Ned Albright Papers - Accession 1594

Authors

• Ned M. Albright

Files

Identifier

Accession 1594

Inclusive Dates

1933-1981

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Collection Size

2000 pieces

Language

English;

Historical Note

Ned M. Albright is the retired President of Albright Realty. Ned has been in the real estate business for 49 years and has served on the York County Association of Realtors board of directors, and was past president of the York County Association of Realtors. He was a real estate instructor at Winthrop University and York Technical College. He is a past member of the board of directors of the South Carolina Realtor Foundation. Ned also was chairman of the South Carolina Association of Realtors By-Laws Committee and the Realtors Grievance Committee. Ned is a former president of the Rock Hill Rotary Club and the Rock Hill Jaycees. He served on the board of directors for the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce, was past chairman of the Rock Hill "Come-See-Me" board of directors. He is a past member of the Rock Hill Tree Commission, Catawba River Task Force, Tri-County Waste Water Association Environmental Sub-Committee and public relations chairman for the Catawba Power Squadron.

Scope and Content Note

The Ned Albright Papers document the real estate development, land use, and surveying history of Rock Hill, York County, and surrounding areas of South Carolina and North Carolina from 1891-1981. The collection consists primarily of survey plats, subdivision maps, architectural drawings, property layouts, prospectuses, and related real estate records gathered and maintained by Ned M. Albright, retired president of Albright Realty in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Albright was active in the regional real estate profession for nearly five decades and served in numerous civic and professional leadership roles, including president of the York County Association of Realtors, instructor at Winthrop University and York Technical College, and member of several community and environmental boards and commissions. His father, C.H. “Icky” Albright, founded Albright Realty.

The collection contains hand-drawn and printed plats produced by surveyors and engineering firms such as H.H. White, R.H. Marett, W.C. White, W.W. Miller, Campco Engineering, Williams Engineering Service, and White and Marett. Materials document residential subdivisions, commercial developments, industrial sites, transportation corridors, shopping centers, schools, churches, mills, and agricultural properties throughout Rock Hill, York County, the Catawba region, and portions of Chester, Lancaster, and Kershaw Counties, with some materials relating to Charlotte, North Carolina and Orlando, Florida. Many plats include annotations identifying property owners, developers, businesses, prospective lot divisions, restrictive covenants, infrastructure proposals, and, in some instances, names of residents or purchasers.

Notable subjects represented in the collection include early and mid-twentieth century suburban development in Rock Hill; plats related to neighborhoods such as Boyd Hill, Cherry Park, Country Club Estates, Forest Lake Estates, Fewell Park, Sunset Park, and Westerwood; industrial and commercial development associated with Celanese Corporation of America, Hamilton Carhartt Cotton Mills, and the Rock Hill Mall; and materials documenting segregated and African American neighborhoods and institutions, including Clinton Park, Washington Heights, Emmett Heights, and proposed “Future Negro Section” developments. The collection also includes architectural plans, promotional prospectuses, civic planning sketches, restrictive covenant documents, and maps illustrating changing transportation routes, utilities, and land use patterns across the region.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by property name, subdivision, or subject. Appendix I provides a detailed inventory of individual survey plats and related materials.

Provenance

The Ned Albright Papers were donated to the Winthrop Archives by Ned Albright on September 15, 2017.

Copyright

For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.

Finding Aid Citation

Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Ned Albright Papers - Accession 1594". Finding Aid 895.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/895