Tour of Homes

3 S. Congress St.

This pivotal building was designed by Robert Mills in 1823 for York County as a jail. The plain façade, broken only by the lines of the windows and fanlighted doorway, shows the simple symmetrical lines of the Federal Period. When a new county jail was erected on West Liberty Street, William A. Latta, a wealthy merchant, whose lovely home still stands next door, bought the old building, and, after converting it into a residence, gave it to his daughter, Anna Latta Wilson. Her heirs bequeathed the income from the building to Episcopal Church Home for Children, and the proceeds of the sale of it, if ever sold, to Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton, SC. It is presently occupied as offices for commercial purposes. This building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

South Congress, Hudson, and Cleveland Streets