be found in Rock Hill, located in York County. The sign above the door gives a phone number and says “The Wood Pecker.” SCIWAY thanks Jerry Bridgers for...
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Cherry Park
Cherry Park in Rock Hill is one of South Carolina‘s most popular public parks. Known for its unrivaled softball and baseball facilities, it’s the second sports venue to be inducted into the National...
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Winthrop University
Located in Rock Hill, Winthrop University was founded in 1886 as the Winthrop Training School for Teachers. It was named for Robert Charles Winthrop, a noted philanthropist and head of the Peabody...
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Neely’s Creek ARP Church
Like many early rural churches, when Neely’ Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church in Rock Hill organized sometime in the late eighteenth century, it likely met outdoors beneath a brush...
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Afro-American Insurance Building
This two-story building with the tan brick facade was built in 1909 for the Afro-American Insurance Company in Rock Hill. It is the work of William H. Smith, a notable African-American architect from...
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Winthrop University Chapel
Now on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, this building, known affectionately by locals as the “Little Chapel,” was built in Columbia around 1823 as a carriage house. The brick structure...
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McCorkle-Fewell-Long-House
This early nineteenth century home in Rock Hill is thought to be one of the oldest dwellings in the city. Though the year of completion is unknown, the house was built by farmer Stephen McCorkle, whose...
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Piedmont Medical Center Trail
This covered path beneath a Norfolk-Southern train trestle is part of the Piedmont Medical Center Trail in Rock Hill. Formerly called the Riverwalk Trail, the pathway winds two-and-a-half miles along...
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Withers Building
This Gothic Revival building on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill is the home of the Richard W. Riley College of Education. The college is a fitting occupant of the historic building,...
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House of Firewood
This one-of-a-kind house of firewood can be found in Rock Hill, located in York County. The sign above the door gives a phone number and says “The Wood Pecker.” SCIWAY thanks Jerry Bridgers for...
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Cherry Park
Cherry Park in Rock Hill is one of South Carolina‘s most popular public parks. Known for its unrivaled softball and baseball facilities, it’s the second sports venue to be inducted into the National...
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Winthrop University
Now in Rock Hill, Winthrop University was founded in 1886 as the Winthrop Training School for Teachers by Dr. David Bancroft Johnson. The school was originally located at Ainsley Hall in Columbia. The...
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Catawba River
The Catawba River, named for the Catawba Indian tribe, begins in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. It enters South Carolina through Rock Hill, winds through the Piedmont, and...
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Neely’s Creek ARP Church
Like many early rural churches, when Neely’ Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian (ARP) Church in Rock Hill organized sometime in the late eighteenth century, it likely met outdoors beneath a brush...
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Afro-American Insurance Building
This two-story building with a tan brick facade was built in 1909 for the Afro-American Insurance Company in Rock Hill. It is the work of William H. Smith, a noted African-American architect from...
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McCorkle-Fewell-Long-House
This early-nineteenth-century home in Rock Hill is thought to be one of the oldest dwellings in the city. Though the year of its completion is unknown, the house was built by farmer Stephen McCorkle,...
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Piedmont Medical Center Trail
This covered path beneath a Norfolk-Southern train trestle is part of the Piedmont Medical Center Trail in Rock Hill. Formerly called the Riverwalk Trail, the pathway winds two-and-a-half miles along...
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Friendship Nine
Two nationally-significant events occurred in Rock Hill during the Civil Rights Movement. The first happened when a group of African-American students staged a sit-in at the McCrory’s segregated lunch...
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Rock Hill Cotton Factory
By the late 1870s, Rock Hill had established itself as an important cotton market for farmers from York, Chester, and Lancaster counties. A few brokers in the area were wiling to pay more for the crop...
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