Historic Resources Survey Update, City of Rock Hill, August 2004

Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc.

From executive summary: "In the fall of 2003, the City of Rock Hill and the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH) engaged Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc., (EPE) to survey historic architectural resources in Rock Hill. The project was intended as an update of a 1988 architectural survey of the city carried out by Preservation Consultants, Inc. of Charleston. The goal of the current survey was threefold: to document those properties that have become fifty years old since the 1988 survey (essentially, buildings built in the period between 1938 and 1954); to survey properties located in areas annexed into the city limits since 1988; and to record historic resources located in the Main Street Corridor, but outside the existing Downtown Historic District, including those in the Old Town Renaissance Planning Area... Final products of the survey: An architectural survey covering approximately 32 square miles, documenting 960 resources; A survey report titled, “City of Rock Hill, South Carolina: Historic Resources Survey Update,” which contains an overview of the historical development of the city, a discussion of architectural styles represented in Rock Hill, a list of recommendations for National Register eligibility and local designation, and an inventory of all surveyed properties. EPE produced twenty-two final copies of the report, including two unbound security copies and two electronic copies on CD; two sets of original, archival-quality survey cards for the properties recorded during this survey; two sets of maps with plotted locations of the surveyed properties. Summary of Recommendations: Expand the existing Downtown Rock Hill National Register Historic District to include buildings formerly incorporated into the mall as well as buildings on several side streets; this is a reiteration of a recommendation made in 2001; Expand the Charlotte Avenue/Aiken Avenue National Register Historic District Boundary to include much of the original Oakland plat; the expanded district should be called Oakland; Nominate one individual property and two districts to the National Register of Historic Places: Laurelwood Cemetery, Cherry Park (two blocks of Eden Terrace and Milton Avenue the block of Myrtle between Eden Terrace and Milton Avenue), Arcade Mill Village (a portion of the Hagins-Fewell neighborhood); Designate one individual property and one district as local historic properties: McCrory’s Dime Store, Arcade Mill Village (a portion of the Hagins-Fewell neighborhood); Establish a City Preservation Planner Position; Continue documenting Rock Hill’s history and architecture with future surveys focusing particularly on post-World War II resources and African American neighborhoods; a specific list of areas to survey is included in the survey report." Funding was provided in part by a 2003 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Rock Hill (project number SC-03-005) administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Rock Hill, South Carolina is a Certified Local Government.

Historic Resources Survey Update, City of Rock Hill, August 2004

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