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The W.L. Hill Store, built in 1913, is an historic three story
department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store under one roof, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store mad ...
located on York Street in the town of
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,
York County, South Carolina York County is a county on the north central border in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,090, making it the seventh-most populous county in the state. Its county seat is the city of York, and its ...
. It is by far the largest building in town. Designed in the
commercial style The Chicago School refers to two architectural styles derived from the architecture of Chicago. In the architectural history, history of architecture, the first Chicago School was a school (discipline), school of architects active in Chicago in t ...
, by locally prominent architect Julian Starr, its size and grandeur was meant to mimic larger stores in major cities. On January 20, 1995, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
. It is located in the Hill Complex Historic District.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, South Carolina __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, South Carolina. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in York County, So ...


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Olde English District tourism information website


Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Commercial buildings completed in 1913 Buildings and structures in York County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina 1913 establishments in South Carolina Historic district contributing properties in South Carolina Chicago school architecture in the United States {{YorkCountySC-NRHP-stub