Winthrop College, Withers Building, Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, York County, SC. Surveyed as HABS SC,46-ROHI,1A-, with a 306-word written history.
“The Withers Building is architecturally significant for its fine Neo-Gothic design and is historically significant for its association with Winthrop College, one of the prime innovators in teaching methods and teacher training in the Southeast.”
Written record, HABS SC,46-ROHI,1A- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS SC,46-ROHI,1A- · the record runs 306 words · one of 6 surveyed structures published for this county.
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On Oakland Avenue, Winthrop College campus, in Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina Date of Construction: S Build er/Designer: Edwards and Sayward of Atlanta, Georgia (a designing firm that specialized in the design of educational buildings. William Augustus Edwards, a native of Darlington, South Carolina, was responsible, alone or in partnership, for the design of seven South Carolina county courthouses).
The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.
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The Withers Building is architecturally significant for its fine Neo-Gothic design and is historically significant for its association with Winthrop College, one of the prime innovators in teaching methods and teacher training in the Southeast. Constructed of masonry, this E-shaped structure has a four-story tower, with the entrance at the base of the tower beneath a four-centered Tudor arch that is enriched with terra cotta molding and trim. The tower above the entrance is of brick, laid in Flemish bond, with four octagonal turrets at the tower's corners. These turrets rise above the tower to terminate in concave copper covered, pyramidal roofs. Stepper parapets, also enriched with terra cotta, rise between the four turrets.
The Withers Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, Source of Information: National Register Nomination Form Compiler: E. Thomas Sims South Carolina Department of Archives and History May 2,
Addendum to Babs
No. SC-619-A WINTHROP COLLEGE,
Withers Building
Oakland Avenue Rock Hill < York County South Carolina XEROGRAPHIC COPIES OF COLOR TRANSPARENCIES HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington, DC
| Rock Hill, South Carolina | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| York County, South Carolina | 82 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Rock Hill building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencairn Garden | HALS SC-7 | 863 words | |
| Winthrop College | HABS SC,46-ROHI,1B- | 306 words |
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