Built in 1901, this building housed McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory's lunch counter but refused to leave. Their sit-in was one of the first of many protests that drew attention to segregated public places in downtown Rock Hill, and the protests continued for more than a year. Many Rock Hill protesters were arrested, convicted, and fined. On January 31, 1961, ten students from Friendship Jr. College were arrested after refusing to leave McCrory's. Nine refused to pay their fines and became the first Civil Rights sit-in protesters in the nation to serve jail time. Their new Jail No Bail strategy was soon adopted as the model strategy for the Freedom Rides of 1961.