Comments on: Rock Hill Mall; Rock Hill, South Carolina

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:21:20 +0000

AH, I remember the Rock Hill Mall in those decrept pictures. I went to Winthrop between 1995-1999 then lived in the Rock til’ 2004. In 2008 I came to Homecoming and saw that huge Super Bi-Lo and thought “Where did the Rock Hill Mall/Bingo go? I was kinda sad. I miss Rock Hill. It’s was definetly my hometown more than my hometown( which where I live again:( ) I would move back in a heartbeat.

By: gregg

gregg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:17:24 +0000

this mall was a cool place when i was there in the late 60’s and 70’s. i think some of your pictures were not labeled correctly. Belk was in the rear of the mall and Roses in the front. they were replaced by JC Penny in the late 70’s. I have some black and white photos of this mall when it was being built in the early 60’s. My place of business is not far from this old mall and we have been there since 1960. Part of my business,3rd generation, has relocated and soon my old buildings will meet the same fate as the old rock hill mall. PROGRESS

By: tim

tim — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:54:25 +0000

yes this place was very awesome i remember inside the eckard they had an old wwf (wwe) arcade machine that i played i dont remember alladin’s castle being there *only 23 now* but i did want to point one thing out to shane, i was in there a few weeks before it was torn trying to get pictures and noticed there was a regis hair salon STILL intact with procuts and all i dont know how you missed this and also somebody mangaed to get a 30 foot ladder thru the center of the mall where that window bow was

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:18:10 +0000

I remember the mall as a kid, I wish I could have walked inside one more time before it was torn down.

Luckily though I DO HAVE SOME pics of the mall that I took on 09/18/1996. One in particular that I have is a picture of the main “Rock Hil Mall” entrance sign on the building. The other picture that stands out is the Cinema 7 sign with “Escape from LA”, “Chain Reaction”, “Courage under Fire” and a few others playing

By: Elizabeth D Hurell

Elizabeth D Hurell — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:35:54 +0000

I remeber the Rock Hill mall very well. I went to it often and loved the arcade. I wish that I would have been able to go inside one last time before it was tore down. When the demoliation company come in to get their business license I almost ask them if I would be able to take one last look inside,but I didn’t and regret it. It’s great that someone was able to take pictures.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:20:27 +0000

Hopefully this is not a repeat. The mall’s occupants left to go to the new Galleria(yes that is a repeat). The land was then owned by the Catawba Indian Tribe who refused for years to sell the land or maintain it. They eventually agreed to sell the place. I’m sure you could find the news story online. But the condition had nothing to do w/ the town who for years tried to do something about this place. But it’s gone and I too have great memories of this place.

By: Ed Ruskin

Ed Ruskin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:09:04 +0000

Younkers! What a sad little mall! Glad it’s out of it’s misery…anyone has any idea of the layout or the store directory?

By: Traci

Traci — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:24:25 +0000

I believe there was a buster brown shoes and a Thom McKans shoes (sp?) in there. There use to be a bakery with an outside entrance at one time and the shoe repair place by the old barber shop all had outside entrances. The stairs in Brooks was the coolest because they had levels to look at clothes. It was the “modern” store. I remember buying Farrarri (sp) sunglasses there, they were the kind that folded up and my favorite stretchy gold thin belt that had a star as the clasp part! ha! remember those!! funny!!!
In my opinion they did a crappy job on the galleria. It leaves much to be desired when Carolina Place is too close.

By: Joey Martin

Joey Martin — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:41:12 +0000

Wow. Fantastic site. I’ve lived in Rock Hill for 39 years. This mall was where I spent way too much time in my youth.

The Record Cellar took a lot of allowance money and then some of my budget when i got a job and was in College. Yeah, it was Winthrop College, not Winthrop University back then.

I remember spending lots of quarters in Alladin’s Castle, the arcade. I remember when they switched to tokens. We thought it was cool until one day you didn’t get 4 tokens for a dollar. They moved away from the Galaga, Pac Man and Mortal Kombat games and went to the shooters and driving games that sucked your money away fast. No more standing at Galaga for an hour on one token trying to roll the score over…
Ah, memories.

The main entrance also had a “Shoney’s Big Boy.” It wasn’t just Shoney’s. Anyone remember the statue out front, the ‘big boy’ holding a plate with a burger on it?

Yes, it is a super Bi-Lo now. It is a big lot, lots of other buildings and smaller businesses going in. Goodbye Rock Hill Mall, hello progress… for better or worse.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:03:34 +0000

My sister attended Winthrop University from 2003-2007 and it makes me sad that she was there all that time and I had no clue about this mall until it was too late (didn’t read this post until 2007). When I asked her about it, she remembered the spot but not too many details. Funny how we drive by places like that all the time and never think about all the history…
Good to see that BiLo is doing well in SC…they’ve closed a good many of the stores here in Georgia