Tillman Hall

{{for|Tillman Hall at Clemson University|Tillman Hall at Clemson University}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Tillman Hall at Winthrop University | nrhp_type = | image = Tillman Hall (Winthrop University).jpg | caption = Tillman Hall, HABS Photo, November 1986 | location = Winthrop University campus, Rock Hill, South Carolina | locmapin = South Carolina#USA | built = {{Start date|1894}} | architecture = Richardsonian Romanesque | added = December 2, 1977 | area = <{{convert|1|acre}} | refnum = 77001235<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} '''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. <ref name=nrhpinv>{{Cite web|author1=Debbie Steverson |author2=Mary Ann Eaddy |author3=Steve Smith |name-list-style=amp |title=Tillman Hall|work=National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory|date=March 1977 |url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/york/S10817746007/S10817746007.pdf |accessdate=2014-07-01}}</ref><ref name=scdah>{{Cite web|title=Tillman Hall, York County (Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC) |work=National Register Properties in South Carolina|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/york/S10817746007/index.htm|accessdate=2014-07-01}}</ref> 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 2003, 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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.<ref name=nris/>

On June 19, 2020, Winthrop University's board of trustees passed unanimously a resolution requesting South Carolina state legislators to consider amending the Heritage Act of 2000 to "allow Winthrop to restore Tillman Hall to its original name of Main Building."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trustees to Ask Legislators to Allow Winthrop to Restore Name of Administration Building|url=https://www.winthrop.edu/news-events/trustees-to-ask-legislators-to-allow-winthrop-to-restore-name-of-administration-building.aspx|access-date=2021-07-28|website=www.winthrop.edu}}</ref>

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==External links== {{commonscat|Tillman Hall (Winthrop University)}} *{{HABS |survey=SC-619-B |id=sc0769 |title=Clemson University, Tillman Building, Clemson University Campus, Clemson, SC|photos=15 |color=1 | data=3 |cap=2}} *[https://www.rootsandrecall.com/york-county-sc/buildings/winthrop-university/ Winthrop University - Newspaper Notes] *[https://www.rootsandrecall.com/york-county-sc/buildings/winthrop-farm/ Winthrop Farm at Winthrop University]

Category:Clock towers in South Carolina Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina Category:University and college buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in South Carolina Category:School buildings completed in 1894 Category:National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina Category:Benjamin Tillman