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234 E. Liberty St.

A pivotal house. This Piedmont Georgian style house was built 1850-1853 by B. F. Rawlinson, planter, architect and contractor, along with two similar houses away from the corner. It was in the Grist family for a century after Louis Grist bought it in 1870. After being out of the Grist family for two decades, the house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick R. Jackson, Jr. Mrs. (Helen) Jackson is the great-granddaughter of Louis Grist. John Grist founded the first news publication in York, The Patriot, in 1833, in opposition to the doctrine of nullification. After two other less successful attempts, the newspaper, Yorkville Miscellany, was begun by Grist in 1843. John's son, Louis, bought this paper in 1851 and changed the name to Yorkville Enquirer, as it remains today. Louis's sons took over the paper in 1891. One of them, Albert, continued with it until his death in 1941. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Jackson, relatives of the Grists, presently occupy the house.

South side East Liberty Street