Afro-American Insurance Company Building

Afro-American Insurance Company Building

Afro-American Insurance Company Building, March 2012
Location 558 S. Dave Lyle Blvd., Rock Hill, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°55′19″N 81°2′9″W / 34.92194°N 81.03583°W / 34.92194; -81.03583Coordinates: 34°55′19″N 81°2′9″W / 34.92194°N 81.03583°W / 34.92194; -81.03583
Area less than one acre
Built 1909 (1909)
Architect Smith, William W.
Architectural style Chicago, The Commercial Style
MPS Rock Hill MPS
NRHP Reference # 92000651[1]
Added to NRHP June 10, 1992

Afro-American Insurance Company Building is a historic commercial building located at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was built about 1909, and is a two-story, brick commercial building. The façade has a tan brick veneer, while the sides and rear are in red brick. It is an important surviving example of a commercial building related to the African-American community of the early-20th century.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Paul M. Gettys (September 1990). "Afro-American Insurance Company Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  3. "Afro-American Insurance Company Building, York County (558 S. Dave Lyle Blvd., Rock Hill)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.


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