Tillman Hall, Rock Hill

Name: Tillman Hall
Address: 701 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, United States

#7 among attractions in Rock Hill

Top attraction, Tower, Romanesque architecture

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Tillman Hall, originally known as Main Building, is a historic academic building located on the campus of Winthrop University at Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States. It was built in 1894, and is a three-story, red brick building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building includes a basement and attic, has a combination gabled and hipped roof configuration, projecting bay windows, and features a conical-roofed clock tower with open belfry. In 1962, Main Building was renamed Tillman Hall for Governor, Democratic U.S. Senator, and avowed white supremacist Benjamin Tillman. Tillman Hall's Auditorium has hosted concerts by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons in 1970, Jars of Clay in 1997, Florida's metal band Trivium in 2005, Celtic rock band Seven Nations in 2005, Recycled Percussion in 2007, and pop folk pianist Vienna Teng in 2008. The 2008 direct-to-video horror film Asylum was filmed outside of and inside Tillman Hall. The ending of the 1999 horror film Carrie 2 was filmed at Tillman Hall. ()

Built: 1894 (130 years ago)Coordinates: 34°56'18"N, 81°1'49"W

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701 Oakland AveWinthrop UniversityRock Hill United States

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Tillman Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: White House, Rock Hill Downtown Historic District, First Presbyterian Church, Main Street Children's Museum.

1 miSE
Museum, History museum
White House, Rock Hill
26 min walk • The White Home in Rock Hill, South Carolina is a small historical museum. Five generations of the White family lived in the house between 1837 and 2005. Over the years, the home transformed from a one-room cottage into an eighteen-room, two story house. It is located in the Reid Street-North Confederate Avenue Area Historic District.
0.9 miS
Park, Gothic Revival architecture
Rock Hill Downtown Historic District, Rock Hill
23 min walk • Rock Hill Downtown Historic District consists of twelve contiguous buildings built between 1870 and 1931 in downtown Rock Hill in York County, South Carolina. The twelve buildings are: Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, 144 Caldwell St. First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 201 E. White St. First Baptist Church, 215 E. Main St. St.
1.1 miS
Church
First Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill
27 min walk • First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 234 E. Main Street in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was designed by Charles Coker Wilson and was built in 1894. It was added to the National Register in 1992.
0.9 miS
34°55'33"N • 81°1'36"W
Main Street Children's Museum, Rock Hill
23 min walk • Children's museum, Museum
~520 ftNW
Park, Gothic Revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Winthrop College Historic District, Rock Hill
3 min walk • Winthrop College Historic District is a national historic district located on the campus of Winthrop University at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It encompasses 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure constructed between 1894 and 1943.
1 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Hermon Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill
27 min walk • Hermon Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 446 Dave Lyle Boulevard in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was built in 1897 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
0.7 miSW
Church
Mount Prospect Baptist Church, Rock Hill
18 min walk • Mount Prospect Baptist Church is a historic church at 339 W. Black Street in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was built in 1915 and added to the National Register in 1992.
0.5 miS
Cemetery
Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill
13 min walk • Laurelwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It was established in 1872, and was the first municipal cemetery of Rock Hill.
~1960 ftSE
Interesting neighbourhood
Charlotte Avenue–Aiken Avenue Historic District, Rock Hill
10 min walk • Charlotte Avenue–Aiken Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It encompasses seven contributing dwellings in the Oakland section of Rock Hill. The district developed between about 1891 and 1935. Architectural styles represented include Classical Revival, Queen Anne, and Bungalow.
1.6 miSE
Interesting neighbourhood
Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex, Rock Hill
41 min walk • Highland Park Manufacturing Plant and Cotton Oil Complex is a historic industrial complex and national historic district located at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It encompasses three contributing building and two contributing structures in Rock Hill.
0.8 miW
Neighbourhood
Boyd Hill, Rock Hill
21 min walk • Boyd Hill was an unincorporated community in western York County, South Carolina, but was annexed into the city of Rock Hill in the late 1940s.

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Which popular attractions are close to Tillman Hall?

Nearby attractions include Winthrop College Historic District, Rock Hill (3 min walk), Winthrop University, Rock Hill (3 min walk), Charlotte Avenue–Aiken Avenue Historic District, Rock Hill (10 min walk), Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill (13 min walk).