Editing York, South Carolina (section)

=== Historic sites ===
[[Allison Plantation]], [[Hart House (York, South Carolina)|Hart House]], [[Wilson House (York, South Carolina)|Wilson House]], [[Witherspoon-Hunter House]], [[York County Courthouse]], and [[York Historic District (York, South Carolina)|York Historic District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

The Rose Hotel was built in 1852, by Dr. E.A. Crenshaw and was referred to in the [[Lowcountry]] as one of the most palatial hotels in the Upcountry. Today it has been restored and completely renovated as apartments.

The First [[Presbyterian Church]] was designed in 1846 by Robert Walker, a noted architect from [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], but construction wasn't begun until several years later and wasn't completed until after the Civil War. A gallery originally lined three sides of the sanctuary, part of it remains as a rear balcony, and the [[chancel]] originally featured a single uplifted pulpit that was converted in 1949 to a divided chancel and choir loft. The building is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and the American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Sites.

The present York County Courthouse was completed in 1914 and an annex was built in 1955, which completes the present structure, the fourth courthouse to occupy the site. The third courthouse, which was torn down in 1912 to make way for the present one, was designed by [[Robert Mills (architect)|Robert Mills]], the architect of the [[Washington Monument]] and the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury Building]], as well as many other courthouses in South Carolina. Most county court functions are conducted now at the Moss Justice Center, on the eastern edge of town.

In 1976, as a part of the National [[United States Bicentennial|Bicentennial]], downtown York was designated a [[Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places, one of the largest historic districts in the state, consisting of {{convert|340|acre|km2}} and containing over 180 historic structures and landmarks.