546 East Main Street Current Owners: Dunlap House Investments, LLC Historic Name: Walter
M. Dunlap House
The
December 1, 1909 issue of the Rock Hill Herald stated that
Mr. Walter M. Dunlap would in the near future build a nine-room
house on Main Street. The house that he had built is a two-story
Classic Revival style structure, which is characterized by
its hip-shaped roof and front porch roof lines. The front porch
columns are topped with Corinthian capitals. The left side
of the house is quite interesting with a pedimented gable projection
with a round tracer window and keystone at the attic level.
The interior has many interesting features, such as wainscoting
and moldings.
Early records show the house being owned by Walter M. & Lillian
Dunlap. Mr. Dunlap was an attorney with Dunlap and Dunlap Law firm, which was
at one time located in downtown Rock Hill.
The Brad Jordan Law Firm, who currently occupy the property, were
careful to maintain the historical appearance of this house during the renovation
and conversion into a law office and are to be commended for the effort put forth.
538 East Main Street Current Owners: Joe and Betty Sherrill Historic Name: James Edward Marshall House
This
house was built around 1905. 1925 records show the
house as the residence of J. Edward Marshall, who was
affiliated with Dixie Oil Company (owner of four filling
stations in Rock Hill). The Marshall family sold the
home in the 1960’s to Mr. Jack Hutchison (President
of First Federal Savings and Loan Co.) and his wife,
who lived there until 1991. The Sherrill’s purchased
the home in 1993 and spent about 18 months restoring
and renovating it before taking occupancy in 1994.
The house is an impressive two-story Classic Revival style structure
that has had little alteration over the years. Beautiful exterior features include
projecting pedimented gables and dormer with wonderful molded wood panels at
the attic level. The side projecting gables have cutaway bay windows with supporting
decorative brackets. A projecting gable even extends from the front porch area
and has a lovely raised triangular panel in the gable end.
In 1997, the Sherrill’s received the honor of earning a Preservation
Award from Historic Rock Hill.
355 East Main Street Current Owners: Paula Smith & Jim
Connell Historic Name: Neely-Oates House
This one story
home constructed in the 1920’s has many unique architectural
features including wide weatherboard siding and a 6 over 1 window
on the front gable end, with louvered attic vents and half timbered
plaster in the gable ends.
The 1925 city directory shows Mr. H. G. Neely as occupying this home
until 1936, when LaVerne W. Oates and family moved in. The Oates family lived
in this home until 1972. In 1989 Paula Smith & Jim Connell bought this lovely
home, where they continue to be contributing neighbors in the Historic East Town
neighborhood.
In addition to having their home on tour, Paula & Jim will have
their ceramic art for sale in Paula’s studio behind their home. Both Paula
and Jim are college art professors. Paula teaches at Gaston College in Dallas,
NC, and Jim teaches at Winthrop University. Paula’s work is hand-built
ceramics with various surface treatments and glaze finishes. Jim’s work
is thrown on a potter’s wheel, altered, and carved. His pieces are high
fired in a gas kiln.
131 North Confederate Avenue Current Owner: John T. Misskelley Historic Name: D. D. Moore / J. Chauncey
Poag House
This
house was once the home of Mr. D. D. Moore, Rock Hill’s
first librarian, and was constructed in the early 1880’s.
After the death of Mr. Moore the house was sold to the Reid family.
The family wanted to build a larger house on the lot and in turn
sold the house to Mr. & Mrs. James Chauncey Poag, who then
had the house moved from its original lot (now occupied by the
Elks Club on Main Street) to a new street called North College
Avenue (now called North Confederate Avenue) in 1896.
This home features a large central hall with the parlor, dining,
and bedroom doors opening into the hall. At the rear are a kitchen, original
pantry, and servant’s quarters. A full façade front porch with a
hipped roof protects turned decorative porch posts with sawn brackets and original
balustrade and historic double front doors in an entablature surround.
The current owner, John Misskelley, is responsible for restoring
and maintaining this wonderful home.
