York County
90 places on the trail: 90 highway markers.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 46-63Battle of Stallings' PlantationIn 1768 John Stallings purchased 470 acres on Millican’s Branch on Fishing Creek. During the American Revolution, Stalli...
- 46-53Bethel Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1764 by Rev. William Richardson, who organized Scots-Irish settlers in this area, from both S...
- 46-48Bethesda Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which held services as early as 1760 about 1 mi. E, gave its name to a Scots-Irish community in this area b...
- 46-02Bullock Creek Presbyterian ChurchUnder leadership of Dr. Joseph Alexander, pastor 1774-1801, this church, organized in 1769, was a Whig stronghold during...
- 46-33Dickey-Sherer HouseA two-story log house built ca. 1771 for John Dickey (1703-1789) stood about 100 yds. NE until 1988, when it was moved t...
- 46-28Huck's DefeatOn July 12, 1780, at Williamson's Plantation about one-fifth of a mile east from here, Loyalist forces under Capt. Chris...
- 46-01King's Mountain BattlegroundTwelve miles northwest the battle of King's Mountain was fought October 7, 1780. The 900 Whigs were under Colonels Campb...
- 46-31Lacey's FortCol. Edward Lacey (1742-1813), prominent officer in the American Revolution in the S.C. backcountry, occupied this hill ...
- 46-22Site of White's MillAbout 1 ½ miles south of here on Fishing Creek were a house and mill mentioned on a 1766 royal landgrant to Hugh White. ...
- 46-61William Bratton PlantationIn 1766 William Bratton and his wife Martha Robertson purchased 200 acres on the South Fork of Fishing Creek and built a...
- 46-24William Hill (1741-1816)) William Hill, who served in the American Revolution and was present at many battles, built an ironworks near here on A...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 46-21Fort MillFort Mill was established on land received in 1787 by Thomas Spratt, one of the first settlers in this area. According t...
- 46-83Neely's Creek A.R.P. Church and CemeteryNeely’s Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian (A.R.P.) Church organized about 1787. Rev. William Blackstock became the c...
- 46-20Town of YorkvilleFormerly known as Fergus's Cross Roads, later Yorkville, this county seat was established in 1785 on land originally gra...
- 46-49Unity Presbyterian ChurchThis church, founded in 1788, predates the present town of Fort Mill and has occupied four sites in the vicinity. The fi...
- 46-64York County CourthousesThere have been four York County courthouses on this site. The first courthouse was constructed of squared logs in 1786....
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 46-56Allison Creek Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1854 by residents of the Clay Hill community on Allison Creek, who were members of Bethel (17...
- 46-43Black PlantationThis area was once part of the 448.5-acre plantation of Alexander Templeton Black (1798-1875), for whom Church Street wa...
- 46-07Columbia Seminary ChapelThis building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansio...
- 46-76Crossroads at Nation FordNation Ford was a pre-contact river crossing used by the Catawba Nation and other groups to traverse the Catawba River. ...
- 46-08First Prebyterian ChurchThis church was begun in 1834 as Antioch Chapel of Ebenezer Church under the leadership of Rev. John O. Richards on land...
- 46-17King's Mountain Military Academy Site) Micah Jenkins and Asbury Coward, graduates of The Citadel in Charleston, founded this Yorkville school in 1855. Closed...
- 46-13McConnellsAfter the Kings Mountain Railroad was completed in 1852, the McConnellsville Post Office was established here in 1854. T...
- 46-19McCorkle-Fewell-Long HouseThis two-story frame house with central hall was a typical piedmont farmhouse when built, probably by Stephen McCorkle p...
- 46-85Rock Hill AcademyRock Hill Academy, the first school in the village of Rock Hill, opened in 1855 in a log building near this site. A priv...
- 46-46Rock Hill DepotsThe first of six railroad depots was built here in 1851 on the Charlotte & S.C. RR, after the citizens of Ebenezer objec...
- 46-45Springfield PlantationThis house was built ca. 1806 for planter John Springs III (1782-1853), who served in the S.C. House 1828-34 and was a p...
- 46-90St. John's Methodist ChurchEst. 1856, the Methodist Church in Rock Hill was the town’s first formally organized religious body. Founding leaders in...
- 46-25Town of SmyrnaThis town was named for Smyrna Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, organized ca. 1842. An academy was established he...
- 46-03Trinity M.E. Church, SouthOrganized 1824 by the Reverends Wm. Gassaway and Jos. Holmes with former as pastor, Trinity is the oldest M.E. Church, S...
- 46-10White HomeAbout 1839, this former plantation house was built by George Pendleton White (1801-1849) and his wife, Ann Hutchison Whi...
- 46-52Yorkville Female InstituteYorkville Female Institute or Yorkville Female College was the first school here, where private schools and then public ...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 46-11Bratton House SiteRobert Clendinen, Yorkville lawyer and South Carolina senator from York District (1816-30), purchased this land in 1813....
- 46-05Jefferson Davis's FlightHaving crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road f...
- 46-04Jefferson Davis's Flight South, April 26-27, 1865Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, making their way south from Richmond, Va. with a cavalry escort, ...
- 46-09Sims Home SiteNear this spot stood the Rock Hill residence of Robert Moorman Sims, captain, C.S.A., who on April 9, 1865, carried the ...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 46-72Blue Branch ChurchBlue Branch Church was formally organized in 1870-71 as part of northern Presbyterians’ missions to southern freedpeople...
- 46-67Brick HouseIn 1841, Dr. John S. Bratton began construction of a new, all-brick two-story house at Brattonsville. Completed c.1843, ...
- 46-65Elias Hill HomeplaceElias Hill (1819-1872) was born enslaved at Hill’s Ironworks on Allison Creek. He and his parents were emancipated prior...
- 46-30Episcopal Church of Our SaviourThe first services were in private homes and at Rock Hill Academy 1857-1861. The church was organized Easter 1870 with t...
- 46-50Hermon Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1869 with Rev. J.A. Rainey as its first pastor and is one of the oldest black institutions ...
- 46-55Laurelwood CemeteryThis cemetery, the first municipal cemetery in Rock Hill, was established in 1872 when the city acquired a six-acre trac...
- 46-81Mt. Zion SchoolThis was the original location of Mt. Zion School, a public school for African Americans established by Mt. Zion Baptist...
- 46-60New Mount Olivet A.M.E. Zion ChurchThis church, organized in 1873, held its first services in private homes and then under a brush arbor on Pond St., near ...
New South (1877-1913)
- 46-57Afro-American Insurance CompanyThis building, constructed ca. 1909, was built for the Afro-American Insurance Co., a black-owned firm with offices thro...
- 46-87Bethlehem Baptist Church CemeteryThis cemetery dates to at least c.1900 and was established by members of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Bethlehem historicall...
- 46-82Carhartt MansionNear this site are the ruins of the Carhartt Mansion, built in 1908-09 as a home for Hamilton Carhartt (1855-1937), foun...
- 46-34Clinton Junior CollegeClinton Junior College, affiliated with the A.M.E. Zion Church, was founded in 1894 by Revs. Nero Crockett and W.M. Robi...
- 46-29David E. Finley BirthplaceDavid Edward Finley, Jr. (1890-1977), first director of the National Gallery of Art, was born in this house. Finley move...
- 46-15EbenezerThe town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893. Dr. W. B. Fewell was the first intendant, and the first wardens were J. W...
- 46-26First Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1895 with 26 charter members. The sanctuary, completed in 1898 and enlarged in 1911, was de...
- 46-32First National Bank of SharonThis bank, built in 1909-10 by W.W. Blair, was the first bank in the town of Sharon, incorporated in 1889. Its first off...
- 46-58Friendship SchoolFriendship College, on this site from 1910 to 1981, was founded in 1891 by Rev. M.P. Hall and sponsored by the Sunday Sc...
- 46-16Hickory GroveThe land on which the town of Hickory Grove developed was granted to John McKenney in 1771 by George III of England. The...
- 46-47James Milton Cherry HouseThe home of James Milton Cherry (1856-1920) stood here until 1974. Cherry was a businessman, public servant, agricultura...
- 46-80Jewish Merchants of Rock HillJewish merchants played an important part in Rock Hill’s early 20th century commercial development. By the 1930s, many J...
- 46-59Mount Prospect Baptist ChurchThis church, founded in 1883, first held services in private homes in Rock Hill. Formally organized as First Baptist Chu...
- 46-54Oakland Avenue Presbyterian ChurchThis church, which grew out of First Presbyterian Church, was discussed as early as 1901, with the first definite plans ...
- 46-23Rock Hill Buggy CompanyIn 1886 A.D. Holler, who had long owned a wagon and buggy shop in Rock Hill, founded Holler and Anderson Buggy Company w...
- 46-38Rock Hill Cotton FactoryThis textile mill, built in 1881, was the first in Rock Hill and the first in S.C. to use steam power. A.E. Hutchison, J...
- 46-41Rock Hill High SchoolRock Hill High School has its origins in the Rock Hill Graded School, opened in 1888 for grades 1-9. The name Rock Hill ...
- 46-40Standard Cotton MillThe Standard Cotton Mill, built in 1888-89, was the second textile mill in Rock Hill. It was promoted by John R. London ...
- 46-18Town of CloverIn 1887 the town of Clover was granted a charter by the General Assembly, its city limits to extend "one-half mile in ev...
- 46-12Town of SharonJohn L. Rainey, owner of large tracts of land on which Sharon was established, conveyed land to the Presbyterian church ...
- 46-14Village of Rock HillMain Street was laid out on Alexander Templeton Black's land by Squire John Roddey in 1851. The post office was establis...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 46-36Andrew Jackson HotelThe Andrew Jackson Hotel, built in 1926, was funded with more than $250,000 raised by citizens of Rock Hill. Designed by...
- 46-51Barnett Brothers Circus, 1929-1945This site was the winter quarters of the Barnett Brothers Circus, briefly known as the Wallace Brothers Circus, from 192...
- 46-70Boyd Hill SchoolA new school for African American residents of the Boyd Hill community was built here in 1925 on a 4-acre lot. Designed ...
- 46-69Carroll Rosenwald SchoolBuilt 1929-30 for $4520, this was originally the Carroll School for African American residents of the nearby Ogden commu...
- 46-75Crawford SchoolCrawford School for African American residents of the Ogden community was built here in 1926-27. The school cost $3,800 ...
- 46-79Durkee Training InstituteDurkee Training Institute, an African American vocational school, opened in 1932 on Crawford Rd. and moved to this site ...
- 46-27Emmett Scott SchoolThis school, founded in 1920, was the first public school for blacks in Rock Hill. Named for Emmett J. Scott (1873-1957)...
- 46-68George Fish SchoolThis was the site of Fort Mill’s longest operating school dedicated to African Americans. Built on a 4-acre parcel acqui...
- 46-44Hickory Grove SchoolsHickory Grove School, a two-story brick building constructed in 1916 on Peachtree St., was built for grades 1-11. In 192...
- 46-88Jefferson High SchoolJefferson High School was built at this site c.1924. It was funded with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation and...
- 46-71Liberty Hill SchoolLiberty Hill School was built in 1924-25 to serve African American residents of the Catawba area. Its $3,200 cost was pa...
- 46-77Lincoln Memorial CemeteryLocal African Americans conducted burials at this graveyard as early as the 1910s. In 1932, a group chartered as the Lin...
- 46-73Sadler StoreThis brick-veneered, wood frame building was built in 1927 as a country store opened by William Sadler (1865-1930). An A...
- 46-39St. Anne's Parochial SchoolSt. Anne’s Church, the first Catholic church in York County, was founded in 1919 by the Rev. William A. Tobin of Columbi...
- 46-74St. James Rosenwald SchoolThis was one of twenty African American schools built in York County in the early 20th c. with support from the Julius R...
- 46-35The CCC in York CountyOne of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), creat...
- 46-42U.S. Post Office and CourthouseThis building was described as “handsome in every respect” when it opened in 1932. It replaced a 1906 post office and ho...
- 46-66Wright Funeral HomeIsaac “Bub” Wright Jr. was a master craftsman who began making caskets in the early 1900s. In 1914 he began Wright Funer...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 46-84Carver TheaterThe Carver Theater opened at this site in 1947. It was housed in a metal Quonset hut with a stuccoed brick, stepped para...
- 46-62Celanese Celriver PlantThis plant, once called “a miracle of modern technology,” produced synthetic yarn and fibers for clothing, synthetic fla...
- 46-78Clover Springs FarmIn 1942, local textile entrepreneur Cary C. Boshamer (1895-1973) opened Clover Springs Farm at this site. Previously cot...
- 46-89Fort Mill High SchoolFor over thirty years this was the site of Fort Mill High School. The school moved to this location in 1952-53 and was h...
- 46-37McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-InsThis building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory’s Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black stude...
- 46-86St. Mary Catholic ChurchSt. Mary Catholic Church formed in 1945. It was organized by Fr. Edward Wahl, a white Oratorian who sought to minister t...